PC's have been doing HD resolutions for years. But yes, the Xbox 360 is quite powerfull.
Sure is I'm gonna sell my granny to buy one.
I've yet to see a proper simulation for a console... So I guess that'll stay with PC, but everything else seems to be shifting to console (I've even seen RTS-games for console)... 
PC's are general devises that do a lot of things. Sure, you can build a specialty machine that is a great game machine, but it can obviously still do email, spreadsheets, hacking, porn, etc.
A general device is almost never going to be as good as a dedicated device. Consoles are dedicated devices, they are made for playing games and not much more unless it is incidental like watching DVD movies.
However, consoles have a long way to go before they are good enough to replace a PC as THE gaming environment.
First, they have to be unlocked and not proprietary to the manufacturer who then holds the developers' feet to the fire as to content and royalties.
Second, they have to be integrated into the Internet easily or just as easily linked to a PC for modifications, updates, server control, and new content (and probably a bunch of other things I can't think of).
Third, developers must have the freedom to produce content for the consoles that they want to make.
The reason you get mostly lame racing content on consoles are:
1) It is designed for the quick fix and not for the serious racer.
2) The games must appeal to a mass market or the devs won't make enough on the project to pay the exorbitant fees required by the box manufacturer.
3) The box manufacturers would never allow access to their proprietary information willingly for a small, independent dev team for a number of business and strategy reasons.
Eventually, we will have dedicated gaming environments that are open and integrated with PC's and the network. You may use your PC monitor to play the game, or even use your PC as an interface device for the game system, but the game system will have its own dedicated hardware that is designed for nothing else but playing games.
But, right now, games consoles are still toys (albeit fun toys).
A general device is almost never going to be as good as a dedicated device. Consoles are dedicated devices, they are made for playing games and not much more unless it is incidental like watching DVD movies.
However, consoles have a long way to go before they are good enough to replace a PC as THE gaming environment.
First, they have to be unlocked and not proprietary to the manufacturer who then holds the developers' feet to the fire as to content and royalties.
Second, they have to be integrated into the Internet easily or just as easily linked to a PC for modifications, updates, server control, and new content (and probably a bunch of other things I can't think of).
Third, developers must have the freedom to produce content for the consoles that they want to make.
The reason you get mostly lame racing content on consoles are:
1) It is designed for the quick fix and not for the serious racer.
2) The games must appeal to a mass market or the devs won't make enough on the project to pay the exorbitant fees required by the box manufacturer.
3) The box manufacturers would never allow access to their proprietary information willingly for a small, independent dev team for a number of business and strategy reasons.
Eventually, we will have dedicated gaming environments that are open and integrated with PC's and the network. You may use your PC monitor to play the game, or even use your PC as an interface device for the game system, but the game system will have its own dedicated hardware that is designed for nothing else but playing games.
But, right now, games consoles are still toys (albeit fun toys).
I agree racing sims are laregly developed by smaller, independant teams. So I think that when Hallen's point happens, and digital distibution of games to consoles (this will happen too) is the norm, we'll see proper racing sims on consoles.
1 or 2 generations away I reckon.
unless hardware prices drop considerably or consoles start costing the same as a proper pc youll never see anything but big budget games on consoles
Sorry did a demo racer just say this? lol
Thats what they said about rFactor and what a pile of **** that is imo. I do think we are due to get another simulator thats going to compete with LFS but i dont think its going to happen anytime soon.
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