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Originally posted by blade
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Originally posted by Jeronimo
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Originally posted by blade
But the thing is, the consoles will last between 4 and 7 years before the next ones come out - why wouldn't they use a 64-bit chip? 
What advantage does 64-bit provide to a game console? We're not going to see the PS3 with 16Gb of RAM are we? 
A console doesn't need as much RAM as a PC does, but the processor would shorten load times to around 5 sec., and make game play VERY smooth. I'd pay the extra $ for it.
Why would it do this? 64-bit processors address more memory per clock cycle, but I wouldn't say this has such an enormous benefit for games at the current time. The gameplay would be plenty smooth as it is. The future implications for 64-bit don't really matter, because after all, once the console is released, its not upgradable.
64-bit is nice, but its not essentially to make a lightning fast console
