Nintendo's XBOX 2
Date: Tuesday, June 15 @ 12:46:16 UTC
Topic: Xbox Development
It's been bandied about before, but momentum is growing behind the suggestion that Nintendo is designing the architecture that will power the next Xbox. Apparently PowerPC-powered G5 Macintoshes (of all things) are in circulation to game developers working on the next generation games. The PowerPC core in the G5 - a version of which is the processing chip at the heart of the GameCube - leads to speculation that Microsoft has turned some hardware design decisions to the Japanese giant that has been taking a bath on it's non-handheld hardware in recent years. Why would this make sense? It would help Nintendo graciously bail out of the monstrously expensive console hardware market, while still having a device it's it's intimiately attached to, plus gives Microsoft improved cachet in the tough to crack, Japanese market, as well as platform for killer titles from Nintendo's still world beating game design studios. Win, win, win, it seems.
Source: Xbox Official Magazine
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