Not thrilled to see pure evil there.

Hey, Microsoft isn't that bad.

Manga Entertainment is supporting it. That's all I need.

Ha, I knew someone was going to do that.

yeap...M$ is pure evil...they should put some linux in that xbox machine for a while

but Linux sucks
there's a reason why Sony took it out of the ps3.

Linux is great

Because hardly anyone uses the PS3 as a computer. That's why.

not if o need to get work done. Ubuntu is great when I'm mesiing around.buy when i need to use photoshop,evernote , or itunes than i have to go with windows or OSX.

The "lack of use" of Linux is not why, more like how it was used.

Well there is a lot of options...good luck with S.O.P.A by the way

I think The_Fox was referring to Fox News...

If the future for game consoles is indeed News Corporation, then I'd hope the people in them at least get some basic education in video games.

Then don't you mean useless?

No, I think Sony learned their lesson about launching a console with that high of a price tag.

This was an interesting article.

Here

If this holds water Its going to be a fun console war. The 20% differece in power will probably not even be noticable till the end of the consoles cycles. Get that third party support Ninntedo !!!!!!

the gamecube eta had similar power levels and that didn't make a difference. opus we still have to see how nintendo handles DD.

PS4 Rumors:

Kotaku notes that the predicted specs of the Orbis (PS4) currently include an AMD x64 CPU and AMD Southern Islands GPU. The source told Kotaku that "select developers" have already received dev kits at the beginning of the year and revised kits arrived around the time of the Game Developers Conference earlier this month.

Furthermore, according to Kotaku's source, Orbis will not feature backwards compatibility with PlayStation 3 games and will incorporate some sort of used-games restriction. Apparently, once a consumer inserts a Blu-ray disc into Orbis it must be tied to a PSN account and can no longer be shared. The data can be installed onto the system and flagged as "downloaded" from the PSN so it can be re-downloaded for future use. Sources are "unclear" as to how the disc functions following this, though one possibility is that the disc can allow consumers to access trial content before purchasing the full game on their console.

Source: http://ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1221819p1.html

It's also a name loaded with meaning. The word "Orbis" itself, from Latin, means circle, or ring, or even orbit. Not terribly helpful. Combine it with the name of Sony's new handheld system, though, and you have the common term Orbis Vita (or, in strict Latin, Orbis Vitae). Which means "The circle of life". Could the Vita be playing a very important role in the development and use of the next PlayStation home console? Maybe! Hello Wii U!

The PS4's GPU in particular, we're told, will be capable of displaying Orbis games at a resolution of up to 4096x2160

All we've heard is that you need to authenticate a new game online via the PSN.

Alternative Source: http://kotaku.com/5896996/the-next-playstation-is-called-orbi...

Well, orbis sounds far more interesting and creative than another PS5! Props to Sony if they do intend on using this funkalicious Italiano' name for their next super powerful console. And 4096x2160 based resolution? LOL pretty hilarious, considering you'd have to own an HDTV at around 80" + to even probably notice it(News flash the majority doesn't....Not even close)That resolution i'm guessing would be good for people who own Projectors who like to bust out the 80"-200" screen experience. And what does all of that PC graphics mumbo jumbo mean? I miss the days when graphical power went by itty bitty BITS

If MS is able to make it around Windows 8 (and DX11) so that you may have games playable in both PC and next XBoX (same media), then it would be really outstanding.

Even though I love Linux and currently running Ubuntu 11.10 I agree with @shingi_70
You can only use Linux completely of you know a lot about it, such as compiling source code and extracting .tar.gz archives.
I have the (shameful) need for windows again so I can game and have my audio quality back. iTunes isn't a problem for me as I use VirtualBox with Windows XP.