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Originally Posted by http://www.techradar.com/news/consoles/gaming/xbox-720-console-to-launch-in-2013-1035561
as i cant see it posted anywhere else :pQuote:
Originally Posted by http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/consoles/microsoft-employees-drop-xbox-720-hint-on-linkedin-1032912
ooo this should be interesting since they just finished recent updates with kinect bugs. . . . hmmm wonder how this will go in the gaming world :O
And how do we know it's going to be called "Xbox 720"? :P
Title of the thread should just be like "Next-Gen Xbox" or something, as the name for it hasn't even been confirmed by anyone.
because it makes it sound cooler matt :) :) . . .plus i really wonder if people will actually buy it or how they can even think of improving the 360???? since they are adding loads of new features to the new dashboard which will come out on 25th november :)
Coming up with another name would require imagination.
As it's Microsoft, 98% of it being called Xbox 720 :p
Of course people will buy the next Xbox, people will buy the next PlayStation. It will probably have newer and better hardware, new design and god know what else Microsoft are thinking. Plus if the date is right, it would come out sometime in 2013.Quote:
Originally Posted by 22andy223
Haha, they took a while to confirm the actual name of the next version of Windows. But that's another story!Quote:
Originally Posted by scottish
lmao suppose :L :L . . but still im pure ragin i got that new xbox like last summer was 1 of 1st to get it in UK :( :( . . now i gotta save up again for this new one. . . hope its not a disappointment tho . . . i wonder if it will have built in kinect features :O :O that would be pretty cool but then it would be a brick since the kinect moves along with you up and down :OQuote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Well look at it this way, it first came out back in 2005 and now we are in 2011. Regardless of the newer versions they came out which just makes the sales go up even more as that's what they do these days and release "refresh" models if you want to call them that.Quote:
Originally Posted by 22andy223
So 2013-2015 is probably the right time for them to bring out the next-generation version of Xbox.
What will be diffrent from the "720" that isn't in the 360 :S
pointless console imo
So it was pointless you upgrading from a Windows 95 computer to a new Windows 7 computer was it? Same scenario.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
So it was pointless to do the following then:Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Xbox > Xbox 360
Sony PlayStation 1 > PlayStation 2 > PlayStation 3
Can't be bothered to list Nintendo's but do you see the point? These consoles get new versions every so often and I wouldn't call them pointless either.
that's 'cause software, hardware & technology completely changed... those update were NEEDED.Quote:
Originally Posted by Recursion
I went from ps1 > ps2 > 360Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
& that's because games had changed completely but with the 360 & 720... they're the same? :S unless they are completley going to change the was the disc is read... if they are still making updates on the 360 why do they NEED to make a new console... it's not NEEDED
Oh my god. Are you serious again? Technology changes all the time, the next Xbox and PlayStation will have BETTER AND IMPROVED HARDWARE. It will mean that games can be even more better than they are now... you can't just keep the Xbox 360 as it is now and leave it for the next XX amount of years without any updates to the hardware. Yes they are making changes to the software and the interface, to make it better.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Sony will make a PS4
Xbox will make a new Xbox
Nintendo have already announced about them working on their next console.
All three companies need to bring out new consoles.
*face palm*Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Interesting news, hopefully xbox 360 games will be playable on this! :P
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*face palm*Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Interesting news, hopefully xbox 360 games will be playable on this! :P
Pointless?! How?! The Xbox 360 was out of date when it was released and now.. well the graphics are just not that good compared to PC's or other such devices. The update is LONG overdue. I was in a game store the other day and they had some aeroplane game running on it. The graphics looked awful comparing them to my pc. You could see the refresh rate on the screen and the plane looked cheap and tacky. If that was my PC I would have thrown it out of the window.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
In short, the Xbox DOES need updating. It is out of date & it's long over due. I don't see graphics cards manufacturers releasing their 'next gen' cards 7 years after the original release? :')
ik this & i understand where you are coming from but i don't think it's necessary. The only platform i think needs and update for 2013 is nintendo 'cause the Wii is ****. & you have kinect & move which just killed the Wii anyways.Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Yes there is going to be a PS4 & a "720" but i think they are going a bit too fast... 2013 is less than two years away... what will change in that time period? Apart from the digital switch-over. Will all tv's be 3D so they need to make 3D games? Will there consoles be like 100x's as fast? what!?
I don't see what will change... that's why I'm saying it's pointless
The next Xbox is between 2013 and 2015 if we are going to off any of the articles that have been posted in the past. These consoles can't be upgraded easily like you can with a computer and therefore they play the catch up game, they need to be updated in terms of hardware to make gameplay look even more awesome and amazing. There is a limit on what you can produce for a game console for so long, it's time for such consoles to be updated.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
I have no idea about 3D, I'm not a fan of it as it is but that's not what I'm saying here. Not all televisions will be 3D because it's not kicked off where we are all rushing out to replace our current TV's with 3D.
What will change is that people will be demanding better gaming experiences, and as said above, the graphics do need an update.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
How can you think that updating consoles is pointless?! Things are constantly updating to IMPROVE them. The xbox 360 has now been out for years.. Strictly speaking it's about time a new one was brought out!
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Originally Posted by Matts
agreed lmao. . . i say they will tbh since GEARS OF WAR 3 was and still is immence lolol. . . . and also im really starting to wonder what else can be added ??? lolol. . .really need something major different like graphics or something maybe even software than can put yourself into the game like face tracking and things
What's the digital switch over got to do with anything console related? Lots can happen in 2 years and you have to remember they were probably in R&D since the last console launched. Some developers are calling for new consoles as the current consoles can't handle 1080p on a higher intensity game. So going to 1080p @60fps is one thing that people want, and textures being a higher resolution, polygons etc. If you were to play a game on a high end PC compared to a modern console, you would see a difference. That saying, a console will not ever be what a high end pc is at the time of release as it would be far too expensive, but they do get more powerful (generally) every generation.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Wut?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
The xbox is running on 2005 hardware, games developers are all saying they've squeezed as much as they can out of it, and other platforms are suffering because most games nowadays are developed for the 360 then ported.
How is, possibly 8 years after the 360s release, too soon? The digital switch over has nothing to do with games, and games are already being made in 3D, 3D is just an added extra for platforms like the xbox, ps3 and pc and won't be mandatory.
In the 6 years since the 360 came out so much has changed in hardware terms, so they have to update it to keep up. Since games like CoD are so popular running at 60 fps, there's a great demand for all games to run at that, or more, which won't be able to happen without this new console, they just don't have the resources atm.
And anyway, games will probably still be made for the 360 for people who don't want the new one, games were still being made for the ps2 years after the ps3s release.
the digital switch-over was just an example of something that is going to change by 2013... ok...
Hardware changes all the time....... lol
Console generations generally last like 5 or 6 years (though this is seeming to increase as technology advances).Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
herp-derp, why would we call windows 8, "windows 8" before the release name is announced.Quote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
The update is required, the xbox needs blu-ray and other updated hardware or it'll lose ground as developers shift over towards the PS3 since the xbox is maxed out on capabilities.
We knew in 2007 that the xbox update was going to be between 2012 and 2014.
http://i.imgur.com/V6F7J.pngQuote:
Originally Posted by xxMATTGxx
Let's just hope the jump between consoles is huge and noticeable to the untrained eye.
Even though that pic is from a science fiction film set in the future.
Built in cameras for Kinect wouldn't work, as people don't tend to have their consoles that visible - whereas kinect has to be to work.Quote:
Originally Posted by 22andy223
Also; Summer 2010, Summer 2011, Summer 2012, Summer 2013
Three years of play time on your xBox before the new one is announced. The average PC now lasts between 2-4 years, so 3 years is a decent amount of time. That is 1095 days too, which means you will have paid around 19p per day for your xbox - good value imo.
When you are educated in the matter, come back.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Look at the amount of graphics cards nVidia has released since 2005..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...ocessing_units (scroll down..)
3D blu-ray is a possibility. And if technology has changed consistently every single year for god knows how many years, what makes you think it won't change even more?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
For example, Apple are currently having designers work on a concept 'iCar'
And yet again, you clearly have little understanding of technology.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lamar94
Is it really too fast to wait eight years to release an entirely new console?
Lets make a list of a few things, and you tell me they haven't updated them in eight years..
Apple iPhone
Ford Mondeo
Samsung TV - LCD, LED, 3D LED etc..
nVidia Graphics card
Bionic arms/legs
Vacuum Cleaners
Fans
Cameras
Now you tell me which one of those (and thousands of other products) have not had a major update in the last eight years.