Microsoft Plan Two Xbox 720 Models According to Report
That's according to a Digital Foundry report on GamesIndustry.biz, which says the platform holder is expected to take the two model approach much further with its new console.
It will reportedly offer a "pared down system to be released as cheaply as possible, and positioned more along the lines of a set-top box (the use of 360 as a Netflix viewing platform in the US is colossal) and perhaps as a Kinect-themed gaming portal".
This would be released alongside "a more fully-featured machine with optical drive, hard disk and backward compatibility aimed at the hardcore would be released at a higher price-point", the site adds.
It also claims Kinect is likely to receive a significant upgrade, and will more than likely be bundled with the console.
When the next Xbox will be announced and released has recently been the subject of heightening speculation. Microsoft is rumoured to be planning to make the first official announcements about its next-gen Xbox at the CES expo in January 2012, while Edge has heard from sources that the system may launch as early as next year.
Sony has clearly been keeping an ear on all the speculation, with European PlayStation boss Jim Ryan saying this week that it would be "undesirable to [launch] significantly later than the competition".
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/327304/two-xbox-720-models-reportedly-planned/
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Malachai6669Posted:
BlakeaphobiaXbox__LiveWTF? the 360 is six years old? By the time the next console comes out it will be seven years old. I think that's more than enough time to wait to release a new consoleTheBrownGuy It's too soon to be coming out with a next gen console
Agreed completely
Agreed, the 360 is a bit inferior to the PS3 and those hardware changes NEED to addressed. If doing so in a new console is where they feel they need to go with it. Then it is time for the next gen.
BlakeaphobiaPosted:
aimiami12 where did the rumor of the 720 being shown in january begin?my theory is that They are releasing halo 4 for 360 and when the 720 is announced they'll probably say it will be on the 720 as well.
dont see it happening since halo just announced its going to be on the 360.
BlakeaphobiaPosted:
Xbox__LiveWTF? the 360 is six years old? By the time the next console comes out it will be seven years old. I think that's more than enough time to wait to release a new consoleTheBrownGuy It's too soon to be coming out with a next gen console
Agreed completely
Xbox__LivePosted:
TheBrownGuy It's too soon to be coming out with a next gen console
Agreed completely
Moto_Posted:
TTG-MW3 Activison will be pissed if they have to switch COD elite to 720 and make us buy games on another console some one will make a new FPS when this comes out
What in the hell are you talking about. First of all, CoD ELITE is a service, not a game. Second, it's not like devs are in the dark about when a new console is coming. They're the first ones to hear about it. Especially with the relationship between Activision and Microsoft. I almost guarantee that if the Next Gen console comes next year or in 2013, then the next IW Call of Duty with be made for the 720. They won't have to switch development for anything, because odds are it's already in development for the next gen console (assuming that these rumors are true).
aimiami12Posted:
where did the rumor of the 720 being shown in january begin?
dont see it happening since halo just announced its going to be on the 360.
dont see it happening since halo just announced its going to be on the 360.
Tyler-Brough123Posted:
TTG-MW3 Activison will be pissed if they have to switch COD elite to 720 and make us buy games on another console some one will make a new FPS when this comes out
when infinity ward made the game lol
TTG-MW3Posted:
Activison will be pissed if they have to switch COD elite to 720 and make us buy games on another console some one will make a new FPS when this comes out
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