Well, the company's CEO will be there to open the conference.
We've been hearing bits and pieces about the next generation Xbox for months now, but apparently, we're going to hear a lot more about the Xbox 720 when CES 2012 rolls around. According to the latest rumors, Microsoft is going to use the consumer electronics show as the stage for announcing more details regarding its newest console.
According to French publication Xboxygen, Microsoft will make a 'huge' announcement about the Xbox 720 at CES in January of 2012. The site sources the information as coming from someone from inside Microsoft and says that while the announcement may not contain details regarding the first Xbox 720 games, we should hear some more information about the console, such as some of its capabilities. Xboxygen's source says the new Xbox will be a hexa-core affair with 2 GB of DDR3 and AMD dual-GPU graphics.
CES is one of the biggest consumer electronics shows around, so it would stand to reason that Microsoft would choose to reveal some information regarding the next Xbox at the show, especially when you consider the fact that it was the stage for unveiling the original Xbox so many years ago. Indeed, the Consumer Electronics Association announced earlier this year that Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer would once again be returning to CES to give the opening keynote speech. His presentation is believed to be largely based around the upcoming Windows 8, but who knows, maybe he'll find a little bit of time for the Xbox division, too.
In other Xbox 720 news, the Edge is reporting that delivery of the first iteration of genuine devkits, running custom hardware, is expected to reach studios before Christmas. The website's source also said that all signs point to the finalized console arriving at retail in late 2012. If this is true, it would mean Microsoft's Xbox 720 is launching just in time to compete with Nintendo's Wii U.
This is the best news for PC gaming, yet! Now we won't have to dumb down our graphics to appease the consoles kids!
Maybe it'll even have a mouse/keyboard option so we won't have to dumb down the controls as well!
I wouldn't be surprised if they go the next generation Llano, something a bit more powerful than the current A8-38x0 sereies that has integrated HD6550D GPU.
Until Sony and MS pull the plug on the 360/PS3, most multiplatform developers will just use the 360/PS3 for it's development base so they can make more money. The 720 will get a lot of watered down ports.
It'll be up to exclusive, 1st party developers to make full use of the console's hardware.
Couldn't agree more. This doesn't just affect graphics but UI design as well. Take a look at Skyrim's UI great for a console but pretty bad for computer with a keyboard and a mouse.
6990 on a console is impossible since it will ad 700 bucks to the console price..from a point of view when this generation came out it wasn't bad the Ps3 has a 7800GT look like and th 360 an x1900-1950 that acording to the Graphics Card Hierarchy Chart is a little better, the Wii u its suposed to have something with the performance of an HD4870-5750-6750 so i think Ps4 will have somenthing like an 560-560ti and Xbox 720 something like an HD 6850-6870...tough i would like to see the xbox with an incoming HD 7xxx and the Ps with an at least 570 or an incoming 6xx gpu.
This is the best news for PC gaming, yet! Now we won't have to dumb down our graphics to appease the consoles kids!
Maybe it'll even have a mouse/keyboard option so we won't have to dumb down the controls as well!
I think it's extremely unlikely that they're going to go with power hungry Bulldozer chips... or x86 chips in general. Has any gaming console in history ever used an x86 processor?
Wasn't the rumor a few weeks ago that it's going to be an ARM based CPU with specialized co-processors on the same die? That would explain the 6 "cores".
Dual GPU sounds weird though...
I really love paying for "Xbox live" service, they give me the inside scoop on the latest junk and ads from sponsors. Sorry i don't feel like shopping every time i look at my game console; perhaps I actually want to browse the internet (without a terminal computer) as part of the service I pay for.
as for the dual gpu. some of you bitching, whining people claim to have dual card set-ups. same thing.