What "Next-Gen" Console are you most looking forward to?

[Vicman]

What "Next-Gen" Console are you most looking forward to?

In about 2 years time the next generation of consoles will be rolling out. Which one are you anticipating the most?

I personally still feel like it's too early to tell and I want to fully enjoy this gens consoles to their fullest before all the hoopla engulfs everyone. But since I have to pick I'm most interested in Sony's Playstation Portable. This is probably the first time I've even been hyped about the debute of a handheld console. Sony is going to show it off come E3 and it'll be out come next Xmas.

Here's the PSP's specs:

UMD(Universal Media Disc)
60mm
Laser Diode: 660nm
Dual Layer: 1.8GB
Transfer Rate: 11Mbps
Shock Proof
Secure ROM by AES
Unique Disc ID


PSP CPU CORE
MIPS R4000 32-bit Core
128-bit Bus
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V
Main Memory: 8MB(eDRAM)
Bus Bandwidth: 2.6GB/sec
I-Cache, D-Cache
FPU, VFPU (Vector Unit) @ 2.6GFlops
3D-CG Extended Instructions


PSP Media Engine
MIPS R4000 32-bit Core
128-bit Bus
1 - 333MHz @ 1.2V
Sub Memory: 2MB(eDRAM) @ 2.6GB/sec
I-Cache, D-Cache
90nm CMOS


PSP Graphics Core 1
3D Curved Surfaces + 3D Polygons
Compressed Textures
Hardware Clipping, Morphing, Bone(8)
Hardware Tessellator
Bezier, B-Spline(NURBS)
ex. 4x4, 16x16, 64x64 sub-division


PSP Graphics Core 2
"Rendering Engine" & "Surface Engine"
256-bit Bus, 1-166 MHz @ 1.2V
VRAM: 2MB(eDRAM)
Bus Bandwidth: 5.3GB/sec
Pixel Fill Rate: 664 Mpixels/sec
max 33M polygon/sec(T&L)
24-bit Full Color: RGBA


PSP Sound Core: VME
Reconfigurable DSPs
128-bit Bus
166MHz @1.2V
5 Giga Operations /sec
CODEC
3D Sound, Multi-Channel(7.1)
Synthesizer, Effects Machine, etc.


AVC Decoder
AVC(H.264) Decoder
Main Profile
Baseline Profile
@Level1, Level2, Level3
2Hours(High Quality) - DVD movie
4Hours(Standard Quality) - CS Digital


I/O
USB 2.0
Memory Stick
Extension Port(reserved)
Stereo Headphone Out


Communication
Wireless LAN(i802.11)
IrDA
USB 2.0

 

[MAggOT]

I'm not really into a lot of portable things like that. Could be cool so we'll see. I'd like to see what they all have to offer but I'm probably most looking forward to Xbox 2.

 

[radiohead]

xbox 2, but the playstation portable sounds interesting (yet expensive...).

it's too bad all of vicman's specs are greek to me what kind of graphics will the PSP be on par with? maybe a playstation?

 

[Vicman]

Close to a PS2...

 

[radiohead]

DAMN

i bet it costs an arm and a leg though. but still, that's really awesome.

 

[Vicman]

Nope, Sony is saying that they will price it competetively with the GBA, so expect it to be under $150
:rock:

 

[radiohead]

wow, that's pretty damn nice. i wonder what the competition will be when it's released though, and if not, what the competition will be in the near future...

 

[Dragonzero]

ps3 is gonna ve sweet