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Is every console a PC nowadsys?
I mean I'm not against it per se, even it might be kind of good I guess.
They were always nerfed down PCs
My initial response to this was "ehhh", but a quick look at the consoles I grew up with shows you're right. The only exception I saw was the PS3 thanks to it's pretty bonkers CPU.
The Super Nintendo user a Ricoh 5A22, which was based on the W65C816S used in the Apple II.
The Sega Genesis used a Motorola 68000, which was popular for Unix computers. It also made it into a number of PCs like the Apple Lisa, Macintosh, and Amiga
The PS1 and PS2 both had a R3000A-compatible 32-bit RISC CPU that was used in a lot of workstations of the era, but none of those would be familiar to an x86 user.
The PS3's processor was the stuff of hype and legends. It bore no resemblance to PCs of the time
I mean the military did buy up ps3s to make a supercomputer for this reason. Pretty cheap and performed well.
https://phys.org/news/2010-12-air-playstation-3s-supercomputer.html