SpartanN92
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Is it wrong that I just want to watch this for the meltdowns?
There will be world wide crow famine when this is all finished.
Is it wrong that I just want to watch this for the meltdowns?
So is anyone else actually excited for the features aspect of the 720? Most people seem so dismissive of it but I personally love the idea of being able to instantly switch between games with no downtime for instance. I understand people want the focus on games but come on, does anyone truly believe the console will be starved for content like the late days of the Gamecube or something?
Is it wrong that I just want to watch this for the meltdowns?
Not really sure what the girl in the back right corner is trying to accomplish...Does she have water in her ear?
Dat gif. I dunno about that one.
lower right seems nsfw...lol
lower right seems nsfw...lol
lower right seems nsfw...lol
Is there a single feature that Microsoft could announce that would cement your purchase?
Not really sure what the girl in the back right corner is trying to accomplish...Does she have water in her ear?
hhhhhhyyyyyype
goodmorning guys!
goodmornung hype!
Good morning tent!
Don't ask me where I got this info, because I can't and won't tell you. The New Xbox team is a locked down group and only project managers know the full story. So a good portion of this is pieced together info with extrapolations based on what I think makes sense.
Specs:
Almost everything you've seen and heard is bullshit. I choose to let you hear about this at the conference so you'll be pleasantly/unpleasantly surprised (based on your agenda).
Product Announcements:
Two products will be announced a revised Xbox 360 and a New Xbox
Revised Xbox 360 will be rebranded as Xbox <new brand> will contain a shrinked 360 SoC and will be positioned to compete with Roku and AppleTV. Will "piggyback" onto your Cable box. Old rumors had it overlaying Xbox stuff over your cable connection. It's the other way around, will "inject" your Cable into the Xbox dash via a tile. No different than Windows Media Center. First few minutes of the conference will be focused on this. The thing may be released later next week or the following week.
Will play current 360 library via download.
Revised 360 won't have a DVD drive, small internal NAND flash and USB ports for controller charging and external HDDs.
Box is bigger than Roku and much, much thinner and smaller than current 360 model.
Price will be $150.00
New core gaming box will be announced. This box will be branded Xbox <newbrand> and will have all of the functionality of the smaller box along with the ability to play new core games.
No price announced until after E3, so don't hold your breath. Controller will include technology from MS touch mouse for web browsing, apps and menu nav.
Here's the biggie: Two SKUs, One with updated Kinect, one without. Kinect not mandatory. UI is minor upgrade over NXE. No full-blown Windows RT. Smooth as butter though.
Multi-tasking OS. Switch to OS and apps without having to leave the game. Game pauses automatically.
Console is always on and always online. Will run in low power state via Xbox 360 SoC to download updates and interact with Smartglass. "Always online" doesn't mean that it requires Internet just to function just like "always on" doesn't mean it will work when you lose electricity. Always on, always online implies that it will function in that manner assuming you have electricity and a working Internet connection. Duh! Much ado about nothing.
Little box will be aimed at casual gamers and big box will be aimed at core gamers.
Ancillary tidbits:
Final devkits and SDKs won't go out until later this year. Not unusual because MS didn't release Windows 8/WP8 SDKs to developers until two months before the product launched. The rationale is that launch/launch Window games won't be able to take advantage of the improvements and functionality in time anyways. The decision behind this was the same as the other incidents: To protect their IP and prevent leaks.
Indie devs will be happy.
World-wide launch in question. Sorry Europe?
Japan will not be a major focus for MS. Stronger focus on Europe and developing markets.
Revised 360 won't have a DVD drive, small internal NAND flash and USB ports for controller charging and external HDDs.
Did anybody post this???
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/latest-new-xbox-leaks-some-old-some-new.453025687/
"Always online" doesn't mean that it requires Internet just to function just like "always on" doesn't mean it will work when you lose electricity. Always on, always online implies that it will function in that manner assuming you have electricity and a working Internet connection. Duh! Much ado about nothing.
I don't believe it, but I would love a smaller Xbox 360.
thats definitely coming sooner or later. no doubt about that.
I want to believe for multitasking alone.Did anybody post this???
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/latest-new-xbox-leaks-some-old-some-new.453025687/
that all sounds reasonable so i want to believe but...
sounds like utter nonsense, this box would be aimed at casuals who use dvd media.
and he makes it sound like theres no way to store games out of the box ( i read it as implying you must buy your own external hdd?). that's ludicrous.
edit: more nonsense, "low power 360 soc"
the 360 tech is old and a power hog. hell, wii u can do in 33 watts what 360 takes 90 for, because wii u is a new design.
Did anybody post this???
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/latest-new-xbox-leaks-some-old-some-new.453025687/
I want to believe for multitasking alone.
Please have multitasking. That's the one feature I'm most excited for out of all of the rumours. Kinda sucks if it isn't WinRT though, I wanted to pin a twitch video on the side and a game on the other.
Is there a single feature that Microsoft could announce that would cement your purchase?
Is there a single feature that Microsoft could announce that would cement your purchase?
So is anyone else actually excited for the features aspect of the 720? Most people seem so dismissive of it but I personally love the idea of being able to instantly switch between games with no downtime for instance. I understand people want the focus on games but come on, does anyone truly believe the console will be starved for content like the late days of the Gamecube or something?
but where do the download-games reside? there has to be internal hdd-space for the revised 360, otherwise it would *require* usb-storage. doesn't sound right to me.
Rumor said:Specs: (...) I choose to let you hear about this at the conference
"No one knows the full story.... only a small core Xbox team "
...
"But I, random IGN forum poster, have chosen to post everything here thanks to my secret sources...."
I want to believe for multitasking alone.
Please have multitasking. That's the one feature I'm most excited for out of all of the rumours. Kinda sucks if it isn't WinRT though, I wanted to pin a twitch video on the side and a game on the other.
Powerful hardware.Is there a single feature that Microsoft could announce that would cement your purchase?
That IGN thing is just BS.
Not buying any of it.
The only person who knows is #xboxrevealtent and SHE isn't the kind of girl to give it up easily.
Specs:
Almost everything you've seen and heard is bullshit. I choose to let you hear about this at the conference so you'll be pleasantly/unpleasantly surprised (based on your agenda)
That IGN thing is just BS.
Not buying any of it.
The only person who knows is #xboxrevealtent and SHE isn't the kind of girl to give it up easily.
Did anybody post this???
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/latest-new-xbox-leaks-some-old-some-new.453025687/
"So a good portion of this is pieced together info with extrapolations based on what I think makes sense."
So is anyone else actually excited for the features aspect of the 720? Most people seem so dismissive of it but I personally love the idea of being able to instantly switch between games with no downtime for instance. I understand people want the focus on games but come on, does anyone truly believe the console will be starved for content like the late days of the Gamecube or something?
Sounds like someone took a pastebin shitpost, put it on IGN, and then it got copied here.
I wont tell you specs from my bullshit source. Why? Because.
Did anybody post this???
http://www.ign.com/boards/threads/latest-new-xbox-leaks-some-old-some-new.453025687/