Grooveriding
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- Dec 25, 2008
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Why can't they develop an upgradeable console ? It would make them more money and selfishly, not leave us with foul console ports on the PC.
Really, just the GPU needs to be open to upgrades. RAM would cause too many issues for developers trying to make the game playable across different console configurations. Give the console some generous RAM right out the gate, 4GB, heck maybe even 2GB would be enough, considering there is no Windows overhead. Also a half decent CPU.
Then allow the GPU to receive upgrades. Game developers could make their games much like they do for PCs; with options to use improved graphical settings. Make these settings completely hard-locked to the GPU hardware in your machine.
You have a standard box, you can use medium, have upgrade #1, you can choose medium or high, have upgrade #2, you can choose medium, high and ultra.
Have the GPU as a slide box that slips in a port. They could charge a ludicrous price with a nice markup on the upgrade kits. Kids would ask their parents for the shiny new console year one at Christmas, next Christmas ask for the shiny new GPU upgrade their friends have, so on and so forth.
Really, just the GPU needs to be open to upgrades. RAM would cause too many issues for developers trying to make the game playable across different console configurations. Give the console some generous RAM right out the gate, 4GB, heck maybe even 2GB would be enough, considering there is no Windows overhead. Also a half decent CPU.
Then allow the GPU to receive upgrades. Game developers could make their games much like they do for PCs; with options to use improved graphical settings. Make these settings completely hard-locked to the GPU hardware in your machine.
You have a standard box, you can use medium, have upgrade #1, you can choose medium or high, have upgrade #2, you can choose medium, high and ultra.
Have the GPU as a slide box that slips in a port. They could charge a ludicrous price with a nice markup on the upgrade kits. Kids would ask their parents for the shiny new console year one at Christmas, next Christmas ask for the shiny new GPU upgrade their friends have, so on and so forth.