RobertoOrtiz
08-29-2003, 07:08 PM
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"It lost Xbox 2 and the next Nintendo. But does the graphics company have an ace up its sleeve?"
"The reality is nVidia is not sitting in a vacuum," said Erach Desai, an analyst with American Technology Research. "They are in discussions with Sony for the PS3."
"Sony made the PS2's graphics engine in-house - but will it outsource the work for the PS3?
Because of its age, the PlayStation 2 is the weakest graphically of the three consoles on the market. The machine is a year older than the Xbox or GameCube – and Sony froze the design specs long before the machine hit store shelves. The machine's current graphics chip was designed by Sony and manufactured by Fujitsu.
"They realize, I think, that they cannot do it all," said Desai. "I have checked with a couple of very seasoned executives ... and the strong impression is that there is interest from Sony and interest from nVidia."
>>Link<< (http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/27/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm?cnn=yes)
-R
"It lost Xbox 2 and the next Nintendo. But does the graphics company have an ace up its sleeve?"
"The reality is nVidia is not sitting in a vacuum," said Erach Desai, an analyst with American Technology Research. "They are in discussions with Sony for the PS3."
"Sony made the PS2's graphics engine in-house - but will it outsource the work for the PS3?
Because of its age, the PlayStation 2 is the weakest graphically of the three consoles on the market. The machine is a year older than the Xbox or GameCube – and Sony froze the design specs long before the machine hit store shelves. The machine's current graphics chip was designed by Sony and manufactured by Fujitsu.
"They realize, I think, that they cannot do it all," said Desai. "I have checked with a couple of very seasoned executives ... and the strong impression is that there is interest from Sony and interest from nVidia."
>>Link<< (http://money.cnn.com/2003/08/27/commentary/game_over/column_gaming/index.htm?cnn=yes)
-R