Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

**BlueNGold** · 11-23-2011, 09:53 AM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by jmood88

If you're not ready, then don't buy it when it first comes out. Microsoft and Sony aren't going to throw the 360 and ps3 away with all the people who own one but it's about time that they get something new out there.

I never said I would buy it when it first comes out.

My point was I don't think I'm ready for the current systems to stop being supported, or at least as much as they are now. I still feel there's plenty of good games that can be pushed out for these systems, but instead most of the focus will be shifted to whatever new Xbox/PlayStation is out.

I know that at least to me it doesn't feel like we're in desperate need of any new systems right now. These ones are still going strong.

**jmood88** · 11-23-2011, 10:09 AM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by BlueNGold

I never said I would buy it when it first comes out.

My point was I don't think I'm ready for the current systems to stop being supported, or at least as much as they are now. I still feel there's plenty of good games that can be pushed out for these systems, but instead most of the focus will be shifted to whatever new Xbox/PlayStation is out.

I know that at least to me it doesn't feel like we're in desperate need of any new systems right now. These ones are still going strong.

The 360 is 6 years old, the ps3 is 5 and the technology behind both is even older, developers are starting to reach the limits on what they can do and keep the games running smoothly. I don't want to see games being handcuffed because the technology is so old. Developers aren't going to immediately shift their focus to the new consoles anyway, for at least the first year they'll make games that work well on the current consoles but that can also play on the newer one's with some small additions.

**TracerBullet** · 11-23-2011, 12:29 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by BlueNGold

I never said I would buy it when it first comes out.

My point was I don't think I'm ready for the current systems to stop being supported, or at least as much as they are now. I still feel there's plenty of good games that can be pushed out for these systems, but instead most of the focus will be shifted to whatever new Xbox/PlayStation is out.

I know that at least to me it doesn't feel like we're in desperate need of any new systems right now. These ones are still going strong.

We already know Playstation can support a console that was a genration prior with how they handled the PS2. Microsoft says they've learned from their mistake of not supporting the Xbox though once the 360 came out. I'm sure there will still be plenty of games until you are ready.

I do think its time for new IPs to move onto new consoles though.

**untrugby** · 11-23-2011, 02:23 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by jmood88

The 360 is 6 years old, the ps3 is 5 and the technology behind both is even older, developers are starting to reach the limits on what they can do and keep the games running smoothly. I don't want to see games being handcuffed because the technology is so old. Developers aren't going to immediately shift their focus to the new consoles anyway, for at least the first year they'll make games that work well on the current consoles but that can also play on the newer one's with some small additions.

one of the best super computers in the world right now is PS3's daisy chained together so i dont think the hardware is holding the games back as much as you think

**jmood88** · 11-23-2011, 02:34 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by untrugby

one of the best super computers in the world right now is PS3's daisy chained together so i dont think the hardware is holding the games back as much as you think

One of the best supercomputers is not one ps3 by itself, however.

**untrugby** · 11-23-2011, 02:39 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by jmood88

One of the best supercomputers is not one ps3 by itself, however.

you also dont need a supercomputer to play madden, the point was the PS3's and the newer 360's processors are some of the most advanced on the commercial market right now.

**Pared** · 11-23-2011, 02:40 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by jmood88

One of the best supercomputers is not one ps3 by itself, however.

So what you're saying is we should all connect our PS3's.... together?

**Cyros** · 11-23-2011, 02:42 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by untrugby

you also dont need a supercomputer to play madden, the point was the PS3's and the newer 360's processors are some of the most advanced on the commercial market right now.

When did the 360 get a new processor?

**untrugby** · 11-23-2011, 02:48 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by Cyros

When did the 360 get a new processor?

when they went to the slim model

**Cyros** · 11-23-2011, 06:08 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by untrugby

when they went to the slim model

I was under the impression that it was the same processor, but they had also placed the CPU, and GPU on the same dye (die?).

**jmood88** · 11-23-2011, 06:09 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by Pared

So what you're saying is we should all connect our PS3's.... together?

Did you mean to quote me? If so, what I'm saying is that one ps3 by itself does not have the same power as a bunch of pa3's hooked up together. The fact that a bunch of them daisy-chained makes a powerful computer doesn't mean that the ps3 technology isn't getting old.

**BlueNGold** · 11-23-2011, 09:23 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by Pared

So what you're saying is we should all connect our PS3's.... together?

**Cyros** · 11-23-2011, 09:41 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by jmood88

Did you mean to quote me? If so, what I'm saying is that one ps3 by itself does not have the same power as a bunch of pa3's hooked up together. The fact that a bunch of them daisy-chained makes a powerful computer doesn't mean that the ps3 technology isn't getting old.

I think he was trying to make a joke.

**CaptainZombie** · 11-23-2011, 09:51 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Digital Foundry:

In terms of how we see the next-gen Xbox panning out based on what our own sources tell us, we understand that Kinect is set for a significant upgrade and has a very strong likelihood of ending up bundled with the machine. It is understood that Microsoft hosted a developer soiree at Disneyland just after E3 this year where the platform holder invited partners to pitch in with ideas on where they would want the technology to go, and the challenges they had with the current platform. This signifies that it was early days for the design just a few months ago, making the 2012 story seem even less likely.

It's also believed that Microsoft will continue its successful two SKU strategy, and indeed take it much further with its new platform: a pared down machine is to be released as cheaply as possible, and positioned more along the lines of a set-top box (the use of 360 as a Netflix viewing platform in the US is colossal) and perhaps as a Kinect-themed gaming portal, while a more fully-featured machine with optical drive, hard disk and backward compatibility aimed at the hardcore would be released at a higher price-point.

**BlueNGold** · 11-23-2011, 10:22 PM

Re: Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

Originally posted by CaptainZombie

Digital Foundry:

No. They need to stop with the two separate machines bull****. A big issue with the 360 was that HDs were never standard for all systems, and I remember reading devs saying how some games suffered from that.

If they are going to go with two separate set-ups, it should be one with Kinect and one without.

Report: New Xbox to Launch in 2013

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