According to leading technology website The Verge, Microsoft (MSFT) will launch the Xbox 720 with several new innovations, including next generation Kinect and Kinect Glasses, and a more accessible and targeted design for those who play casual games. The Xbox 720 is going to be a very profitable product that will increase Microsoft's revenues in the long-term.
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MS chose a different path in that they license a set of standards to other companies to develop their own 720 compatible units?
It would certainly take much of the pressure off MS in regards to them being the sole purveyor of the system and would create market competition between other mfg's.
the 3DO company (mainly Panasonic) licensed the rights to others to make 3DO units and even though the platform didnt do as well as they thought, the idea was still pretty sound.
With all the talk of a "steam" box laying the groundwork for other PC companies to make steam compatible units, it makes sense for there to be more wide distribution of general purpose machines than single units.
Like how you go to a store to buy a PC and you can choose from several different ones but they all have the same basic features. What sets each one from the next would be the amount of ram or hdd or cpu/gpu specs.
Where MS and the 720 are concerned they could make a set of standards and then companies can build from there. Maybe having varying sizes of hdd and mfg specific apps/features but in the end, all would be able to play the same 720 games and access the same live services.
Sony is a hardware company so the likeliness of THEM licensing their hardware tech is not as beneficial to them as it would be to MS. MS would make more off the $$ fees and not have to deal with the hardware overhead they currently deal with.
http://www.digitaltrends.co...
I hope kinect 2 blows away kinect 1's success to make xbox gamers even happier!
kinda like better but also not better. or almost the same but not the same. maybe mostly alike but not as alike as mostly would portray. in a way equivalent but equivocal. very indistingushable but distinguished.
Microsoft's main business is their Windows and Office business. The Xbox Division is really nothing in comparison.
Its my opinion that there will be a drastic slowdown in Microsoft's business in the coming years and this really isnt related to their Xbox. Its mostly their cash cow, Windows and Office that are going to be tanking.
The signs are already there, there is a slow down in the sales of PC hardware. Uptake of Windows 8 is much slower than expected and this really isnt because Windows 8 has a learning curve, far from it.
The problem is the market conditions have changed since the times of Windows Xp or Windows 7. People dont want to be buying PCs at a regular interval any more, this is because 2-3 year old PC can already do what current software requires them to do. Hence the need for upgrading isnt there. People instead prefer Androids and Apple devices.
Ultimately this will hit Microsoft and not only in their Windows and Office sales but also their enterprise sales will be hit.
Xbox on its own will not be able to carry the whale named Microsoft. Xbox division is just too small.
Gloomy times are ahead for Microsoft, people will be surprised how quickly the slow down can hit them.
I've already set aside about $500 for the console and a launch game or two.
From the article:
"This trend suggests Xbox 720 sales will be higher than Playstation 4 sales. Moreover, the Xbox 720 is manufactured by an American company. On the other hand, the Playstation 4 is manufactured by a Japanese company. Most Americans prefer buying American made products at the moment, especially with the fiscal cliff looming."
I don't see how relevant that is given the history of gaming in America. From the Atari 2600 all the way to the Wii, Americans have supported both domestic and foreign gaming. How well has a RPG franchise like Mass Effect done in Japan? Now flip that around and ask how many Americans bought games from the Final Fantasy series? How about America who bought games from the Gran Turismo series? Now ask yourself how many Japanese gamers bought Forza.
Current hardware sales in Japan show PS3 sales in Japan at 30X that of Xbox 360 sales. The PS3 is not being outsold in America by 30-1. It's probably closer to 2-1 or less. Even the Wii is outselling the Xbox 360 right now by 8-1.
Even when Microsoft tried to capture the Japanese audience early on with exclusives like Blue Dragon and Lost Oddyssey they snubbed their noses at it. The good thing is they still got the Japanese developer support which is far more important. Especially since the region of Japan pales (sales) in comparison to Europe and North America.
I've tried many Japanese influenced games like Catherine and Disgaea. There are certainly some unique and great games from there.
+Well said
Funny that the guy who got marked for trolling says your wallet is ready for Halo, Gears, Forza, etc..
It is! Those games are great!
Just like Sony guys are waiting for God of War 4, Infamous 3, Killzone 4, LBP 3, GT6, another warhawk, Uncharted 4 and so on.
Don't see a pattern? The games everyone wants the most are sequels.. even 3rd party games. COD, BF, Madden, AC, RE, GTA and the list goes on...
@chukamachine no more ready than a ps3 fanboy is for UC4, GoW ?, MGS5,GT6,KZ4,R4 & ANYTHING MOVE .
Seems that they're pulling the same moves they pulled towards the end of this generation.
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my opinon for the new consoles from sony and ms, if either of them are heavy on the motion controls(ps move/kinect) thats the system im going to avoid, i want a controller and if both go heavy on the motion controls then i would jump to the wii u as at least it has a pro controller
IMO the three major segments of the market are:
Core games
Casual games
media functionality
IMO MS is in the best position to satisfy all three segments.
ps4/steambox along with my gaming pc
"MS is prepping a AAA new Ip title to rival Halo and Gears come next gen."
You: "Space Kinect Adventures?"
"MS is prepping a brand new next gen AAA movie like game.
Again, you: Space Kinect Adventures?"
What's sad is you didn't even get marked down for trolling for both of those offenses just agrees.
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What's really bad about it is both of those articles didn't even mention Kinect at all. Hinting both will be a hardcore experience.
Now you seem to know a thing or two about stupidity.
But, Still not getting Kinect though and also not buying LIVE again.
Just go away... Go back in time.
We know that since last years E3 and all those new tablets and phones just confirm how MS just wants every chunk of the market.
It's a shame since they'll stop caring about true games, let's hope Sony knows what to do and that the SteamBox changes something in the industry. Nintendo has to do something too.
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womp womp....
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Why are you people so obnoxious? Okay you love everything SONY, would it kill you to let those that prefer other consoles enjoy some good news without resorting to trolling? I mean come on.
Take a look at any sony article which reaches the front page.
edit: i'll get disagrees from fanboys.
these one sided rumours. Gamers who have been playing since the 80s know quality...we've seen 3DO, SNES, Jaguar ATARI CD 32..dreamcast ps1-3...xbox and from all these can deduce that Sonys strategy is on games...not pointless tacked on features.