New Xbox Rumors and Speculations

[Oisterman]

Rumors of an Xbox 360 successor have been gathering steam in recent months. Blame part of this on the fact that the six-year-old console is simply inching closer to its eventual replacement. There's also the possibility that there's some actual truth behind the rumors. The latest comes "sources close to the project" speaking to IGN, and it gets pretty specific.

Assuming the unnamed sources are correct, the next-generation Xbox will arrive in late-October or November 2013 packing a GPU modeled after AMD's Radeon HD 6670 video card. That means DirectX 11 and 3D display support, as well as multidisplay output. 1080p too, but that should go without saying at this point. The new console is expected to be roughly six times more powerful than the Xbox 360 and "will yield 20 percent greater performance than" Nintendo's Wii U.

The system configuration should be finalized by August, which is when developers are expected to start receiving their devkits. Given all of this, an E3 reveal is likely, assuming of course that the sources are accurate.

Taken from G4 who is linking IGN as their source.



I know, rumors are rumors. However, it DID come across as the Feed on G4 while I was watching it tonight. They don't usually entertain your basic every day rumors, so I figured this one was worth posting about.

There is also speak about the Xbox not being able to play used games. Which is absolute bullshit if you ask me...if thats the case, they'd better lower the price of new games by about half, or LOTS of people won't be playing them.

[xBlazex]

if they want to stop pirate then need to make it downloadable only no usb port and no memory slots and cant take out the hard drive and make cost only $20

[kbe2k6]

That whole used game thing is guaranteed BS all three console manufacturers would need to be on board with this because why would a consumer buy the new Xbox when they can buy the PS4 or Wii-U where they can still play used games.... Microsoft would be shooting themselves in the foot big time.

[Oisterman]

I can only hope you're right. I can't remember the last new game I bought.

Skyrim I think.

[tiger1526]

my only problem with people buying used games is the fact that the developer never sees any of the money from the sale its 100% pure profit to who ever sold the game, i don't think making it impossible to play used games is the way to go though i have actually grown to like the idea behind paying 10$ or what ever for access to online features ect.

im pretty much a 95% pure pc gamer though so used isn't a option even if i wanted to.

@blaze, they will NEVER stop pirating the more companies try the more reasons it gives people to pirate all that pirate "proofing" does is cause more issues for the legit buyer where as the pirate gets a much greater experience overall.

Steam CEO Gabe Newell hits the nail right on the head when it comes to piracy. "Piracy is almost always a service problem and not a pricing problem."

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...ssue-for-steam