E3 2011 has just ended but already we’re discussing Xbox 720 rumors.
One of the best things about shows like E3, Computex and CES is that they put long-standing rumors to rest. Sure, these rumors might not even exist without the shows but, if anything, they at least squash speculation about new products for another 12 months or so. With E3 2011 all done and dusted, talk of E3 2012 has already begun, and for now, the Xbox 720 is the subject.
According to the latest rumors, Microsoft will use next year’s E3 show to preview its new console, the Xbox 720. VideoGamer cites Crytek in reporting the news, adding that Microsoft will announce and launch its new console ahead of Sony.
There isn’t much in the way of details available right now, but the Crysis developer reportedly told VideoGamer that it’s using Microsoft's DirectX 11 as the current basis for next-generation development.
Neither Microsoft nor Crytek are commenting on the story, so take it with a grain of salt until we hear something more official.
This is a good thing for all gamers.
Consoles have began to retard game development (graphically, and in some games in every aspect cough*Call of Duty*cough), but this should help at least the graphics concept. Especially considering console gamers vastly outnumber PC gamers.
AND, lets not forget, it will have LAST GEN tech in it
i hate consoles
AND, lets not forget, it will have LAST GEN tech in it
i hate consoles
This is a good thing for all gamers.
Consoles have began to retard game development (graphically, and in some games in every aspect cough*Call of Duty*cough), but this should help at least the graphics concept. Especially considering console gamers vastly outnumber PC gamers.
Yep, just in time to be outdated by next years GPU's...oh wait, the "new" console games will just hold the hardware back at 2011 for the next 5-6 years, just like now. Isn't it great living in the year 2011 and being stuck with 2006 graphics! Go, go, Crysis 2/DNF!
Hopefully, Microsoft learned their lesson from their past and include a beefier heatsink.
You're kidding, right? The article states that crytek is using DX11 as the basis for next-gen development. So by the time xbox 720 hits stores in say 2014, it will showcase the cutting edge of graphics from 2010... thank you console gamers...
I'm hoping MS includes 3 gigs of ram and at least a TB of hard drive space, and starts selling all games over the internet. I hope they also realize that more hard drive space would help them sell more games and they include it at cost, rather than charging ridiculous amounts of money for it (currently 8x the going rate be my estimations).
Some sort of controller in the same ballpark as a mouse would be nice. (I'm a pc gamer, can you tell?)
That's not how a console works. Noone will buy it if it costs $800. A console is basically a upper mid-range PC when it's launched and costs like a lower mid-range PC because it's manufactured inmillions and thus cheaper to make.
I'm very glad MS is making the next console (no idea what the Wii U is...seems like a current gen console 5 years late), the current generation has held back the industry long enough. Modern high-end PCs are about 20 times faster than todays consoles, yet the games made for them are the same...
Obvious troll is obvious.
Then this has to change. With all the cash MS has, I'm sure they can figure something out. Seems like everyone is stuck in the past. I just don't feel games evolved much for the past 5-7 years.
You mean the ones that don't exist anymore since the last 2 previous generational updates?
Is this still 2008 or something?
Marty McFly is that you?
But makes a compelling arguement.
No one is twisting your arm to buy this stupid thing, get over it.
I totally agree, 100% with you there, execpt the bit about holding back development.
Only holding it back for the Wii U, not anyone else.
The Wii did the same thing, it had last-gen tech and sold almost as many as the competition combined and made a profit on every unit sold. Very good business sense.
If you want the best, the finest, the top end, highest spec with the highest res, the most advanced effects and the fastest frame rates I have have 3 words for you.
Buy a PC.
And the moral of the story is ?? Don't buy it when it's released and hold off while they stabilize it ? I'm telling you man, it's going to be 2008 all over again.
At least with a PC you are supposed to get under the hood, optimize it and continually bolt in the latest and greatest from the get go.