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Leaked Memo Shows First Xbox 720 Image/Lists Features

Sick of half-baked Xbox 720 articles? Everyone at VGI is. So to combat this, we thought we'd show the rest of journalism just how silly it is.

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Emilio_Estevez4259d ago

Wonder if people will actually read past the headline to see that this is funny.

iamnsuperman4259d ago

I did come to the article thing "O here we go again" but I was pleasantly surprised

guitarded774259d ago

Not me... if it's an obvious hit grabbing title, I check out the comments section here on n4g before giving a hit to a site. Funny or not, it's the same technique for both.

blitz06234259d ago (Edited 4259d ago )

"With the success of HD DVD"
"No Overheating. Should you become overheated, there's even a fan to cool you down"
"Yellow Ring - tested on 500 people, 97% says it is more soothing than the red ring"

Hilarious

Gaming1014259d ago

LOL this was golden, just pure gold. Lord knows most 360 gamers get sweaty sitting there eating cheetos and drinking mountain dew, breathing heavily while they sit there for hours on end lmao
Hit the gym fat a$$.

irepbtown4259d ago

''No less than twenty-six USB ports...''

''Over seventy Ethernet ports to help boost user internet speed''

This is absolutely Hilarious!!!
I cant stop hahaha!!!!

Irishguy954258d ago

Gaming101 reminiscing on his playthrough of Halo earlier

SolidStoner4258d ago

It seems I dont have to "read full story" :)

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VGI4259d ago

I did consider having a more fitting title (and probably should have) but ended up going with the current one seeing as it kind helps prove the stupidity of attention grabbing headlines.

Or at least that's what I hope it does ...

ZoyosJD4259d ago

I'm glad that you took the time to ensure that the description gave it away as fake, but I could have really went on without it.

While the article was slightly funny, it's just not worth it since you were trying to prove a point using certain tactics, and FURTHER PROVING THAT THEY WORK(even after practically stating everything is fake in the description).

If you really wanted to be honorable and show you really are tired of the hit grabbing, you should have posted a blog here on ng4.

But sir, you have become a hypocrite with this very piece, not because of intent, but execution.

GOOD DAY!
*slams door*

ZoyosJD4259d ago (Edited 4259d ago )

Forgot my coat (double post).

Good day!
*slams door again*

Redgehammer4259d ago

Nice work, way to channel your inner Douglas Adams.

dubal-e4259d ago

Nah it was funny man. Its no worse then the articles that people actually consider news on here sometimes. I laughted and its fun to laugh a little every now and then.

deep_fried_bum_cake4259d ago

I think that is really stupid reasoning as it just seems like you're looking for hits. But even so, it was funny, so you deserve the hits.

XB1_PS44258d ago

This sure did catch a lot of hits!!

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Ares84HU4259d ago

What do you mean??? This must be real man!!! I mean, you can plug it into your body !!!! :D

Getowned4259d ago

"I mean, you can plug it into your body"

I don't like where this is going :S

M-M4258d ago (Edited 4258d ago )

@Emilio_Estevez, Yes.

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

camel_toad4259d ago

I enjoyed the poke "following the success of hd-dvd" :)

Abdou234259d ago

Of all the leakages this is the worst.

thorstein4259d ago

And it isn't even April 1st!

NonApplicable4258d ago

I don't care how satirical the article is. The whole premise is based off of false advertising. This hypocritical website points out flaws in journalism, yet transparently employs the same techniques.

Blaze9294258d ago (Edited 4258d ago )

nothing, about this article was funny to me. Just sounded like someone was sour and did the exact thing he complained other websites of doing: wasted my time.

Everyone who says it's funny, doesn't really say how and just sounds like they are friends or work with the website and posted a comment they dont believe.

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Sev4259d ago

Really, I didn't think it was funny at all. Funny idea, maybe, but poorly executed.

dennett3164259d ago

Not obvious enough it seems...have you seen some of the comments on the story when you click on it?

Hayabusa 1174258d ago

@dennett3316: Better to assume some really witty people are being ultra-sarcastic and maintain faith in the human race.

tehpees34259d ago

LOL! Good laugh from that. And yes I'm sure its 1000% real ;)

Chitown712914259d ago

"With the success of HD-DVD" LMAOOOO

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Nintendo says Switch 2 will be officially announced before the end of March 2025

This is Furukawa, President of Nintendo. We will make an announcement about the successor to Nintendo Switch within this fiscal year. It will have been over nine years since we announced the existence of Nintendo Switch back in March 2015. We will be holding a Nintendo Direct this June regarding the Nintendo Switch software lineup for the latter half of 2024, but please be aware that there will be no mention of the Nintendo Switch successor during that presentation.

Profchaos4d ago (Edited 4d ago )

I'm excited for a switch 2 however I don't feel it will be coming this year as per the tweet in they are commuting to a reveal in this Japanese financial year in 2025.

Realistically we will get one last holiday season to focus on the switch because it would be madness for Nintendo to go into the holidays where the switch always performs well when they have announced a switch 2.

I'm thinking we see a announcement late Jan 25 personally with a release between March and June depending on when the software is ready and how strong the holday sales were if they need to boost those figures for the next earnings call or not

gold_drake4d ago

yea agreed. they'll probably match it with the new pkmn game they announced

VenomUK4d ago

So it begins!

Where one contender pulls out of the game, another comes back bigger and stronger.

Nintendo Switch 2 - let the games begin.

Cacabunga4d ago

A new Splatoon launch title for sure.. hoping they change the recipe and make it open world.

I think it’ll come out Q1 25. Let’s wait and see

H94d ago

There's a event in June for games on the switch and they said there won't be a switch 2 announcement so no way they will announce the console after june and still release it in the same year

Eonjay4d ago

So, I think they will shoot for another FYQ4 release (like with the first Switch) but I am confused by the headline:

'[...] Switch 2 will be officially ANNOUNCED before the end of March 2025' This implies that the Switch 2 isn't coming out till maybe holiday 2025 or maybe even 2026. I think they will be better served by NOT releasing when GTA 6 launches (unless there is some shocking reveal that it will run on Switch 2). Release early 2025.

Neonridr4d ago

I'd say it'll be released before March 2025 tbh.

notachance4d ago

Holiday announcement with summer launch

thesoftware7304d ago

It should be an interesting year; Sony, Nintendo, and MS all have new Hardware to show.

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PS5 Pro specs leak video taken down by Sony

Sony is taking actions as video by Moore’s Law is Dead, has been issued with a copyright claim.

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andy8524d ago

And people say it's all fake because Sony haven't said anything 😂 conveniently forget the PS4 Pro was only announced 2 months before release.

BeHunted24d ago

It's fake. There's no factual evidence other than his own made up specs.

Hereandthere24d ago

What were the specks Sony was afraid of showing?

Shikoku24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

Digital foundry put a video out saying what he leaked was exactly what they also knew about the PS5 PRO. So no it's not just stuff he made up

Babadook724d ago (Edited 24d ago )

If it’s fake what copyright does MLID infringe upon?

😂

andy8524d ago

Aye because they'd go to the effort of copyright claiming it if it didn't exist 🙃😂 you'd have to be a special kind to be thinking its not a thing by now

Cacabunga24d ago

They need to reveal it with uncharted killzone or a heavy hitter like this

Ironmike24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

U mean the specs that we'll established digital foundry which said these are the actual specs published a video on 2 weeks ago I mean they are only one of most trusted sites for tech information but they just made up a video for the sake of it

Christopher24d ago

I would love for it all to be fake, but lots of people are saying they've seen/heard the same thing. But, man, we 100% don't need mid-gen upgrades when we're failing hard to optimize current hardware.

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Seraphim23d ago (Edited 23d ago )

if I recall Sony lowered sales expectations for PS5 earlier this year. if that is the case we won't hear anything about a Pro until next year or shortly before/when it's dropping. After all, if the Pro was dropping this year/fiscal year they wouldn't have lowered expectations.

As for squashing rumors. Yeah, shit like this prevents potential buyers from adopting now, just like slim rumors in the past. It only makes sense to keep things under wraps from a business perspective. Despite living in a technological age of unfettered access to information we don't need to know whats going on behind closed doors be that at Sony, Nintendo, MS, or amongst any development studios. When the steak is done we shall feast.

JackBNimble23d ago

By the time games are actually made to take advantage of the pro spec's the ps6 will be released or close to it.

jznrpg24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

Just announce it already! I want to preorder one asap. But in reality they don’t want to lessen PS5 sales until Pro is ready to launch so I understand the business part of it. September is probably when they announce it with an early November launch like the PS4 Pro

Ironmike24d ago

Pro won't lessen sales sames ps4 pro never and the ps4 pro was more relevant at the time cos move to 4k this not needed

RaidenBlack24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

Yea, my brother got his PS4 (coz of a good deal) after the PS4 Pro's release.

darthv7224d ago

^^same here. I got a base 4 for only $100 off a guy who bought the Pro. then a few months later I found a guy on craigslist selling a pro for $100 because it was left behind by his former roommate who moved out. That was the beginning of my obsession to buy up the different variants of the PS4 that were released.

As of now I am really only missing the 500m one and the gold slim but otherwise I have pretty much all the other retail ones. https://consolevariations.c...

crazyCoconuts23d ago

Anyone with 4K that appreciates 60fps is gonna disagree about it not being needed.
DLSS is a god send for Nvidia, and there's been nothing like it for AMD...yet ...

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DeadlyFire24d ago

They will announce it around E3 timeframe about May-June whenever they do a showcase for the year.

neutralgamer199224d ago

Just announce it this thing will sell well

Ironmike24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

I don't think it will pll still haven't seen the potential of ps5 yet

Cacabunga24d ago

agreed, but it might sell if they announce some 1st party games to lead the way. if people see the difference with the base version they can move on. for my sake I am still gaming mainly on PS4 (still not finished with RDR2 due to lack of gaming time). I have a huge backlog on PS5 I am hoping to get into.

mark3214uk24d ago

why? game makers havnt even come close to maxing out current spec yet, were getting al lthese new TFlops and game maker are making crappy remakes not worthy of the ps3

Minute Man 72124d ago

The guts of the 5 and X are 5 years old

fr0sty23d ago

People keep saying that, yet we still have games running at near HD resolutions, 30fps, and ray tracing features turned off.

PRIMORDUS24d ago (Edited 24d ago )

I would take that video and upload a torrent of it, fuck that copyright bullshit. If your going to do something that has a chance of being taken down, make a torrent first share it. Then Sony or any other company is helpless and you can laugh in their faces, taunting them to try to take it down 🤣

LoveSpuds24d ago

With kind of analysis and advice, you could be a lawyer for Trump!🤣

tronyx1224d ago

As much as the PS4 Pro didn't represent a major % in the playerbase, announcing a 'better' model will hinder sales from the 'base' model. They are right, business-wise.

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XDefiant misses launch window, Ubi says a new release date will be announced after stress test

XDefiant was originally supposed to be out in summer 2023, but following a seemingly-successful beta test in April of that year, it was bumped to October 2023, and then delayed again to an unspecified future date. In its February 2024 financial report, Ubisoft slated XDefiant for launch in the fourth quarter of its 2023-24 fiscal year, which ended March 31.

A week before that date arrived, rumors surfaced that the game would be delayed yet again, and a few days later Ubisoft made it official.

"The game has always been community-first, with player feedback as a top priority," the development team said in the update. "While we hoped to go live by the end of March, there are still some improvements that we need to test before that."

Ubisoft said it's "finishing preparations" for a server stress test that will run for 12 hours on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S. "After this short test, we expected to be able to lock a launch date and start sharing more about exciting content XDefiant has to offer in the future!"

just_looken39d ago (Edited 39d ago )

The previous news was from the team/rumors this is ubisoft themselves now saying the game is delayed again no new date set but they will have a stress test on a date that has not been set.

So the game is delayed to _____ TBD
Network stress test at ____ TBD

Ubisoft we make games whenever for whoever we just do not care

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X-2338d ago

I'm just going to be honest here and say what people seem to not want to, XDefiant success is going to be short-lived and it's because it's a game that's going to be under Ubisoft's umbrella. The development team can be absolute rockstars, but with Ubisoft steering the ship it's not going to go anywhere.

Profchaos38d ago

It could be a truely amazing game (it won't be) but with Ubisoft it will be monitized within a inch of its life.

smolinsk38d ago

The game is dead move on. It's the same with the Finals. These short period hype games doesn't last.

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