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New XBox 720 to kill off second hand games?
I wont buy one if these rumours are true....and they probably are.
http://www.edge-online.com/news/the-...nd-new-kinect/ 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. |
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02-14-2013, 01:00 PM | #16 |
'Tis my eye!
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02-14-2013, 01:52 PM | #17 |
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No worries, I'm sure a modchip would render that *Feature* useless.
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02-14-2013, 04:01 PM | #18 |
'Tis my eye!
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02-14-2013, 04:04 PM | #19 |
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02-14-2013, 04:44 PM | #20 |
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The Hacking community always finds a way, see the JTAG and PSN hacks for examples.
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02-14-2013, 04:47 PM | #21 |
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New playstation is going to do the same shit
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02-14-2013, 04:50 PM | #22 |
Needs more middle fingers
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So you have to have an internet connection to even use these new consoles?
Wow....that sucks for the poor ghetto kids. |
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02-14-2013, 04:53 PM | #24 | |
Everyone else is 'peasants'
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Maybe they'll read more books?
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02-14-2013, 06:29 PM | #25 |
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It's not like anyone could modify the firmware to tell it to ignore that protection or that it's already been done.
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02-14-2013, 06:37 PM | #26 |
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Unrelated, but I learned today for the first time while researching a "box" to hook up to a tv-only setup that you have to pay for Xbox gold in order to use Netflix, etc? Wtf is that?
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02-14-2013, 06:44 PM | #27 |
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Its 50 bucks a year, who cares
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02-14-2013, 06:52 PM | #28 |
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This is complete bullshit. It's not up to Microsoft to begin with and these same rumors were going around the PS4 a few months ago and were quickly shut down by Sony.
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02-14-2013, 08:11 PM | #29 |
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So basically your paying for your internet connection, your xbox subscription, and then your Netflix subscription? You dont see a problem here?
Sony doesn't charge you to access their network.
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02-14-2013, 08:20 PM | #30 | |
Kind of a mod
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