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It's likely not a PC, but a development console.



Also, the current-gen consoles from Microsoft and Sony are pretty much PC hardware-- somewhat customized APU (both the PS4 and Xbox One are based around combined CPU + GPU designs from AMD), but still derived from designs that are available as commodity PC hardware.

Nintendo's the only one that's really gone a different direction; the Switch is ARM-based and built around the Nvidia Tegra X1 (same chipset as the Nvidia Shield). Software-wise, they're (reportedly) running a derivative of the OS from the Nintendo 3DS.


Yeah, the real winner of the console war this round was AMD.




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