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DanBC on March 3, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Valve working on 'Steam Box' gaming console with h...

But what do consoles limit?

Apart from shiny graphics what things are games trying to do which they need more power for?

Which games are pushing at AI or different forms of man machine interfaces?

devicenull on March 3, 2012 | [–]

When was the last time you saw a console that allows mods to be created?

jjp9999 on March 3, 2012 | [–]

Battlefield 3 also had toned down graphics on consoles.

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