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Rumor: Xbox Streamer ($99), Xbox TV ($150-$175), Xbox Mini, & Xbox 2017 coming, more
- Thread starter dancrane212
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I just don't see consumers going out of their way to buy yet another thing that can stream Netflix/Amazon/Spotify and a host of other services when either their current home console, streaming stick, or TV already does.
That was the most depressing thing I saw when my roommate turned on his new 4k tv. No PSVue in the app store yet. That would be the best so I could avoid keeping my PS4 on all the time to watch TV.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
I'd pick up a Xbox Slim for $200 to play the handful of games I want to play that I can't get on Nintendo's platforms, namely Doom and the Jackbox Party Packs.
outunderthestars
Banned
I love this idea. I am so ready for the traditional console model to die off.
Pjsprojects
Member
Sorry, but what is this about,i guess it's something to do with the Overwatch game?
justsomeguy
Member
If you're assuming that the gross market for streaming sticks is zero from now until the end of time then you have a point.
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
They do not have it on Android at all yet sadly. When I cancelled Vue, it was one of the main questions in the 'exit survey'. They just added Playstation Now, and Playstation Video last November to their Android TV sets, so I am hoping it is coming soon to my 4K set as well with better output as a result.
Just Android is fragmented (it it sometimes takes longer on more intensive apps), and they also may be in the process of going through Google Play like HBONow does to handle the subscription service that way the app/sub is registered through said device.
Tntnico
Member
Spencer and Yoshida teased it, I think we won't have "entirely new" Xbox or Playstation anymore, it will be new incremental boxes to support innovation (VR is the best exemple)
The Lone Courier
Member
Thats not a bad idea. I'll probably get one for that.
This seems like the worst possible time for Microsoft to be jumping into the "iterative model" battle. Most people build their PC gaming library through Steam, GoG, etc. PS4 is way ahead on the console end of things. Why jump into a hardware model that is going to cement the advantages that your competition already has over you? Who is going going to abandon their platform specific libraries for what is on offer here? 2011/2012 is when it would have made sense to embrace the "phone strategy" and try to get people locked into an ecosystem.
Gaben & yosp have to cackling right now.
Gaben & yosp have to cackling right now.
TheChewyWaffles
Member
Because I can play them for years before new stuff comes out?
LukasTaves
Member
With win10 they don't need to push xbox as a Tv brand.
They are probably just announce something very fast and say those new cheap devices give access to whatever they announce.
KingJ2002
Member
Xbox Streamer Makes sense... considering how the Xbox Media ecosystem is one of the best in the market... creating a chromecast / apple tv like device will get people to jump in.
but a Xbox Mini late this year and another Xbox next year.... What. The. Fuck.
makes no sense to do this.
Microsoft coming out with 3 new SKU's in addition to the SKU's already in the marketplace will be confusing as hell.
Hopefully e3 sheds some light on these rumors.
but a Xbox Mini late this year and another Xbox next year.... What. The. Fuck.
makes no sense to do this.
Microsoft coming out with 3 new SKU's in addition to the SKU's already in the marketplace will be confusing as hell.
Hopefully e3 sheds some light on these rumors.
qa_engineer
Member
Jesus this is confusing.
So we have
-an xbox streaming stick, chromecast with games thing
-xbox mini which is a miniature version of the current xbox
-an xbox 1.5
-and an all new xbox
what the actual f if this is true.
So we have
-an xbox streaming stick, chromecast with games thing
-xbox mini which is a miniature version of the current xbox
-an xbox 1.5
-and an all new xbox
what the actual f if this is true.
aspiegamer
Member
From how it reads, the XStick sounds a lot like PSTV/Vita TV which, uh, didn't pan out so well after at first glance it sounding neat. This would do more, of course, including some sort of at least minor PC integration? Am I missing something huge?
It will very likely just be a stick that runs Windows store games and apps and supports the Xbone controller
Think Fire TV but
replace Fire OS with Windows 10
replace Amazon store apps with Windows 10 apps
CrispyBoar
Banned
I don't see either MIcrosoft or Nintendo succeeding with this, to be honest.
More & more people are just getting into this generation (& it took quite a while for them to do so, especially in Japan with PS4). Why in the world would they want to immediately pluck down money on newer consoles with newer hardware so soon? Not everyone has the money to do so these days.
And considering that PS4 has been going successful for Sony, I very much doubt that we'll see an entirely new console from them so soon after it just came out onto the market 2 & a half years ago. Why play that game just because Nintendo & Microsoft are doing so, when they can just wait a few years down the road & bring out an entirely brand new console then?
Q
Queen of Hunting
Unconfirmed Member
but neogaf went wild when steambox from valve was first announced, saying it would be the killer of xbox etc and dominate the living room.
the ps4k and xbox 4k etc would essentially transition into the same cycle as a steam machine.
mckmas8808
Mckmaster uses MasterCard to buy Slave drives
Yoshida never said that there wouldn't be big jumps in the future though.
snoopeasystreet
Member
if the smallest device lets me stream from PC then I'm in. I'd get a steam link but I want a dongle.
SinCityAssassin
Member
There's gonna be so many versions of an XB1 now, Christ.
You got
An xbox branded stick
An Xbone Slim
An Xbone
The Scorpio
So you'll have two official versions of the XB1 overall, plus a mostly unrelated stick with the Xbox brand, and a new console thats very likely going to be rebranded with a different name
I think its alot of different Xbox hardware products coming out around the same time though yeah, but they arent just variants of the XB1
outunderthestars
Banned
This is exactly what I want: iterative hardware but a UI and user experience of a console. I don't want to have to fiddle with drivers, a ton of settings, spotty controller support, etc, but I do want the ability to spend more money to get better performance.
stop thinking of them as different things and start thinking of Xbox as a platform just like PC, Android etc.
I'd be very surprised if they didn't have a game streaming service that could work on those smaller devices as well. They've been working on it since 2012 or so. They actually had Halo 4 streaming to a Windows Phone and playable with a Xbox controller back in 2013. The project (Rio) supposedly got killed and then resurrected again with a new team (Arcadia) in 2014.
No it wont be.
XB1 is probably going to be your last "generational" console.
Xbox is a platform now. A platform that supports incrementally updating consoles, media sticks, media boxes, and software
Theres a google doc where folks leave their battlenet/psn/live usernames for teaming up online.
Damn now thats something theyve been mega quiet about
outunderthestars
Banned
I'd like this as well.
01DragonFly
Member
Well they are not all coming out at the same time
True. They just have to make very clear which console / device does what and what it doesn't do.
Bits N Pieces
Member
To everyone saying this is confusing as fuck, you do realise these are rumours, right?
Of course it's going to be vague and perhaps not make much sense because it's all based off of rumours, hearsay and conjecture. We aren't reading a PR piece from Xbox Wire were reading information written down by people who were listening to a podcast talking about rumours relating to Xbox, lol.
Of course it's going to be vague and perhaps not make much sense because it's all based off of rumours, hearsay and conjecture. We aren't reading a PR piece from Xbox Wire were reading information written down by people who were listening to a podcast talking about rumours relating to Xbox, lol.
Jack The Nipper
Banned
still feel they want that all in one box to go in all homes... just isn't going to work imo
It probabaly will have very specific names.....at least I hope so.
XBOX Streaming Stick
XBOX TV
XBOX Gaming
etc
3rdamention
Member
I am a NeoGAF addict, I stay up on technology and gaming, I am a middle school technology teacher, and this shit is confusing as hell.
I mean, they are having so many Xbox's coming out, most of which aren't even really what you think of when you think "Xbox" at least by the way it sounds. I dont really know what they are thinking, just branding a bunch of new items "Xbox" and throwing it on the market.
The streaming stick is intriguing, but only if it streams your PC and Xbox One games to a seperate TV. Otherwise, I dont know what it could offer that a Roku, Chromecast, or Firestick cannot.
I mean, they are having so many Xbox's coming out, most of which aren't even really what you think of when you think "Xbox" at least by the way it sounds. I dont really know what they are thinking, just branding a bunch of new items "Xbox" and throwing it on the market.
The streaming stick is intriguing, but only if it streams your PC and Xbox One games to a seperate TV. Otherwise, I dont know what it could offer that a Roku, Chromecast, or Firestick cannot.
... what exactly is the Xbox Media ecosystem?
DeepEnigma
Gold Member
What?
Was about to post something similar. I'm sure the presentation will clear things up.
Good news: most of the game buying market will not be ready either. Late adopters are waiting for price drops on the current hardware, not enhanced versions with the same (or higher) prices.
Too much XBOX .....LEFT RIGHT AND CENTER...
how about an XBOXOne Slim and an Xbox 1.5 ?... more powerfull and properly designed.... witch could provide improvements to OS/Xbox360 BC?
Sounds like with their Xbox1.5 ... they are copying/playing catch up to SONY as it is still not finalized?
I am ready for e3
how about an XBOXOne Slim and an Xbox 1.5 ?... more powerfull and properly designed.... witch could provide improvements to OS/Xbox360 BC?
Sounds like with their Xbox1.5 ... they are copying/playing catch up to SONY as it is still not finalized?
I am ready for e3
PeakPointMatrix
Member
So let's see.
Not only do they plan on releasing an upgraded XB1.5, they want to release a new architecture-based VR-console in 2017.
On top of that, Devs are already dealing with the PS4 and PS4k.
Then there's the mystery NX-box, unlike anything we've seen before.
...
good luck devs!
Not only do they plan on releasing an upgraded XB1.5, they want to release a new architecture-based VR-console in 2017.
On top of that, Devs are already dealing with the PS4 and PS4k.
Then there's the mystery NX-box, unlike anything we've seen before.
...
good luck devs!
Voost Kain
Banned
100% convinced, MS let these leak to see reactions and then continue or cancel accordingly.