Rumour: 720 to be Windows Based & Going 'Apple Route'

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With the Xbox 360 now six years old, rumors are swirling about its inevitable successor. After last month's report of a 2013 or even early 2014 launch for the next Microsoft console, a pair of new rumors place it back in 2012 and predict some of its inner workings.

First up, the insidery, anonymous MS Nerd blog is reporting that the next Xbox, codenamed loop, will run on a modified version of Windows 9 and use ARM architecture. The custom designed hardware will supposedly feature "a 'main' processor with multiple dedicated assistive cores for graphics, AI, physics, sound, networking, encryption and sensors." The blog adds that the device will be "cheaper" and "far smaller" than the Xbox 360.

Meanwhile, on a recent episode of TWiT's Window's Weekly netcast (at 1:28:15), Paul Thurott of Supersite for Windows offered a slightly different take on the console's prospects. First of all, based on his own sources, Thurott is expecting a holiday 2012 launch, meaning Microsoft "would almost have to announce this at CES" in January. Further, the system will utilize the same Metro UI design as Windows Phone 7 and will feature "embedded Silverlight." Furthermore Thurott says the console will go "the Apple route" and will "integrate very tightly" with Windows Phone and Windows 8.

In summation: The next Xbox will release in 2012, 2013 or 2014, it will have processors, run Silverlight and will use either Windows 8 or Windows 9. Hopefully that clears everything up.

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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/rumor-next-xbox-to-be-windows-powered-going-apple-route/

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-FusioN-Posted:

honestly i dont think a new xbox is needed they shud just improve the 360..

aimiami12Posted:

the apple route would be no console games... i dont understand

darkhalo86Posted:

gtapro151 who cares after all the 360s that broke and all thos banned im getting a ps4 for sure this time around


for the ones that broke fair enough but those who got banned well i will be quite happy to see you dicks go to playstation cause if you got banned for cheating then your not really a good gamer so going to playstation suits you as its just not a realy gaming console

RemembrancePosted:

Battlefield_3
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TTG-JasonV If this introduces cross platform gaming between a pc and console then @winning
More like losing! the PC users would win everytime with their mouse and keyboard!
Lol if they did that the PC elitists would cry like babies because they think that they are the lords of gaming. Anyway it would be terrible to do that because like you said the PC players would just own the console gamers.


PC would completely rape console users who dont know how to play against a PC player.

DICE-Posted:

Jtag-Master
TTG-JasonV If this introduces cross platform gaming between a pc and console then @winning
More like losing! the PC users would win everytime with their mouse and keyboard!
Lol if they did that the PC elitists would cry like babies because they think that they are the lords of gaming. Anyway it would be terrible to do that because like you said the PC players would just own the console gamers.

NetflixPosted:

I wish it was announced by now...like a teaser

chunkylovers53Posted:

i hope that they will have the same controllers, that's why i don't play ps3, their controllers are as small as their dick lol.

gtapro151Posted:

who cares after all the 360s that broke and all thos banned im getting a ps4 for sure this time around

RozyPosted:

Just give us a year so we can know M$.

ScreamPosted:

I wish M$ would just talk about it already.