The idea of using multiple CPUs to power PC games is nothing new. Quake was one of the first titles to do so and you wouldn’t see 2x the performance, but there was definitely a noticeable increase. With the next-gen consoles coming out soon we are beginning to see consoles take the multi-cpu approach to beef up their games, but what about using a cluster of game consoles to power games? That’s the question that Henning answers over at PS3Blog with Multiple PS3’s Working Together.

While he goes into details that not even I can explain, his conclusion is straightforward.

That said, I don’t think it’ll happen. How many people will have more than one PS3 to take advantage of all the effort required? Especially given the rumours that the PS3 will be an expensive console, I think it is very unlikely that many people would own more than one PS3. You could argue that if the software is there, people would buy more than one PS3. But that’s asking game developers to take a very large leap of faith that if they did develop something, people would pony up the dough for both the game and another PS3. Not gonna happen.

An interesting thought nonetheless. Maybe one day we could hookup 20 Gameboys together to get a decent system going…or even better 10 PSPs.