Xbox 720: Blu-ray inside, always-on netcon required

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Xbox 720 has been fully detailed to some third-parties, TheTechGame has learned, and has been slotted in for a Christmas 2013 release. And yes: of course it’ll have a Blu-ray drive. TheTechGame has learned that Microsoft has now detailed Xbox 720 to certain partners and has internally confirmed the machine for a Christmas 2013 release. The next generation Xbox will have a Blu-ray drive, contrary to a recent report.Multiple sources have confirmed this morning that the machine will have two GPUs. One said: “It’s like two PCs taped together.”

We’re waiting for final confirmation of specs, but the graphics cards are thought to be equivalent to AMD’s 7000 series GPUs, but “not CrossFire or SLI”. The GPUs aren’t structured as they are in a normal dual PC set-up, in which the two chips take it in turns to draw lines of the same object: Xbox 720′s graphics units will be able to work independently, drawing separate items simultaneously.


It was reported last week that PlayStation 4, internally codenamed Orbis, will also be powered by AMD hardware.


There will be “four or six” cores to the Xbox 720 CPU, one of which will be reserved for Kinect and one for the OS.


Xbox 720 will require an always-on internet connection as an anti-piracy measure.


We’ve also been told that the next generation of Kinect will be built into the device as standard.


The details have emerged in the wake of a hastily removed tweet from Sean Tracy, a technical designer for Crytek, that said he was attending the “Durango summit” in London at the end of February. Durango is though to be the codename for the console.


Microsoft is not expected to announce anything pertaining to its next machine until next year.


Many developers have been posting job openings for “next-gen” and “future-gen” systems for months.


Lionhead and Bethesda are just two of the latest.

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Source: http://www.vg247.com/2012/04/02/xbox-720-detailed-blu-ray-inside-always-on-netcon-required/

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MPAAPosted:

If I happen to have almost completed a hard mission and my internet goes down, I will sell Xbox and go with PC gaming.

-ToxicRiddLa-Posted:

So would you be able to play with people on a 720 if ur on a 360?

TreyarchedPosted:

an allways on internet connection would be a stupid idea since there are still millions of people that live in places that dont have internet access(this includes countrys like USA/UK not just the poor ones) if they do that then they will just be limiting the market even more

LaidPosted:

Always on internet is absolutely stupid. There are other ways to provide anti-piracy. How does always on internet prevent that at all if you can still go on live with current flashed drives?

XXJVlagikzv2Posted:

Sounds sweet, I prefer te sega megadrive tbh :P

uid-545891Posted:

So if you don't have a internet connection you can't own the next generation console? Kinda stupid, you won't even to be able to go on it if your broadband's down for a couple of days.

Ricey_oGPosted:

cant wait for the new gen consoles