Really hope that this console is more open for developers than the competition.
AMD carries a lot of weight and is directly entangled in the console manufacturing industry. The American chip maker powers the latest PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Wii U consoles with its custom accelerated processing units, and it looks like it will soon power yet another video game console with either one of the two semi-custom chips based on ARM and x86 architecture that were announced back in October and are expected to collar big lifetime revenue for the company.
This bit of news comes from a statement made by AMD’s chief financial officer, in which he hints towards a new gaming device that would be powered by either one of the two new semi-custom design wins that the company announced back in October. The high-ranking executive didn’t say much on the topic, but given the favorable revenue contingencies that were outlined with the deal by the company around a month ago, it could be a major device intended for high-end market.
AMD expects the two new design wins to bag a lifetime combined total revenue of approximately $1 billion over around a span of three years starting from 2016. It has already been revealed that both the new semi-custom chips would feature integrated Radeon graphics, and while one of them would be based on the company’s ARM architecture, the other one would feature x86 general-purpose cores. Recently, the chief financial officer of the American multinational semiconductor company revealed that one of these two semi-custom APUs is aimed at powering a “beyond gaming device”, which apparently means that the other one will power a device that falls under gaming category. At Raymond James Financial technology conference, Devinder Kumar, AMD’s CFO, stated:
“I will say that one [design win] is x86 and [another] is ARM, and at least one will [be] beyond gaming, right. But that is about as much as you going to get out me today. From the standpoint [of being] fair to [customers], it is their product, and they launch it. They are going to announce it and then …] you will find out that it is AMD’s APU that is being used in those products.”
Assuming that the gaming device AMD is hinting at is a high-volume video game console, unlike the recently released lineup of micro-consoles running on Android platform, it is perhaps Nintendo that is planning to put AMD’s new semi-custom accelerated processing unit into use, as the Japanese platform holder has been reported to be developing a successor to Wii U console that is rumored to launch no sooner than late 2016. Nevertheless, only time will tell what exactly AMD is planning to power with its upcoming semi-custom APUs.
That said who do you think it is?
I am placing my monopoly money on Amazon.com or Google.
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vblanco
December 14, 2014, 10:41pm
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The new consoles sell to the fanboy crowd, (who the hell would buy the xbox one on release?) . I also think this console generation is the last, as it has been underwhelming, and you can just buy a pc better than the consoles for similar price. The console model is outdated now, and on its way to death. A new console would be a massive failure, look at Ouya.
The new consoles sell to the fanboy crowd, (who the hell would buy the xbox one on release?) . I also think this console generation is the last, as it has been underwhelming, and you can just buy a pc better than the consoles for similar price. The console model is outdated now, and on its way to death. A new console would be a massive failure, look at Ouya.
They are making an OUYA 2 from what I know. It the OUYA 1 is also sold out on their official store front and Amazon.com both in the EU and USA.
Which they MIGHT be announcing this week.
However the current console model of making custom hardware with custom dev kits is dead, Yes. You can use mobile stuff (Tegra K1) which runs at Xbox 360 / PS3 levels of performance IIRC just with more ram and a more familiar tools.
Not to mention that Mobile devices and the Android OS are open in terms of development. I really think that the Current generation of consoles will be the last of its kind but not the LAST generation of console.
The new consoles sell to the fanboy crowd, (who the hell would buy the xbox one on release?) . I also think this console generation is the last, as it has been underwhelming, and you can just buy a pc better than the consoles for similar price. The console model is outdated now, and on its way to death. A new console would be a massive failure, look at Ouya.
All they need to do is make a console that you can upgrade in the same way you do with your PC. This way the ‘console’ can catch up with the PC.
vblanco
December 15, 2014, 9:25am
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If you want an upgradeable console, get a PC. An actual upgradeable console would be the worst of both worlds, closed like a console, and you have to worry about specs like a PC.
If you want an upgradeable console, get a PC. An actual upgradeable console would be the worst of both worlds, closed like a console, and you have to worry about specs like a PC.
I’m not talking about the current consoles, the PC is not only for gaming.
Similar to this Modular Phone project from Google:
http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/00002bcd5/072b/Google-Project-Ara.jpg
ambershee
December 15, 2014, 11:38am
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Amazon is probably a good bet. I really doubt we’ll see a new Nintendo console before 2016, that just sounds silly given how new the WiiU is.
Aparently we are getting a X86 powered Nintendo Console.
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