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The next Xbox will require an always-on connection, no used games, Blu Ray and a new Kinect
Sony will be announcing their next generation Playstation later this month, and Microsoft won’t be far behind. New deets have come forward about the next Xbox— it will require an always-on internet connection, it won’t play second-hand games, it will have Blu Ray discs up to 50gb and a brand new Kinect system.
Sources with first-hand experience of Microsoft’s next generation console have told us that although the next Xbox will be absolutely committed to online functionality, games will still be made available to purchase in physical form. Next Xbox games will be manufactured on 50GB-capacity Blu-ray discs, Microsoft having conceded defeat to Sony following its ill-fated backing of the HD-DVD format. It is believed that games purchased on disc will ship with activation codes, and will have no value beyond the initial user.
Our source has also confirmed that the next Xbox’s recently rumoured specs are entirely accurate. That means an AMD eight-core x64 1.6GHz CPU, a D3D11.x 800MHz graphics solution and 8GB of DDR3 RAM. As of now, the console’s hard drive capacity is said to be undecided, but Microsoft’s extended commitment to online delivery suggests that it will be the largest unit it has put inside a console to date.
Though the architectures of the next-gen Xbox and PlayStation both resemble that of PCs, several development sources have told us that Sony’s solution is preferable when it comes to leveraging power. Studios working with the next-gen Xbox are currently being forced to work with only approved development libraries, while Sony is encouraging coders to get closer to the metal of its box. Furthermore, the operating system overhead of Microsoft’s next console is more oppressive than Sony’s equivalent, giving the PlayStation-badged unit another advantage.
Unlike Nintendo, Microsoft is continuing to invest heavily in motion-control interfaces, and a new, more reliably responsive Kinect will also ship alongside the next Xbox.
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loveandentropy reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
Haha! Looks like I...Xbox! Fuck you, Microsoft!
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tylorius reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
Fuck that noise! I’m out.
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jedicass reblogged this from nicowanderer and added:
Looks like the next Xbox will be less powerful than my current PC. No thanks Microsoft.
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feels-like-liquid-fire reblogged this from vikingbitch
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theoldmanisgaming reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
No used games? BULLSHIT!! Looks like for...console wars I’m going
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oyrishcreme reblogged this from nicowanderer and added:
This is why playstation is better ohhhhhh victory screech lululululu
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vitchellhausen reblogged this from alexbutcher and added:
>new consoles Join the masterrace faggots
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spacebartender reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
no used games? Hm…that reminds me of something…
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asphil reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
This just makes me sick....has no other purpose now except
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thisismyfightitsgonnabealright reblogged this from lagertha-lodbrok and added:
Always Internet connect wow I’m done
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attheageofdecay reblogged this from thecommongrave and added:
I’d be fine with “no used games” if the price for new games comes down sharply and they do away with physical copies.
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mrmoneda reblogged this from lagertha-lodbrok and added:
The only problem I have with believing this is that Microsoft actually stands to lose something if the used games market...
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thekeefer reblogged this from iheartchaos and added:
no used games? fuck that noise
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welpyeah reblogged this from blackmanbatman and added:
how bout no
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nerdygeekychic reblogged this from randomthoughtsbymike
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tacticalsnake reblogged this from nicowanderer and added:
At present the “no used” rumor is based on the as yet a rumor that it must be online 24/7, which doesn’t appear...
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olga-lemongrass reblogged this from lagertha-lodbrok and added:
true… but MS is stupid???? I dont know how to feel about this
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lagertha-lodbrok reblogged this from filthymitts and added:
I have a hard time believing this is true. MS would not shoot themselves in the foot like this.
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conversekid reblogged this from iheartchaos
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nicowanderer reblogged this from vikingbitch and added:
fuck that shit. does microsoft not realize not everyone has internet 24/7? what about borrowing games from your friends,...
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thecommongrave reblogged this from vikingbitch and added:
I have a feeling the backlash from this decision means their standing on no used games doesn’t last long.
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