At a recent talk in Seattle, Mike Rayfield of NVIDIA got up and spoke about all things performance, particularly in the mobile sector. There is no denying that the power has grown in mobile phones, we have seen the first quad-core mobile processor, Tegra 3, be released by none other than NVIDIA themselves. Rayfield explained how at the current rate, processing power in mobile devices are now almost at the level of an everyday gaming console in the coming years.
What this graph doesn’t show however is the next generation of consoles that are going to be out by 2014. They will have much more power than this estimate shows. I am all for the Temple Runs and Cut The Ropes on my phone but can ever see my phone or tablet replacing the console that I have next to my TV. I’m anxious to see what developers can do with all this new power, but on the flip side am fearful of what it’s going to do to my battery. Do you guys want to play Halo 4 or Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 on your tablet or phone?
Via: NVIDIA
With the initial release of the ps3 back in 2006 (best graphics rendering and performance imo), console gaming hasn’t had a real graphics update since has it?
Not that it has needed it, i think there was a study done that its only used ~60-80% of its potential to date even in the most intense games, where as xbox and wii have been maxed for a while now on some games
Sony and Microsoft should both make their own android apps that allows you to download different console quality games onto your phone or tablet with its own cloud storage service. Imagine playing Xbox and Playstation games on the same portable tablet or phone and not even using up any space on the device? then connect it to the tv via hdmi and play it on the tv. It probably won’t happen though because they may lose money on the systems but it would be the best thing to do.
I’m dropping the BS flag on this chart.
I don’t ever remember a time when consoles had better performance compared to a PC, let alone in 2005.
Off topic but I wanna see some Intel chips on Android phones!
If the Xperia Play would have had Tegra2 it would have done alot better.
THANK YOU. Some guy flamed me for saying that cell phones are the next consoles. Streaming games is probably the future with eliminates the need for any more improvement of hardware on current phones. But getting better hardware is not a bad thing at all if we get to play AAA titles without streaming!
Where this is feasible, is playing the games from the tablet connected to the TV via HDMI, and using a bluetooth controller. I would much rather pay $6-$10 for the game, than $50-$60. The quality is almost there.
HALO 4 On my Cell Phone! Why not! Gaming on the go!
GTA 5 and Madden ’13 on my tablet?
that’s not surprising. consoles are really behind in performance.
I know. Last year I saw a commercial for a new war movie. It looked like a good movie and was wondering when it would be released in theatres. It turns out it was a commercial for the new Call of Duty game that was released a few weeks later. Now what were you saying again?
Call of duty doesn’t look that realistic. But I was saying that consoles are really behind in performance. Recent desktop hardware is plenty more powerful than what consoles have in them.
If you want realistic go outside. If you want a game with movie qualities to it then play certain ps3 and xbox 360 games. Just remember this. Its only been about 10-15 years since the first playstation was released and 9 years since the first xbox was released. Since then there have been 3 playstation systems and 2 xbox systems. I can’t even list how many different computers there have been since playstation 1 was released because there have been too many that has been better everytime. To make it more fair just compare the playstation 1, 2, and 3 graphics to the graphics of the first 3 computers ever made and let me know which you think has improved more. But only between the first 3 computers and the playstation 1, 2, and 3
If you want movie qualities play a game like Uncharted or Mass Effect. The point is that desktop hardware is far ahead of consoles and always will be because you are able to upgrade when something new is released. It’s a disadvantage to consoles that you are not able to upgrade hardware. I am not talking about PCs from manufacturers. I am talking about desktop and even laptop hardware.
Well lets think about it. How many playstation home consoles are there? 3. How many xbox systems? 2. How many desktop computer? The list is too long to even count. And just like with everything on the planet it usually gets better everytime a new one is released. So if there r 3 playstation systems it got better 3 times. If there are like 100 or 1000 different computers it got better 100 or 1000 times. So since there r only 3 playstation systems that would mean that we are only talking about the first 3 desktop computers ever made to make it a fair comparison.. Even if you did upgrade those it still wouldn’t be as good as the playstation 1, 2, and 3.
How would that be a fair comparison? A computer from pre 1990 compared with a modern console? We’re talking about modern desktops vs modern consoles and desktops win.
Get back to me when they can stuff a top of the line vidya card in there
He’s right, especially since Sony and MS’ next gen console plans look really unambitious in terms of GPU performance.
Eric, I think their point is that the power will rival today’s game consoles, not the next generation. If I’m not mistaken they’re not claiming that mobile will catch up with AND keep up with consoles.
Mobile is the future of ALL computing. Your phone will do all the heavy lifting and just dock to different screens for laptops/desktops/gaming/TV/tablets/etc. If you read this and all you think is “OMZ A PHONE IS TOO SMALL FOR GAMING” then you’re missing the point.
Steam for Android?
The main problem with phones is their hardware is non-upgradeable unless you’re talking upgrades every 2 years on contract. The extremely low TDPs of phone hardware will always be behind consoles and PCs. Always. Developers can’t use extremely high detail textures because there just isn’t enough memory. Most high-end video cards today are coming with 3-4GBs. By 2014, that will likely double, as will their effective performance which is already insane as it is. As for next-gen consoles, we can only guess, but I’d think they’d shoot higher than current PC gaming performance today.
What I envision is the ability to seamlessly play a game on my tv and them take it with me on my phone. Sort of like transfaring with the PS vita. Only if the console is the phone there would be no need for two purchases of the same game.
So the setup I’m talking about is a docking/ media station that is connected to the TV. you come home and drop it into the dock and you can keep the game going on the tv with say a Bluetooth wireless controller. Strap some kind of slide out game pad to the back of the phone and you got xperia play on steroids, in a good way, like what the xperia play wasn’t.
It’s called On Live. It’s actually pretty neat to play console games on the go, especially if you have their controller. Sucks for battery life though. You’re basically pinned to the wall.
Wish someone would make it happen man. Not really sky drive I get that. But it would be awesome to seamlessly play games on the same device. Making the home experience portable and vice versa. Its like your entire library of games is always at your fingertips. In your hand or on your home TV.
I’d rather play Halo 4 on my 46″ tv than my 4″ phone.
I’d rather buy Halo 4 for like $10-$20 on my tablet with console quality graphics and then connect it to my 50″ tv via hdmi and play it both ways.
Playstation Vita phone?
OMAP 5 will still kick its ass. :p
ha ha same comment, different NVIDIA article.
they need to figure out a better way to control the games that are already out there before they do this. touchscreen controls are really horrible for a lot of games.
Someone needs to make a dock that goes around your head or your body that holds your phone in front of you so you can play with your bluetooth controller on the go.
There you go, now somebody make one.
hahaha well, it’s a start at least.
edit: insert google glasses reference here!
Hell, I’d buy it.
how about this. you connect specially designed ear plugs to your google glasses that gives u the ability to play games with your mind? That will just put the bluetooth controller idea into the trash
My idea is better :< Plus you don't have any awesome blueprints like me.
I was kidding
No you were serious. Admit it.