CVG has a report on details that will appear in the January issue of the UK's Xbox World magazine (out in December) which will feature an 8-page "expose" on everything they know about Microsoft's Xbox 360 successor, which the magazine is claiming will just be called "Xbox".
"Unless something really dramatic changes, everything we reveal in our penultimate issue will be revealed long before E3 in June," the magazine's editor, Dan Dawkins, reportedly told CVG. Most of the reveal is likely to focus on AR Glasses, a unique or "innovative" controller, directional sound, Kinect 2.0, a Blu-ray player and TV output and input. It's also reported that dev kits currently in the hands of developers feature 8GB of RAM and a CPU with "four hardware cores, each divided into four logical cores".
The feature article, however, remains speculative and all images (pictured right) of the purported console are actually just internally-created mock-ups (that look mighty impressive, we might add). And despite the magazine having a solid track record for reporting accurate leaks, until Microsoft officially unveil "Xbox" themselves, we just have to wait and see. The CVG article also says the January issue of PSM3 will feature a similar write-up on the PS4, though there are no details on-hand for what that magazine is reporting.
You can buy the digital version of Xbox World by
clicking here, or here for
Apple Newstand.
Posted 10:55am 19/11/12
Posted 11:10am 19/11/12
Even if I was soft in the head enough to do that, what for? FPS's? I can play those on PC, thanks.
Posted 11:41am 19/11/12
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Posted 11:54am 19/11/12
you mean xbox live gold? it's more like $3. about the same price as renting a vent / teamspeak server.
Posted 12:59pm 19/11/12
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Posted 02:08pm 19/11/12
F*** me why am I paying $10/month for XBox Live?
Posted 02:11pm 19/11/12
Yep its ~$50. If you can't pay that you have bigger problems. The system wide chat is worth it alone.
New console hardware is always exciting. Can't wait.
Posted 02:12pm 19/11/12
14 months -> $43
http://www.ozsave.com/xbox-360/accessories/xbox-live-12-2-14-month-subscription-xbox-360
Posted 02:43pm 19/11/12
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Posted 03:15pm 19/11/12
Oh really? Guess that shows how long its been since I bought a print gaming magazine :( I remember buying CVG when I was a kid and reading reviews and cheat codes for Mega Drive games. Those were the days!
On topic though, not sure I really like that mockup, it looks rather generic, like any other number of media players on the market atm, need something more distinctive.
Posted 03:40pm 19/11/12
To true, that mock up looks great.
CVG link not working Steve
Posted 06:25pm 19/11/12
First it's multiplayer, then it's maps?
Next it'll be the ability to shoot at 0.05c a round, otherwise you're stuck with a f*****g knife.
Posted 06:50pm 19/11/12
Posted 07:03pm 19/11/12
servers are good for some MW action.
doesn't seem to deter to many people so maybe Sony will change theirs to make some money.
Posted 07:18pm 19/11/12
Download speeds that are actually decent are an attractive prospect though.
Just seems absurd to have to pay a subscription fee to enable features on a console that I would absolutely consider core requirements.
Posted 08:09pm 19/11/12