New XBox with 3x PPC G5

[Seehund]

three (IBM) PPC G5 in it.

Isn't this just a case of a journalist making false conclusions from "three IBM chips"?

It just doesn't make sense. The G5s cost a couple of hundred $ each, don't they? 3 CPUs? Why not 2, 4, or some other even number? Why would the XBox 2 need such a ginormous CPU power? The predecessor did its stuff with a lowly Celeron for a CPU, and a kickass graphics system.

[Seehund]

The price of the G5 processor is already as cheap as can be.

Which is?
Is my guesstimated volume price in the proximity of $200 for a midrange G5 totally whack? G4s seem to range from ~$100 to ~$400 (although that's for single unit retail sales, it seems).

Do not make wild, rash assumptions about the cost of a chip based on Apple and Eyetech's system prices.

Heh, I don't think anyone does that.

Anyway, now the buzz is about something custom made "based on the G5", so I guess it could mean anything.