Xbox One

So... It's named after a Scottish resort town?

Saw an article on Wired about the new system possibly rejecting used games. Im guessing its just speculation at this point but if its true it would mean Id have to wait a lot longer to buy games. It would also kill trading in games, not that trade in values are amazing or anything, but they usually give me just enough to be able to afford a used copy of a game that came out a few months prior.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/01/xbox-720-used-games/

Really? Are they that hellbent on stomping out used games? What if I don't want a game anymore? Does it really make it essentially junk?

I know this is speculation, but this could just bite Microsoft where the sun don't shine.

edited 25th Jan '12 5:26:07 PM by MrW

I seriously doubt they'd go that far. That would be economic suicide.

Yeah I'm calling alarmist rumormongering nonsense on that wired rumor.

Really if game companies want to reduce used sales, the current season pass scheme seems reasonable enough. That and DLC sales.

That SoC rumour is interesting. System-on-chip has a few advantages, particularly in that it can run more efficiently and the different chips can communicate and send data to each other quicker. However, cooling them may be more difficult as they're compacted into a smaller space. This means that the clock rating will have to be lower compared to a non-SoC system.

SoC is mainly used for devices where a small form factor is important, from what I know. It may mean that Microsoft is targetting a smaller form factor than before, possibly going for more of a set-top device than a game machine.

I'm going to go ahead and to necro this thread for this: tentative launch date holiday 2013.

We went from 2014 to 2015 to 2013?

I'm not believing any of this until there's an actual, demonstrable product.

Never. That's the best, funniest part of any game with 3-D graphics.

That early? What happened to them saying that they wanted to keep the 360 for twice as long as previous generations? I know this gen has been around for a while compared to previous ones, but it wasn't twice as long.

As long as they keep Live service running on the 360 and not immediately cut it off like the first Xbox, release games for both systems for a breif while, and make the 720 backwards compatible, I'll be happy.

That seems too soon. The earliest they'll unveil this thing is E3, which is in June. That gives us only five months or so between the reveal and launch. For a console that seems like a really short amount of time. Maybe the Wii U convinced them to bump things up or something.

That creates the risk of the 720's start being hampered by gamers and devs who refuse to budge from the old system for various reasons, sort of what I guess is still happening with the Vita.

Major Nelson says, "And it's on".

And from what I understand, it's being called "Xbox Infinity".

(8 tipped on its side, to keep in the theme with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8.)

I hope the backwards compatibility is much better this time.

I was in Sixth grade when the 360 first came out, and now I'm a sophomore in College. I think a lot of the grievances I have with the current generation is just the fact that it's been around for too damn long. I'm pretty sure this was the longest generation of consoles ever since the home console market first began. This might be wishful thinking on my part but I think that new consoles from both Micro and Sony to help truly reign in the 8th gen could really invigorate the game market for the better.

The 8th gen looks to be around longer than the 7th and if the same trends occur there will be no point at all in moving on to a 9th gen even after more than a decade into the 8th.

As for backwards compatibility, I think the trend from this gen will follow the next gen and the console companies will gradually phase out backwards compatibility. I don't like it one bit, but I can understand the position companies are coming from. BC generally raises up the cost for developing a console, and as a result the console price is hiked up to compensate. If it's to generally keep costs down, then I'll be alright with them removing it.

The issue with backwards compatibility between the Xbox and Xbox 360 was that the 360 had a completely different motherboard so the 360 needed imperfect emulation software.

Microsoft has announced that the new console is named the "Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgochgerychwrydropwyllantysiliogochgochgoch"

edited 9th Jan '13 10:01:14 AM by JAF1970

Iä! Iä! Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgochgerychwrydropwyllantysiliogochgochgoch Fhtagn!

edited 9th Jan '13 10:17:19 AM by Ekuran

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

We're summoning cosmic horrors, right?

"Xbox Infinity". I like it. Hope it's the actual name.

edited 9th Jan '13 10:20:08 AM by Psyclone

This is about a Microsoft product. What else could it be if not an incomprehensible cosmic horror?

Apple sucks more, though.

They'd be ripping off Marathon and Bioshock.

edited 9th Jan '13 10:22:55 AM by Ekuran

I thought "Xbox Infinity" was the codename for the original Xbawks' dimensions.

The Xbox wasn't for babies.

Next gen voice recog.