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Learning to program for the PS3 will get developers use to the PS4 which I believe will have 2 Cell processors in it.

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This week, Nikkei reports that Sony plans to cease participation in the Cell processor's future iterations. Sony is currently in negotiations with IBM and Toshiba on the exact date and terms of the pullout.

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"The amount of action we're able to put on the screen at 60 frames per second really dwarfs what we were able to do a year ago at 30 frames per second," said Hastings. "What's most exciting is the way things are headed right now I think we'll see just as big a leap from our second generation engine to our third as we did from the first to second."

Looking ahead, he was equally as optimistic: "We're already seeing a big leap in what people are able to do with the PS3 now compared to a year ago, and we're going to see just as big a leap between now and the end of 2008," said the Insomniac Games Chief Creative Officer. "I think we're going to continue seeing major leaps each year in what people are able to do with the machine for at least three or four more years."

"The tech and gameplay teams have moved tons of things over to the SPUs that used to run on the PPU," said Hastings on the improvements made to Insomniac's game engine. "Collision and physics are entirely running on SPUs now, which allows us to put much more on the screen at once than we were able to with Resistance. Moving more and more code to the SPUs is an ongoing process and I think we'll continue to see major benefits from this for several more years."

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If this is true, WOW!  Even if there are just 2 more LEAPS in PS3 visuals, it will be WAY beyond anything else.

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    1. Halo 3 (Xbox 360) -- 433,800
    2. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (Xbox 360) -- 383, 200
    3. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (Wii) -- 286,300
    4. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/ guitar (PlayStation 2) -- 271,100
    5. The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (Nintendo DS) -- 262,800
    6. Wii Play w/ remote (Wii) -- 239,700
    7. The Orange Box (Xbox 360) -- 238,400
    8. Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock w/o guitar (PlayStation 2) -- 231,700
    9. FIFA Soccer 08 (PlayStation 2) -- 129,700
    10. Brain Age 2: More Training in Minutes a Day (Nintendo DS) -- 116,900

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# Wii -- 519,000
# Nintendo DS -- 458,000
# Xbox 360 -- 366,000
# PlayStation Portable -- 286,000
# PlayStation 2 -- 184,000
# PlayStation 3 -- 121,000

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By dying, you mean doubling sales in the US (the PS3's toughest market), right?!