In other words, what you can do with the PS4 hardware on a console is not the same thing as what you can do with the same, or similar, hardware in a PC.
Thus, Nintendo has upset the conventional console hardware upgrade cycle (a refresh of every 4-5 years).
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Console games are much harder to pirate than PC versions, as the console hardware needs to be modified.
As a result, says Mr Bach, the company will break even on the hardware over the console cycle.
The online game service is going after Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft by streaming video games over a broadband connection to players directly, bypassing the need for game console hardware.
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HOw is that possible on such old console hardware?
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Ellsworth, whose tweet started this story, will no doubt find that toy companies and console hardware producers are eager to talk to her, and may also have some hardware ideas of her own.
What matters here, folks, is how the new hardware -- the console itself -- physically stacks up against the first Wii.
As with any gaming console, good hardware only tells half of the story.
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Load times are longer than I would like, and the numerous cross-platform comparisons out now show a system that may once again struggle when it comes to third-party titles, especially once we have next-gen hardware from the other major console manufacturers.
In the past, game console makers spent lots of money developing the next piece of killer hardware, and even would lose money on each console unit sold, expecting to make it back up in sales of games and accessories.
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Nvidia, traditionally a manufacturer of high-end graphical hardware, announced its Project Shield console at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January.
There's been some debate over the state of the PlayStation 4's hardware when Sony declined to display the console itself at its PlayStation Meeting.
There will be a new OUYA next year, and the year after that, unlike the traditional game console model, where new hardware ships in five- to seven-year generational increments.
Shalom says one of the main attractions of Cisco UCS is that it comes with an application programming interface (API) that gives the GigaSpaces Extreme Application Platform (XAP) management console direct access to the hardware.
Furthermore, James Cameron had a bank of about a million computers rendering each frame of that movie, and to think that hardware could all be pressed into a console a few years later is a bit of a stretch.
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They only recently started hyping up their hardware-making potential, and creating a console takes time and money.
While hardware is very profitable for some corporations, console manufacturers tend to make the majority of their money from selling games.
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Also, while hardware improvements were a key focus of past console upgrades, Sony is more focused this time on the changes in how users interact with the machine, these people said.
Rather, they keep talking about getting into the hardware game, teasing anything from a new console, to a redesign of the mouse and keyboard, to even a virtual reality headset which we saw them show recently.
The piece also states supposedly final retail hardware specs for Microsoft's next game console, including a 64-bit D3D11.x 800MHz GPU, an 8-core x64 1.6GHz 4MB L2 CPU, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB of on-board memory, USB 3.0, HDMI-out, and an optical drive for 50GB discs.
The piece also states supposedly final retail hardware specs for Microsoft's next game console, including a 64-bit D3D11.x 800GHz GPU, an 8-core x64 1.6GHz 4MB L2 GPU, 8GB DDR3 RAM, 500GB of on-board memory, USB 3.0, HDMI-out, and an optical drive for 50GB discs.
The Wii was compromised pretty early on to be able to play burned discs and GameCube homebrew such as Linux, but until now Nintendo has managed to isolate Wii hardware such as the extra horsepower of the console and wireless connectivity from hackers.
By making the capability of live streaming as accessible as possible to our fans, straight from a player's console without the need for any additional hardware or sophisticated setups, we are empowering our fans to share their multiplayer experiences.
The trick is in writing complicated software that directs the hardware to instantly handle the needs of different databases, console switches, networks or security.
Guillemot was confident that the console industry would rebound with the new generation of hardware.
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Nintendo is counting on these games and third-party titles to drive hardware sales after a somewhat disappointing launch of the new Wii U console.
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Both console makers have taken an unusually long time to update the hardware that is crucial to driving demand in the lucrative game category.
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People who are only now considering getting a console will be weighing their entertainment options from among a variety of hardware types, and will need to be convinced that a games-first piece of hardware is worth as much as a more versatile device.
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