However, just like the transition period
between hardware generations there are games that are put on both systems.
The gap
between hardware generations has become larger, and, as a result, Activision has had to drop the single - player campaign completely from the last - gen releases.
Not exact matches
With RIM now stretching its smartest people
between pushing out the PlayBook with it's QNX - based OS and working on getting BlackBerry 6.1 out the door for the next
generation of phone
hardware, we suspect early 2011 to be in a bit of a phone drought.
If leaks surrounding the 3rd
generation Kindle Fire tablets that we expect to come out sometime
between August and September are to believed, then the new Kindle Fire HD tablets could pack some class leading
hardware.
As with the Wii, Wii U, DS and 3DS, it's another Nintendo system that isn't attempting to compete with current
generation hardware, so don't expect PS4 or Xbox One quality visuals; the aim and benefit of using Tegra is striking a balance
between power and energy efficiency to maintain battery life, which is vital for a portable system.
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In the case of Tomb Raider, there are benefits for the consumer too: the lack of backwards compatibility
between the current and past console
generations would otherwise have them dragging the old
hardware out from under the bed to enjoy the game again, and besides — the new - gen version looks great.
Although format wars
between gaming platforms have always raged — Commodore versus Spectrum, Sega versus Nintendo, Microsoft versus Sony — the
hardware available in each
generation was something fixed and immutable.
«We look at these other ecosystems out there like mobile, tablet and PC and we see that they have a very continuous evolution cycle in
hardware, whereas
between console
generations most of the evolution is making it cheaper and potentially making it smaller.
Nintendo has different
hardware that many will argue can not keep up with the current
generation of consoles, but it's like the difference
between cars and go - karts.
The balance
between our custom built Super Cache WordPress hosting software optimizations and new
generation SSD
hardware is our key factors.
We'll talk about the design changes below, but when you think about the basic
hardware features — like ports, buttons, speaker, radios, etc. — you'll find few discrepancies
between the previous
generation and the latest.
It has been reported that Google wanted the first -
generation Pixel and Pixel XL to be waterproof, but the feature was dropped because of «internal conflict
between hardware (namely, camera) and / or waterproofing vs. price point.»
The improvements
between the smartphones were mainly found in the design as each successive «
generation» of the Moto G lineup from the G4 onwards started adopting more metal in its external
hardware.