Category: Gaming

March 24, 2011

Power draw, costs of current generation game consoles

I have the PlayStation 3 listed first for no particular reason, it’s higher ranked in alphabetical ascending order. So don’t be hating!

PlayStation 3

Launch: idle 202 W, game 240 W, vampire 1.5 W
Slim: idle 85 W, game 108 W, vampire 0.5 W

Xbox 360

Launch: idle 150 W, game 180 W, vampire 2.5 W
Slim: idle 76 W, game 90 W, vampire 0.7 W

February 4, 2011

The state of Mac gaming

via gamepro.com

Great article on GamePro about the state of gaming on Macintosh systems.

February 3, 2011

Kaz Hirai on NGP strategy

Check the source for a video.

playstation.com

January 27, 2011

The PSP2 is upon us

Meet the next generation portable, presumably the PlayStation Portable 2, codename NGP.

Capable of PS3-like quality. Metal Gear Solid 4 port ran at 20 fps. This will be a monster of a handheld.

I hope Sony doesn’t divest its resources too much. Some people believe the reason why PS3 titles are so polished is because Sony didn’t need to waste resources, or hire new development teams for the failing PSP.

ETA: Christmas 2011, at least in Japan.