big deal (Score 1)

Back in 1996, Nintendo talked of the microprocessor in the n64 as reprogramable. This would enable nintendo to rewrite faster code and improve games as the console aged. It seems because the n64 had a tough programming curve and not mush in the way of support from middleware companies, that there was never any rewrite of the core processor code because that would have set the developers back too far. Linux is being used in the middleware for the Playstation2 so maybe the tough programming of consoles has come to an end.