Thats what i was wondering, Cell has 1 core and 7 SPEs. Cant see how people blindly disagree with facts.

People hate jokes. :P

@Arnon - Both PPE & SPE's are cores. Reason SPE's have ther own kernal/ram etc.

Your glad you dont hath to switch discs and i'm glad i dont hath to waste time installing it to the hdd. Everybodys happy :)

He called the PS3 the second best console ever made and said he prefers the 360 because of the development tools. He's stated that the PS3 is a bit more powerful with optimization. Having a preference for the 360 doesn't mean he automatically "hates" the PS3.

He does an interview stating he doesn't want to see the Cell Arch again next gen.

Little does he know, that that's EXACTLY what Sony's going to deliver for the PS4 because for all intents and purposes, they are locked into it because they are so heavily invested in the PSN.

So Carmack better start learning the Cell Arch. better than he does now.

And before anyone jumps on me, keep in mind, id had to hire PS3 devs and likely had to lean on them for the PS3 specific programming.

@Persistantthug

The Cell architecture itself isn't what makes it difficult to use. The main issue was the small amount of memory made available to each component. That could be addressed in a future version of the Cell should they decide to use that architecture again. They need to provide a big chunk of memory if they want to improve things and make it easier to use for developers.

There's also the issue of the architecture being relatively new. Of course there were few development tools available when they started using the Cell architecture because it was brand new. They couldn't really apply previously existing tools to something that's brand new. This is still somewhat of an issue, but it's much less of an issue now than it was in 2006.

Then you should be picking up the PC version.

Most devs use the cell processor with whats powering it.
Just the case of how much time that devs wants to put into it and making the best from the cell broadband thats why youll find the likes of naughtydog gurilla games, even santamonica god of war. take every advantage of this wonderfull chip because they are there for 1 platform.
i dont beleave carmack and his devs. had the time like a first party studio. people talk about carmack like hes a god. but understand this he maybe good at what he does. but there are other devs just as good and started way back the the day just like him.
If you listened to his speach like i did end of the day he liked that sony sent him a SDK development kit witch helped him and his work out alot. were as sony's tech was very differnt i suspect gave him and his workers more of a headache. but i think thats good cos maybe they have learnt alot from working with the ps3 now.

or maybe im just talking from my ass.! you decide

Sorry but unless they can prove a significant load time ect decrease, installing the full game is a waste of space for ps3's, unless your worried about the optical drive wearing down.

I would be more worried about one of the discs, breaking, getting scratched up or disappearing than changing a disc every 8-10 hrs.

Now if multiple disc doesn't bother 360 owners(like you guys have a choice) good for you, however that doesn't change the fact that it's a tedious leftover from last gen or before, that should have been discarded already.

When you need 3-4 discs for a game due to space limitations, it's well past time for a new format to be used.

But ms may have already released it's next console by now, if the economy didn't go south like it did.

"rage was built to use each system to its max and its showing that"

I seriously doubt any multplatform game will likely ever use a system to the max like uncharted ect has done. Because the engine has to take the other consoles limitations into account, instead of fully utilizing one consoles strengths and none of the others weaknesses.

But sorry this is n4g, if your not praising multplatform games and downplaying exclusives, the gaming masses will disagree with you.

Better than the idiots(blogs and n4g posters) pushing smartphones and tablets as the next huge thing for gaming. -_- I am never going to spend $300-500 every year to upgrade to a slightly better phone. I'll never understand how a $500 console or $800 tv is too expensive, but 300-500+ phone or ipad is reasonable to people.

i am also getting on ps3 i was just trying to make a point that its not that big of a deal. Yeh but given the option i will always go with one disk.

and you are right no game will take advantage of a console like 1st party exclusives