Næste generation af konsoller?

Beano>
Vita har også cross-game voice chat. Dog slår nogle spil (f.eks. Uncharted) hele networking delen fra (inkl chat) pga. CPU kerner/resourcer svjv. Men det er en del af OS'et. Så det vil overraske mig meget hvis det ikke er med Orbis/PS4.
Skype virker også fint på Vita.

Beano>Jeg mener at MS ifm. en dashboard update satte voice chat bitraten op for et par år siden, men har ikke hørt om det hjalp.

Sumez>
Ja, så kommer der nok til at være kæmpe forskel, du har ret :D

Beano>
Koster vel også noget hvis next-box skal bundles med en Kinect 2?

Sumez>
dRxL mener du også at forskellen mellem PS3 og X360 er slående?

Prozel>
Jeg tror sku MS har styr på at lave ordenligt hardware at programmere til. Selvom der er mange kerner, så tænker jeg at det er en arkitektur (?), som er nem at arbejde ift. tilfældet med PS3 Cell processor.

Prozel>
Jeg vil ikke gøre mig klog på det tekniske :P jeg har bare observeret at MS har lavet venligt hardware med Xbox og 360 (mit indtryk i hvert fald) og derfor tror jeg også de kan med Durango.

Beano>
Eller så har de bare valgt at fokusere på andre ting - all-around topset box og casual/Kinect marked.

Xbox 720 – or whatever you want to call Microsoft’s next home gaming console – is to be called ‘Xbox’, in a move that shadows Apple’s strategy in calling its tablet ‘iPad’. That’s the claim of one site, whose sources suggest that the console will work with all Microsoft ‘Xbox’ branded devices and media, including a new X-Surface gaming tablet. The device is rumoured to have been seen running Unreal Engine 3 games at 60 FPS recently.

Now, I know what most of us are thinking. That this is just another shite rumour and yes maybe that’s true. After all this is the time of the generation where rumours fly from all directions, but we have to report on this stuff just in case it comes to pass, so please bear with us.

So, this new rumour comes from a source close to Microsoft, who has told Pocket Lint that Microsoft is ditching the rumoured ’720′ or ‘Surface’ name from its next console, and is simply going to call it ‘Xbox’ in order to create a unified gaming brand across multiple devices. This stacks up with what a Microsoft exec stated last year.

This applies to a new gaming tablet that the source has called ‘X-Surface’, a device that doesn’t run on either Windows 8 or RT, but a new OS as a standalone portable console. The tablet is said to house connectivity options that let users access media on the new Xbox’s hard drive. It will not have apps of its own, the source says, and it will not have its own Windows-style OS.

The source adds that the X-Surface has been shown internally running Unreal Engine 3 demos at a ‘solid’ 60 FPS, which will use a ‘proprietary 2.4GHz wireless protocol’ that allows it to tether to Xbox 360 controllers and ‘future control devices’.

Elsewhere, the source claims that ‘Xbox’ will house an 8-core CPU and that each core will run at 1.9GHz. The tipster also confirms rumours of an 800MHz CPU, stating, “One benchmark used internally has been a custom build Watch Dogs E3 demo which runs at 55-60fps with only five cores at 100 per cent.”

Finally, the source states that the ‘Xbox’ will house an OS that looks similar to Windows 8 in some ways, but that it is not a full version of Windows 8. Instead it will take two CPU cores to run and will manage multi-tasking and other functions. The source called it, “Very much akin to Nintendo’s offerings on 3DS and Wii U – but on a far larger scale.”

The new ‘Xbox’ controller is said to be similar to the Xbox 360 pad, with the same button layout.

That’s what Pocket Lint’s source says. Now judge for yourself if it’s true or not below.