It seems to me like it would make sense for the "next gen" of consoles to be more of an expansion card that goes in a pci slot. Almost everyone has a computer with open slots. It would be great if they had some kind of performance boost technology within in them.
Oh, it already exists! It's like a next gen console, but better. It's called a GPU that is a 7870 or better.
No. I mean with hardware specific games and what not.
What you are describing is a GPU + Mantle (sort of...). It's on the way... ;)
Hmm... i just need a working xbox 360 emulator to go with my r9
The next-gen consoles are more or less off-the-shelf PC parts in a plastic case. The previous gen, such a the 360, run a foreign architecture, and are fairly powerful; short of somehow running a dedicated 360 SoC along with separate OS, emulation isn't happening any time soon.
Yeah... Ive had a hard time facing that reality for awhile