• New Xbox confirmed: Will be called just "Xbox", $500 (or $300 with a subscription), always-online, $
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[t]http://images.eurogamer.net/2013/articles//a/1/5/7/0/1/8/7/eurogamer-s2kb9p.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]Microsoft will reveal its next-generation Xbox at an event on 21st May. The console will launch in "early November", seasoned Microsoft analyst Paul Thurrot has revealed. Named just "Xbox", Microsoft's machine will be "expensive" and cost around $500 (roughly £326, although likely higher in the UK). A lower price $300 (£195) model will also be available with some form of subscription. "Looking at some of the stuff I got a long time ago,[B] it actually says 'must be internet-connected to use' in the notes[/B]," Thurrot claimed. "And that's all I have, but it does say that." Thurrot's report also mentioned two other unannounced Xbox-branded machines. One, code-named "Yumo", [B]was to be an Xbox device purely for entertainment apps, rather than games.[/B] The product has seemingly been canned to avoid confusing consumers. The other machine is a new budget-priced Xbox 360 model, code-named "Stingray". Due for release later this year, the device will cost just $99 (£65). Thurrot suggested this may mean [B]Microsoft's new Xbox would not play Xbox 360 games.[/B][/QUOTE] [url]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-04-08-next-xbox-reveal-due-21st-may-costs-usd500-or-usd300-with-a-subscription-reports-suggest[/url] Continuing with the trends of microsoft being money-hungry and naming new stuff with the exact same name of old stuff. [I]Xbox: grittier and darker.[/I]
the fuck is this shit no thanks
RIP Xbox PS4 is going to sell so well it's going to be mental.
99 dollar 360? Neat, now I will be able to have all those 3 exclusives I missed out on.
PS4 wins
rip microsoft
this is still pretty vague and not official. but everyone in this thread should go ahead to jump to crazy conclusions anyway
unfortunately a lot of people are still going to buy this
Now all the PS4 needs is a nice price tag, and it might be "the next PS2"
did they announce the price of the ps4? because if it's substantially cheaper than $500 this could be microsoft's [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOHqG1nc_tw[/media] and honestly it wouldn't be too bad, sony have a lot more good exclusives, maybe it would force microsoft to put out something good to compete
Gamespot article with a different source confirms most of the stuff in the Eurogamer one and hammers the coffin nail even harder [QUOTE] Thurrott also shared information about the Xbox 720's reported always-online requirement. He said this a confirmed feature for the platform, claiming the system's notes specifically state that the Xbox 720 "must be Internet-connected to use." The Xbox 720 reportedly stops functioning if an Internet connection drops for three minutes. Thurrott is a noted Microsoft insider and runs Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows.[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.gamespot.com/news/subscription-based-xbox-720-priced-at-300-with-500-standard-model-6406544[/url]
Dear Microsoft, Fuck you. Love, Real Gamers Everywhere
Well I guess I'll be switching to Sony then. Good job MS.
[QUOTE=ElectronicG19;40206795]RIP Xbox PS4 is going to sell so well it's going to be mental.[/QUOTE] Which is a shame because it won't be because "the ps4 is so good" but because "the xbox is so bad"
$99 360, my ass. In Russia it's gonna be $199. Oh, and expensiveness of this new Shitbox will only be it's fail. Just remember PS3. But unlike Sony who learned their mistakes, MS just tries to make themselves look dumb.
[QUOTE=ElectronicG19;40206795]RIP Xbox PS4 is going to sell so well it's going to be mental.[/QUOTE] Assuming they don't also go that route. Seriously though, if Sony market the PS4 as not needing an internet connection they'll make tonnes of sales
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;40206858]Which is a shame because it won't be because "the ps4 is so good" but because "the xbox is so bad"[/QUOTE] It's because of both, really. The PS4 looks amazing so far
[QUOTE=God of Ashes;40206811]this is still pretty vague and not official. but everyone in this thread should go ahead to jump to crazy conclusions anyway[/QUOTE] But it's been flying around for ages and noted in much articles.(of which some aren't that reliable of course)
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;40206856]Dear Microsoft, Fuck you. Love, Real Gamers Everywhere[/QUOTE] What defines a "real" gamer?
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;40206856]Dear Microsoft, Fuck you. Love, [b]Real Gamers Everywhere[/b][/QUOTE] No True Scotsman
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;40206858]Which is a shame because it won't be because "the ps4 is so good" but because "the xbox is so bad"[/QUOTE] But sony are also trying their very hardest to put their best shoes on this generation, with some great specs, cool features such as the video capture and massively better support for indies than microsoft and nintendo could ever offer. If they continue this way, the ps4 will basically be the console to own for the next 6 years and it could basically become your pc in the living room
weren't the last gen of consoles the same price? you're going to pay a lot of money for a console regardless and I'm sure the ps4 will be the same the always online thing is butt though
dear microsoft, i am so angry at you about the new scrubbox. this is the end for you. ps4 will dominate you now. love, a gamer
Judging by the subscription price it seems that XBOX Live membership won't be going any time soon. Fuck having to pay £40 a year even to use Netflix, let alone play games online. Fucking ripoff and I hope every iteration of the XBOX fails until they stop treating their customers like absolute shit.
Nice of Microsoft to turn the after-next gen console war into the classical Sony vs Nintendo again.
Hear that whistle? It's the sound of the Xbox bombing.
[QUOTE=thrawn2787;40206858]Which is a shame because it won't be because "the ps4 is so good" but because "the xbox is so bad"[/QUOTE] It's still money being thrown at sony so they can stop running their downloads and update servers on a bunch of networked fat PS2s, so I'm happy. And it looks pretty good so far. It's not a giant step forward, but it's a pretty big and really needed one.
[QUOTE]Microsoft's new Xbox would not play Xbox 360 games.[/QUOTE] I fucking knew it.
I can here the horrible cackle of Chad Warden in the distance. He smells death. No one is safe.
[QUOTE=T-Sonar.0;40206856] Love, Real Gamers Everywhere[/QUOTE] lmao
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