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Report: Next Xbox console will support Windows 8

Microsoft GM Brian Hall revealed in a verbal slip that the next generation of Xbox, which some claim has been codenamed Durango, will support Windows 8.

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bintarok4281d ago

Very shurrre-prising report. Captain obvious has just smacked sargeant curious in the face with a brick.

under taker 344281d ago (Edited 4281d ago )

If the next xbox is a Console/PC hybrid, Nintendo and Sony will be screwed. making operating systems are not what either company dose.

Xbox 720's expansion of games would double, that is if the OS is able to boot PC games. if so then the next xbox won't necessarily need to venture in to new ideas to stay in the console race.

kent800820074281d ago

I don't want to watch porn on the same machine I play games on in the living room tv, so no thank you

under taker 344281d ago (Edited 4281d ago )

@ DeadlyFire

so what you're saying is the xbox 720 will have backwards compatibility. even still, Nintendo and Sony would be screwed in that sense too. the Wii-U won't have it and the ps4 would be expensive if had it as well.

"A PC game is never going to go away from the PC unless its in a cloud service."

I'm not saying "go away", it's not be exclusive to PCs.

"Its pretty obvious that Sony already has decided to either side with Linux or Chrome OS if this happens.

So wtf do ya need an OS on a console for really anyway? Web browsing, photo tweaking, file management, and umm.... games? "

In that sense an OS to Sony and Nintendo would be useless, as both OS's have very little to offer. whereas windows can boot all sorts of games and programs.

It's a theory of mine, not something that i stand 100 percent by, but It's Microsoft's call since it's their OS.

Gamerpeanuts4280d ago

kent80082007...watching porn on the console is your choice...not the xbox's...or is it =D

Dms20124280d ago (Edited 4280d ago )

I am sure that Smartglass will play a large role as an input device for a fully functioning OS. The ability to boot PC games would be sweet, but I don't see that happening. I am still confused as to why Microsoft has totally ignored a market in the hundreds of millions with Games for Windows, seems they have missed a huge opportunity in that.

nukeitall4280d ago

I have a feeling it will really be compatible with WinRT with the metro interface, not full Windows 8.

This means the Xbox can share a lot of the Metro style apps.

Anyhow, either way it is pretty damn awesome. I want Windows on my console, because it is so instant now.

ChronoJoe4280d ago (Edited 4280d ago )

Microsoft don't make money from the sale of PC games though like they do their licensed console games, so there's not much incentive for them to open up the platform to existing PC games.

Also if it did just run windows 8 in the same manner as on a desktop as you envision, all you would have would be a windows 8 machine. It wouldn't be a games console, it'd be a PC. Different market. It would be difficult to market what would essentially be a windows PC to console consumers.

The only reason I would imagine them doing that is if they wanted to boost Windows 8 installations but slack off on developing games themselves. Basically cannibalizing their games division for the sake of win 8.

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I don't think that's happening of course. Just explaining why this being more like a PC could be bad.

I imagine it won't be too different to our current consoles, just running a heavily restricted version of windows 8. It'll be more about producing a universal interface across their platforms than them being functionally the same.

SilentNegotiator4280d ago

Just like all of the other computer/console hybrids "screwed" the other consoles.

Oh wait...

shutUpAndTakeMyMoney4280d ago (Edited 4280d ago )

full integration is upon us..

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

720 will be a true cross platform console.

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DeadlyFire4281d ago

I think you have it backwards under taker 34. Next Xbox will not be the hybrid. Windows 8 will be the hybrid. Allowed to boot Xbox games. As most are ports anyway. A PC game is never going to go away from the PC unless its in a cloud service.

Its pretty obvious that Sony already has decided to either side with Linux or Chrome OS if this happens.

So wtf do ya need an OS on a console for really anyway? Web browsing, photo tweaking, file management, and umm.... games?

JBSleek4281d ago

Games are the primary function of these machines anymore. And making a video game centric machine in 2013-2014 seems like an unintelligent mood and they are going to be all in one media devices that so happen to play games.

I doubt Sony picks Linux or Chrome OS actually and use their own in house UI.

Dms20124280d ago

Sorry, but I would not buy a cell phone that only makes calls, nor would I purchase a console that only runs games. What happened to "It only does everything"? Or is this just a convenient argument when the Xbox is involved?

DeadlyFire4280d ago (Edited 4280d ago )

Well I have only ever used my console for games and browsing the web. Both have been done without a central OS.

I am just saying that Microsoft has Windows sure, but others can easily grab a named OS brand to be tweaked to their console name as well if they chose to do so. Developing their own is an idea, but neither have tried to do so yet and Sony threw in Ubuntu support for PS3 almost at launch then took it away later, but ya know its possible with PS4 it wouldn't have any issue throwing it back into it. A Sony version of a Linux OS could also happen. As its all open source.

Jake11114280d ago

I lost all confidence with Microsoft when I played the first uncharted for PS3. Since then I have sold my PS3 and jumped back on Xbox. Microsoft is doing an amazing job! Keep it up! I will be purchasing the next Xbox as well as their tab and phone. I will also be buying the new VR head set if it performs well that Cameron is developing! CANT WAIT!!

the worst4280d ago

virus and pop ups coming to the xbox 720 watch and see

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user54670074281d ago

What will happen when Windows release Windows 9 in the far far future...will it the nextbox just be updated to support Windows 9 or what ?

aviator1894281d ago

Good question, but I'm sure everything will be fully explained in due time.

ChunkyLover534281d ago

Probably a simple update.

On topic though, its nice to see Microsoft will be fully supporting Windows in the next Xbox, it makes perfect sense and its something that really should have been there with the original Xbox and certainly the Xbox 360.

Colts4204281d ago (Edited 4281d ago )

It works with the 360 right now :)I have Win 8.You can start games with it on your console buy games and browse all your stuff on Win 8 cant wait for the retail version to come out.

r1sh124281d ago (Edited 4281d ago )

yeah, It does seem like MS are taking the whole entertainment in the living room quite seriously.
They have a very decent media player with a good range of apps currently,
If true getting windows onto the next xbox means you can do even more from the comfort of the Sofa/Couch.
Although if its about making the platforms identical then its probably embedded functionality.
Although it would be pretty nice to have windows added to the next Xbox

GillHarrison4281d ago

Game piracy is bad enough already, allowing a full OS on a console? Never going to happen again.

3GenGames4281d ago

PS3 had Ubuntu on it years ago.

3GenGames4281d ago

Doees that mean it's not possible to get it on there? No. It's still a fact it had it on it.

r1sh124280d ago

Its possible to get it on a ps3, but you need a ps3 with a very old firmware.
Then you can still install it, but updating it will stop other O.S.
If you are on a newer firmware then the firmware has to be cracked and a custom firmware must be installed.

saladthieves4280d ago

...and you're sure of this because?

SandWitch4280d ago

Because Win 8 will slow down X720's performance. A true PC OS is too big for a console.

It may have a similar-design OS, but not Windows 8 for sure.

joeorc4280d ago

" A true PC OS is too big for a console. "

That's not true at all, as a matter of fact that is a myth that is not ony Busted, but busted wide open! Hell if Sony wanted it could have ran a full Desktop PC OS right on the PSVita...and it would indeed run pretty d@rn fast i might add.

If you want to see, see for your self!

Ubuntu on Android!

"In every dual-core
phone, there’s
a PC trying
to get out."

The full PC desktop for multi-core Android phones

Hardware requirements

.Dual-core 1GHz CPU
.Video acceleration: shared kernel driver with .associated X driver; Open GL, ES/EGL
.Storage: 2GB for OS disk image
.HDMI: video out with secondary frame buffer device
.USB host mode
.512 MB RAM

http://www.ubuntu.com/devic...

SandWitch4280d ago

I have no doubt it could run on console very very fast, but games would suffer from that because big OS such as Windows 8 would take a lot of resources.

BitbyDeath4280d ago

If it were to happen it'd be a hybrid not the full thing much like how Windows Mobiles are hybrids of it.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies18h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken13h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 5h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 5h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 4h ago (Edited 1d 4h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos1d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt16h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken13h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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Profchaos1d 10h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 10h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 9h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies23h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.