Developer: 360 and PS3’s RAM, Processor will decide winner of console war

Gaming site Gamer.blorge reports that a next-generation game developer explained that the Microsoft Xbox 360’s RAM and the Sony PlayStation 3’s Cell Processor will ultimately decide which console will sell more by the time this game generation is over.

The name of the source was not revealed in the report, but the dev says that at this point, better games are coming the Xbox 360’s way because developers are finding it easier to make games when they’re not worrying about running out of memory. In contrast, the Sony PS3 has little less memory resources to work with, making it a more daunting task to develop for it at this point.

Meanwhile, the Xbox 360’s processor is able to perform at par with the Cell Processor at this point, but the source reveals that “about 90 percent of the Xbox 360’s system resources have already been tapped” after two years in the market, while the PS3’s technological surface has barely been scratched. In effect, the source says, we’ll be seeing ports between the two platforms but it won’t last for long.

Ultimately, the source says that the Sony PS3 will surpass and outlast the Microsoft Xbox 360 with superior game quality to make it win this gaming generation. No mention of the hot-selling Nintendo Wii was made though.

What do you think? Are all these making sense to you? Will graphics and sound quality ultimately determine the champion or will gameplay and pricing prevail? Perhaps another good question to ask is if anyone still cares who wins the console war when they’re happy with what system they have.

Gaming site Gamer.blorge reports that a next-generation game developer explained that the Microsoft Xbox 360’s RAM and the Sony PlayStation 3’s Cell Processor will ultimately decide which console will sell more by the time this game generation is over.

The name of the source was not revealed in the report, but the dev says that at this point, better games are coming the Xbox 360’s way because developers are finding it easier to make games when they’re not worrying about running out of memory. In contrast, the Sony PS3 has little less memory resources to work with, making it a more daunting task to develop for it at this point.

Meanwhile, the Xbox 360’s processor is able to perform at par with the Cell Processor at this point, but the source reveals that “about 90 percent of the Xbox 360’s system resources have already been tapped” after two years in the market, while the PS3’s technological surface has barely been scratched. In effect, the source says, we’ll be seeing ports between the two platforms but it won’t last for long.

Ultimately, the source says that the Sony PS3 will surpass and outlast the Microsoft Xbox 360 with superior game quality to make it win this gaming generation. No mention of the hot-selling Nintendo Wii was made though.

What do you think? Are all these making sense to you? Will graphics and sound quality ultimately determine the champion or will gameplay and pricing prevail? Perhaps another good question to ask is if anyone still cares who wins the console war when they’re happy with what system they have.