Xbox 720 More Details

[Dog]

 

 

Overview

 

Xbox World will be officially coming to an end with the release of their latest issue, which officially went on sale today. Through the release of this issue, Xbox World has released a large amount of details regarding Microsoft's next generation console, which is currently being referred to as the Xbox 720 or Xbox Next and is shown through concept photos above.

KitGuru has decided to showcase some of the major points that were delivered through the release of this issue of Xbox World. You can take a look below to view some of the major details surrounding the Xbox 720, or Xbox Next.

 

It Includes

• For central processing,
  XBW
  (via
  CVG
  ) thinks we’ll be looking at a 22-28nm, quad core CPU, with similar clock speeds to the Xbox 360 (3.2GHZ) but with a much bigger and faster cache. It’s likely that like the late generation Xbox 360s too, we’ll also see the GPU and CPU on one die.
  
  
• With more CPU brute force comes better physics and more realistic looking worlds, with a lot more NPCs as background extras. Destruction will also improve, with more interactivity in environments.
  
  
• Kinect 2.0 might not be available at launch, but will be soon after, with the ability to track up to four people and movements as small as finger twitches.
  
  
• Augmented reality is expected to be a big part of Durango’s sales pitch, though it is thought likely not to appear until sometime in 2014. Not sure how this would work? Think Micro Machines, but in your living room.
  
  
• 3D Sound could make an appearance too, though the hardware for that application at the moment is pretty damn expensive. If implemented, it could allow for some interesting audio based puzzle games, or simply more realistic environments, that with Kinect motion tracking, could react audibly to player and character movements.
  
  
• Blu Ray discs will be the medium of choice, with a capacity up to 50GB. Gone will be the seek times of old, requiring installation – though depending on the internal storage medium, it’ll still probably be a good idea. A slim Xbox further down the line could also do away with the optical drive altogether.
  
  
• DirectX 11 is practically guaranteed for the
  next Xbox
  , which means tessellation, better anti aliasing – along the lines of Epic’s Samaritan or Unreal Engine 4 demos.
  
  
• New controllers will surface it’s thought, with touch screens and remappable buttons being some of the most obvious. However Kinect is likely to come into play here too, with voice and gestures part of the mix.
  
  
• Cloud gaming and a
  new Xbox
  Live. With better patching procedures, remote gaming for demos perhaps, better social media interaction and simple streaming, the next Xbox is likely to become more PC like in its makeup.
  
  

[DoctorB77]

I will probably not upgrade to the 720 until Halo 5 comes out. I will probably get the console edition.