An x86 processor in a game console? Where have I seen that before? I sometimes feel we’re running in circles, but this is good. Developers won’t have to struggle to optimize their games to run on an arcane asymmetric system.

Not to mention the very reasonable amount of memory, 8GB. I don’t have much reservation predicting 8GB will still be “enough for anyone” by the time this thing ships. Sure, it’s not extravagant, but 4GB PCs are common today. Nothing like the PS3’s 256MB that was already miserly the day it was announced.