Well sure, ok, any discussion of next gen tech is just talk, but is there some bit of high-level engineering expertise or insider knowledge you possess that makes you cynical of nVidia's (usually pretty consistent) projections here? So much so that you'd laugh at the mere possibility?
Look, I just said it was entirely possible, especially if we give it to 2013 (at which point at the very least least Kepler should be out).Until those chips launch and we see actual performance its all "possibilities". Plus we don't have any firm release information for Kepler other than 2011. That could be June 2011, or it could be December 2011. Hell it could see the same kind of delays fermi saw and not come out till mid 2012. You're making assumptions on chips that aren't out yet with nothing other than a roadmap to go by.
You seem more sure that it won't happen than I do that it will, but I don't really get why other than "well you never know what will happen." Right now it looks like it very well could and to write off that possibility seems silly.
This, on the other hand, is a pretty fair point, but if the NGP is any indication of Sony's thoughts on the matter, I'm not buying it. It might be good business, but I don't personally think it's the way Sony or MS will go.That's not even taking into account that MS and Sony lost Billions of dollars this generation trying to push the hardware. Sony burned through all the money they made in the PS1 and PS2 days. These companies aren't in this business to do us any favors. They're in it to make money. If pushing the hardware and taking 200+ dollar loses on the consoles, isn't getting you software sales to make money. Why do it for another generation? Sony and MS have just begun to become profitable. I really don't see them doing that again. I fully expect 350 - 400 machines from them. Which would make it hard for them to launch with a just released GPU in 2013.
Again, I know these things aren't 100% reliable, but I think to say it'd be "incredibly surprising" if technology meets the present projections is far too strong without some kind of reason beyond what you're saying here.Maybe I shouldn't laugh at people's "expectations" for next gen hardware. I will just be INCREDIBLY surprised if its even remotely like that.
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