Digital Foundry : The Curious Case of the Durango Devkit Leak

"It's one of the most bizarre next-gen console leaks yet - a story so strange we still struggle to believe there's any true to it whatsoever. When a Microsoft Durango devkit appeared on an obscure developer forum - for sale at $10,000 no less - nobody quite knew for certain what on earth was going on. The shots depict an anonymous-looking PC tower case, attached to a cheap display and running Matrix-style datastream graphics over an unconvincing debug launcher. The obvious conclusion drawn by many was that it was an unambiguous fake. Intrigued, Digital Foundry reached out to the source of the leak, and followed up the story with multiple developers working on next-gen projects. The uniform response was startling: apparently, these shots are the real deal." - Digital Foundry

[hennessey86]

oooooohhhhhhhh
Another next gen rumour

[JBSleek]

Very interesting read.

An x86 CPU with a Nvidia GPU would basically make this a PC and easier games to be made and if that is based of a Kelper GPU that is powerful.

And with 8GB or 12GB dev kits it means we are looking at 4-6GB ram in the real systems.

Sounds really good to me if true. Can't wait for E3 2013.

[adorie]

If true then it's more of a reason to avoid the next-gen xbox and just go with a dual card Kepler, in my case.

If Xbox games are going to show up on Windows 8, perhaps I can dual boot win7 and win 8 until I am comfortable with win 8.

1 next gen system,no more. I am done with owning all 3, even if I have the money to do so.

[andibandit]

More like a reason to get it, if PC games start showing up for the box, PC has a vast array og games.

[dantesparda]

why does 8GB or 12GB on the devkit mean 4-6GB ram in the real system?

[NoFanboyRequired]

"at this point it's worth bearing in mind that dev hardware typically features double the RAM of retail kit in order to accommodate debugging tools and other systems."

Read the article..

[greenpowerz]

Hurry up!

[Dark360]

Mmmmmmm....
Very very interesting.

8GB? - I like that!

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[ABizzel1]

Consoles usually have 1/2 the RAM of the dev kits so we're looking at 4GB+ (it says more than 8GB), but hopefully next gen will change that.

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

Get ready for some kick ass kinect games!

[cuddlemonkey]

Ps4 is announced, " get ready for some kick ass move games" psvita " get ready for some... uh ....hmmm...,"

[shutUpAndTakeMyMoney]

Are you saying Sony is focused on move & MS is not focused on kinect? is that whast goes on in your reality? You do realize there are more core exclsuive games on ps3 than casual move games & more kinect casual exclusives on xbox than core exclusives on xbox.

why do you hate my facts?

also..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...
90+ games
not bad for under a year ..

[greenpowerz]

above...
If move was more successful and was wanted by the consumer masses Sony would be supporting it more but developers don't really want to waste their time with it. Casuals already have the Wii and kinect is differnt and is seen as a breakthrough in gaming by the biggest demographic in gaming.

You guys keep mentioning core vs casual but at the end of each year MSFT has games for everybody. What core games does Sony have for the holidays? LoL

[Machioto]

Yeah like datura,spider man,counter strike,resident evil/chronicles,portal 2,implemented better than kinect in ghost reckon,air conflict and the guy that made the razor hydra skd runs with the ps move,kinect is not different and to get wii close to ps move accuracy you need wii motion plus ,so. Stop spreading lies.

[cuddlemonkey]

This news is super cute, I've just gone into extreme cuddle mode over this,!

[Droid Control]

I want next gen NOW!!!!!!

[Awesome-Xanto]

Though I'm still good waiting another few years for Next Gen, this sounds good to me...

[darkride66]

I'm in the same boat. There's only a handful of developers now who can push the existing hardware. New hardware isn't going to provide a gaming revolution - otherwise we'd already see it on PC's, and even on PC's there are only a handful of developers with the resources to push the the high end hardware.

I like the idea they're going with PC parts next gen. That should help keep the costs down and hopefully cut down on hardware problems as the parts will have all been put through their paces. Again, I see no rush for next gen but the geek in me is looking forward to what's in store.

[Tyre]

Very good news, i hope it's true, NVidia makes the best GPU now. Logically they switched...sounds very plausible. A dedicated GPU just for physics is more likely with NVidia!! Awesome!

[DiRtY]

4 - 6 GB RAM and a 8 core CPU?

SOLD!

I can't believe I am still playing on a 7 years old console.

Next year will be awesome. I will celebrate the release of the Xbox 3 with a purchase of an awesome new TV. I will probably spend 3.000 Euro that month, but damn it will be awesome. Gotta take off a week from work as well.

CAN'T WAIT!

[Paballo]

8GBs if ram in Next Gen Consoles
There is one thing I will be crossing my fingers for,and that is both MS and Sony Next Gen consoles have 8GBs of main system memory.
Sony and MS in the previous gen put very good Gpus and Cpus into their consoles but the bottleneck was memory.
If they can just both manage to put in 8 GBs which Cryteks, Epic and Square Enix are asking for then I am sure we will see a huge jump in graphics....
Plus they must also take in mind that Next Gen consoles will have even more multimedia capabilities than the current gen could ever dream of not to mention games native at 1080p,and all that eats alot of ram.
The WiiU O/s overhead alone eats 512 MB of ram and since we know the Nextbox and Ps4 will have a much more advanced O/s and multimedia features their Os could eat as much as 1GB.
8GBs makes so much sense and like I said....8GBs in today market is much cheaper than 512MB was in 2005.
Plus since the whole smart phone Iphone and Blackberry crazy hit the tech market apps have being the New thing.
It is possible that MS and Sony will make their consoles more opening by supporting xbox/playstation certified apps on their next gen consoles and what would be more inline with such a goal then a console with 8GBs of ram.
Please tell me what you guys think...

[PAYNEinc85]

I think Microsoft realizes the kinect was just a quick cash making fad. were gonna start seeing less kinect games. Simply because these developers that are focusing on Kinect games arent making enough money off of them due to low sales to keep their studios open forever. Just a passing fad.

[Bigpappy]

You would be surprised to know that manny kenect games have sold over 500,000 copies. That is better than some exclusive full games on PS3 and 360. Kinect is successful. Do your research and keep in mind that the digital copies sold are not tracked by most who report numbers. Fruit ninja, for example, sold over 1 mil. Most Kinect games are low budget, so they don't need to sell millions to make a profit.

You need to show that link where you saw developers making that claim. What you think is irrelevant.

[PAYNEinc85]

I'm not saying theyre not gonna make anymore kinect games. I'm just saying that sales on the Kinect have more than likely tapered off by now so microsoft will no longer be ramming it down our throats every chance they get. Kinect will still be supported in the future but more than anything it was a quick buck for microsoft to try to get more casuals involved. Microsoft will be getting more into the core games next gen. They know thats what they need to sell tons of new expensive consoles. Because while a quirky motion control might have done good to extend the life of the tired 360 they know it wont be a system seller whenever their new system arrives.