With a design that is completly diferent from others on the market, here comes the new nippon baby. I don't have much info about it yet, but still, I can give you some interesting details about it...
First, this new hardware doesn't has a known name yet, so, let's forget about that point (for now) and check some ineteresting tecnical details.
On the graphic plan, the designer of the graphic card is nVidia, same as Xbox, but with a little something more has they announce 300 millions polygons per second (almost the double that Xbox). The usual graphical effects are there (particles, anti-alias, dynamic light, etc...) with 128 of video RAM.
It's memory has 256Mb of RAM, something that ensures gigantic worlds! You'll still have memory cards on the controllers as usual!
The sound will beat it all also, because the Dolby Digital 5.1 will be managed automatically by the games thinks to a managment coupled with the graphic managment (placement of the sound in space same as a polygon in a scenario).
Now the BIG new about this console is: an LCD screen on the console! For what? Well, this console will be the first to allow the players to play without a TV. Isn't that great? Of course, the quality on this screen won't be as good as on the TV, far from that! And of course, a speaker IN the console... Wouldn't be good to play without the sound, right?
The screen and the speaker will be automatically disabled as soon as the console is turned on a TV screen, but an option will allow you to turn them on at the same time as on the TV. (I don't see a reason in this, but well...) The price will be low as well as the LCD is not an expensive tecnology anymore.
You will also see the diference on how you put the disc. So, no dust, no problems with the lazer.
It's all I know for now, more news as soon as I get them. I don't have pics of the controller yet, I will put them as soon as I get some. SEGA is really back!!!
