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Edited by Spawn:
2/6/2013 2:49:00 PM
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The next Xbox: Always online, no second-hand games, 50GB Blu-ray discs and new Kinect
[b][u]THIS HASN'T BEEN CONFIRMED TRUE NOR FALSE FROM MICROSOFT[/u].[/b] - but it's definitely the hot news of the day.
[quote][i]Microsoft’s next console will require an Internet connection in order to function, ruling out a second-hand game market for the platform. A new iteration of Xbox Live will be an integral part of Microsoft’s next console, while improved Kinect hardware will also ship alongside the unit.
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. Sony’s next-generation console camera system is said to have a similar set of features, and is expected to be discussed at the company’s PlayStation event on February 20.
You can read more about how Sony’s next generation console compares in last week’s story, PlayStation 4 revealed.[/i][/quote]
This is new information on the table but still unconfirmed by Microsoft. Watching this next generation race between Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo unfold will be looking at who limits themselves the most. This will undoubtably kill the reused game market for the next generation if all this is true. I only wonder if everything has to be online, what happens to LAN?
We'll have to see with the big announcement from Sony coming up on the 20th and see how Microsoft's plan to unveil their new console unfolds.
[url=http://www.edge-online.com/news/the-next-xbox-always-online-no-second-hand-games-50gb-blu-ray-discs-and-new-kinect/]Link to article[/url]
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1 Reply1. Who doesn't have an Internet connection these days. 2. I'm sure you can download all the second hand games. 3. Excited for blu-ray.
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if this is true, PS4 will become my new home. i like playing games offline.
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I doubt this, but uh... Yeah gaming PC time if this is true.
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How will an internet connention abolish second-hand games?
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2 RepliesNo second hand games.. what the heck! GTFO Micro$oft.. greedy bunch of fools! :( I guess it means buying games at £50 again.. rip-off much!
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I really don't believe the article has any truth to it. It just doesn't seem reasonable to require internet. Microsoft wouldn't sacrifice the offline market. If it is true, it's going to be very bad for a lot of people.
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1 ReplyTo quote some numbers: There are 75.9 million consoles sold and around 40 million Xbox live users (this of course does not include alt accounts, etc). So they essentially would be losing about half their userbase and making the other half mad with this stupidity. Microsoft went full retard.
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Saw this earlier today. It doesn't bother me too much considering it's just a rumor, not only that, it's those typical rumors news publishers love considering it's highly controversial. I'll just wait and see what Microsoft has to say down the road.
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No second hand games? Sorry Gamestop.
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Malarkey! Malarkey, I say!
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Not that I believe this is this online-only thing to be true, but in the case that it is, it's not only people who have no internet at all that are going to skip this console. A lot of people have there xbox's plugged into a router via ethernet, but just as many if not more are connecting to xbox live via wifi. Anybody who's had to work with multiple wifi devices on a network will tell you that sooner or later conflicts and connection drop-outs happen all the time. This is going to produce massive rage if you are required to play every game online. It's one thing if it requires an activation of a game initially, like a pc. Theres no arguing that developers lose money through used games sales and I can empathize. But say I'm playing single player Mortal Kombat and I'm just about to smash this guy's face who has been beating me for the past hour because I suck so much. Something interrupts my wifi for a couple of seconds and bam, my xbox sends me back to the dashboard telling me to connect to xbl. I just don't want to deal with silliness like that. As others have been saying, I might as well just switch over to a gaming pc if this is the case.
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3 RepliesIf so... PS4 here I come! Seriously... It's a bit late for Blu-ray.
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This is all false I am sure.
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1. This is rumor at its most pure form 2. MS wouldn't make it so you couldn't play if not connected to the internet, nobody would do that. They know a large portion of their consumer base is casuals that don't ever play online.
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Some people may move to PC if they are being forced to buy brand new games, and forced to play online.
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I'll just migrate to PC games or PlayStation if the always on thing is required.
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Edited by Frost: 2/6/2013 11:15:18 PM[quote]Microsoft’s next console will require an Internet connection in order to function, ruling out a second-hand game market for the platform. A new iteration of Xbox Live will be an integral part of Microsoft’s next console, while improved Kinect hardware will also ship alongside the unit.[/quote] If any of this is true then Microsoft and the next xbox are both dead to me.
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5 RepliesIt is interesting reading your reactions. Your five predecessors were, by design, based on a similar predication, a contingent affirmation that was meant to create a profound attachment to the rest of your species, facilitating the function of The One. While the others experienced this in a very general way, your experience is far more specific. Vis-a-vis, love.
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[quote]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.[/quote]So they're basically releasing the computer that I am using right now, as a console...I bought this almost two years ago, as a mid-level laptop.
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Intervesting.
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If we can't share games or buy second hand games AND we must have internet connections for the next xbox..... then I'm going to skip it and grab whatever other console doesn't have that sort of restriction. To tell the truth I've only stuck with xbox for so long (since 2002) because of Halo and now Bungie are multi-platform, and H4 sucked, I've no need to stay with xbox anymore.
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Very interesting indeed. I'm not happy with the 'always online' feature, but other than that, it sounds like it's going to be quite good if the rumors are true. Of course, I won't be surprised if this reaches the £500 mark if those specs are true. I'd still probably buy it.
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2 RepliesI won't buy it. I'm at college, my internet sucks, and I want to be able to play when it isn't working correctly. This would be a big -blam!- you to their consumers.
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2 RepliesAnyone considered that seeing how Microsoft is riding this whole "buy with a contract" thing, that the console might come with an alternate internet access, kind of like phones do (think 4G here)? So it wouldn't be that much of an issue, unless you buy a pre-owned console from someone else, which is something Microsoft doesn't seem to want. And it would kind of make sense, since they're also trying to prevent game reselling -- based on this article at least. Thoughts?
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Edited by Vgnut: 2/6/2013 9:11:33 PMI think Microsoft is going into the next generation as delusional as Sony was going into this one. Who knows what they'll do? This does seem pretty far out there though. If they do Sony can hammer them even harder (a position Sony is already in to do). Or maybe there's collusion going on and both consoles end up being online only? For now though I'm taking this with a grain of salt.
