The Russian leader instructed the government to “assess the requirements for organizing the production of both stationary and portable game consoles in Russia.”
Within the same strategy, the development of an operating system and cloud system was also on the agenda. Russia was initially developing a gaming console based on the Elbrus processor with the VLIW microarchitecture targeting mission-critical workloads. The new console is not expected to have performance comparable to the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S, so Russian officials want developers to create something unusual to overcome performance challenges.
The Russian leader instructed the government to “assess the requirements for organizing the production of both stationary and portable game consoles in Russia.”
Within the same strategy, the development of an operating system and cloud system was also on the agenda. Russia was initially developing a gaming console based on the Elbrus processor with the VLIW microarchitecture targeting mission-critical workloads. The new console is not expected to have performance comparable to the PlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X|S, so Russian officials want developers to create something unusual to overcome performance challenges.
Russian Game Console Will Have Elbrus Processor
“I hope my colleagues will approach this task with full responsibility and come up with something truly groundbreaking. It's obvious to everyone: Elbrus processors are not yet able to compete on an equal footing with PS5 and Xbox, which means that the solution must be unusual.”
This approach could involve either simplifying games to the extent that Elbrus CPUs can handle them, or using cloud rendering and computing. This means that the games will require excellent low-latency broadband to enjoy. On the other hand, Russian telecommunications company MTS is also developing a game console.
This approach could involve either simplifying games to the extent that Elbrus CPUs can handle, or using cloud rendering and computation. This means that games will require excellent low latency broadband to enjoy. Meanwhile, Russian telecommunications company MTS is also developing a gaming console.
The company calls the device a cloud-based gaming service and calls the platform “MTS Fog Play”. The device uses low-end hardware, comes with an Xbox-like controller and costs around 50 dollars. Let's see how the Russian game console, which Putin is personally interested in, will perform. Moreover, we will see if it will be released.
