When PS3 and 360 were released, their hardware was far from old. The 360 had a X1950/2900XT hybrid ATI GPU, and the PS3 had a pretty high end G70. At a time when Direct X10 cards were just teasing their way into the market. Also, the 3-Core PowerPC CPU in the 360 is still very capable, and the PS3\'s Cell with 8 SPEs and 1 PPE is perhaps even more so. It quickly got beaten by PCs though.