Originally posted by BirryPan
The ps3 can not play the pc version of minecraft. So if they ported the pc version to ps3 it would lag a ton. However if a person made a ps3 version with another way of generating the map (so a different way to the pc version) it may just aswell happen. The only reason that this game beed so much power to run it is because of the pur cpu power that is needed. The ps3's cpu may be able to handle a downed version of the game. And yes that means crappy graphics and a low view distance. But if sonebody finds another more efficienct way of generating the world better graphics and view distance may follow.
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A full port of the game to ps3 would kill the cpu. The game would probably look like a slideshow too.
Did you not watch the PlayB3yond commercials??!?!
The PS3 is a very powerful machine, it has an 8-core cell processor. MineCraft uses very little RAM as well, because it is quite efficient in its map loading system. It simply stores the map in chunks, but you don't seem aware of that, have you tried to hack the game or even play it?
My PC is running on an AMD Phenom II 1055T x6 Processor and 8 GB RAM. I was able to run MC at max settings with about 100fps, while rendering a video (which takes up 85-90% of my RAM).
If RAM ever became an issue the PS3 could always just rely on its graphics card to power the BEAST that is Minecraft and its BEAUTIFUL and ELEGANT blocks....