<p>I like playing video games like PS2 and Xbox. I think I would want to invent PS3 and PS4 in the future.</p>
<p>Would computer engineering or electrical engineering be more suited for this?
Because the games could be computers but I modded my playstation and it seemed like alot of circuits which is more EE oriented. So which is better?</p>
<p>thanks</p>
<p>CS for making games I guess (software). But if you want to design hardware you should try CompE or EE. CompE is EE but with CSs thrown in. It is specialized EE basically.</p>
<p>software = CS
hardware = CE</p>
<p>no its computer science</p>
<p>Software engineering is what you should look at.</p>
<p>I'm not looking to make software. I want something without any programming in it. I want to make game console systems. The physical part of it.</p>
<p>I'd say you want to do Computer Engineering. Electrical Engineering is probably going to deal with some stuff you don't need, particularly analog stuff. You want to focus on digital electronics.</p>
<p>Does that require any programming? I don't want to do any programming. I had bad experience with it in a high school Java class.</p>
<p>I just want to build and design gaming hardware like PS2, PS3, Xbox, and Xbox 2. </p>
<p>thanks.</p>
<p>Well CompE will require some CS courses. Aren't there many different programs (or systems) that CS courses teach beside Java? And I was worried about physics b/c I hated it in high school but I love it at college so don't discount it because of one class.</p>
<p>thanks for the advice.</p>
<p>Hope I get a good position in a gaming company like Microsoft or Sony if my first plan of I-banking does not work.</p>
<p>Hate to burst your bubble, but CE isn't just slapping some chips, joysticks, and a power supply together into a box and you "magically" create the hardware. It definitely requires the same logic/reasoning along with low level programming required of CS majors. If you are not adept at programming, forget about CE. Or really EE for that matter, unless you want to do communications or power type stuff that is more pure math.</p>
<p>I'm not sure what communication or power type stuff is but I don't think I want to do it. Its sounds boring. I'm only interested designing/building game consoles, cool electronics, or maybe computers.</p>
<p>About how much programming will majoring in CE have compared to an actual major in CS?</p>
<p>Also I have some experience building computers and modding my PS2. Will this help me in the more hands-on part of the major?</p>
<p>Well, what have you done to mod your PS2? As far as building computers goes, thats great, but given how modular your basic PC has become requires no special engineering knowledge whatsoever. I'd say a Computer Engineering curriculum is AT LEAST 50% of the same courses a CS major would have to take. You'd definitely need to become proficient at assembly and hardware level programming -- not good based on your described aversion to programming. Efficient hardware designs require a good understanding of programming to begin with!</p>
<p>At least 50%!? How much electrical engineering is required?</p>
<p>Because I want to keep programming to a minimum.. Remember I only want to build PS1, PS2, Xbox, and computers. Not program the actual game. I would imagine it be a bunch of circuits..</p>
<p>As for modding my PS2, I basically unscrewed it and soldered a chip into it. But I have installed video cards, and assembled a few computers before. This mean I've been around technical equipment before. This should give me a good headstart in computer engineering, at least in the circuits labs. </p>
<p>Maybe the college might put me in a advanced class if I'm lucky...</p>
<p>Hmm. I'd be surprised if you couldn't train monkeys to solder or take apart a video game console. Excellent skill, of course, but not really an engineering skill. Why did you replace the chip and what does it do? Do you know how the chip works? That might be a start.</p>
<p>Also, building computers and replacing video cards (or any perhipheral, for that matter) does not require an engineering degree. I've got friends in the business shool, communications school, as well as the education school who have no problems replacing anything in their computers. Or building them. And I go to a pretty mediocre school, its not MIT by any stretch. It really doesn't require any knowledge (well, they are probably unaware of potential static electricity issues) that would be helpful towards computer engineering. Sorry to be so harsh, but its the truth.</p>
<p>I think you've a fundamental misunderstanding of the field. Hardware engineers must have an innate comprehension of computer science as well as a background in electrical engineering. This is called computer systems engineering.</p>
<p>Constructing a computer as a consumer is relatively simple. I've done it and found that it's little to brag about. As has been mentioned, personal computers are modular and easily "built". Computer components like those in PCs, Playstation, Xbox, and Gamecube, are far, far, FAR more difficult to piece together. Knowing how to plug eight boxes into each other the only way they fit and burn a metal string onto a green stick won't help you break into the industry. I'm sorry.</p>
<p>Not to dismiss your dream, but I would recommend that you read up on the topic before you commit yourself to a major.</p>
<p>Look here for more information (highly technical and not for the feint of heart):
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_engineering%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_engineering</a> [your future here?]
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical_engineering</a> [a fundamental component of CE]
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science</a> [the other half of CE]
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_design%5B/url%5D">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CPU_design</a> [scan the text to see if the jargon interests you]
<a href="http://slashdot.org%5B/url%5D">http://slashdot.org</a> [the people you'll be stuck with as a computer engineer; learn to lov'em]</p>
<p>i said i would not respond, but i hope yall who have responded realize how ridiculous this zerox guy is.</p>
<p>Well I didn't want to say it first, but I agree with your jeffl.</p>
<p>Yeah I have.</p>
<p>Help out Zerox again:
<a href="http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=45684%5B/url%5D">http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=45684</a></p>
<p>This time, give him what he's due.</p>