Microsoft is widely expected to release the next generation Xbox console by the end of 2013, but reports are indicating that won't be the only gaming device the Windows maker could be launching next year. From the looks of it, Microsoft is looking to create its own self-contained gaming ecosystem, complete with a tablet and a phone that would coexist with the Xbox 720.
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If the next box will be what fans expect. From the many rumors one thing remains consistent, and that is that M$ wants the Xbox brand to branch out of 'gaming only' and make it more broad in its appeal.
Wouldn't be surprised if Sony did the same tbh.
Move, Kinect and Smart Glass are all quite lame.
It's entirely optional and far better then using the controller at least when using the Xbox browser.
You mean just like Sony?
This article is about MS. I'm a Sony fan, but it isn't necessary to compare everything in the gaming world against another competitor.
Considering the hold Microsoft has on NVIDIA since they announced ARM CPU development I expect NVIDIA to be providing the CPUs for Microsoft's Portable/Tablet and maybe Smartphones. :P
Graphics might not be transferable to them so to speak, but if you consider Agawi. They could technically play with the same graphics using Cloud technology.
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Gabe Newell: 'Trying to copy Apple will accelerate Microsoft's decline'.
seems he was right!
Windows 8 can work like win7. The big difference is that the start button has been replaced with a start screen, and that start screen was designed to work with touch screen. When the PC manufactures have more affordable hybrid options, Win 8 will become more attractive to prospective buyers. Once they get the hang of using apps, they will understand the need for Win 8.
Wow, really? OS software that was just released 2 months ago, isn't as stable as the previous version released over 3 years ago? Shocking....
You sir! have a bubble.
they look so boring
maybe it's a faster OS but it is still unattractive to look at
I have found Windows 8, just using the consumer preview build to be pretty stable for me. Never once had it crash, and I can keep it running for weeks at a time. It also goes into power save mode and wakes up pretty quick, and works very well on my 6 year old laptop which came with Vista. It also boots faster, and it appears that application switching is faster, along with a lower memory usage.
Right now the only thing keeping me from buying a full version is the lack of a start menu. Eventually I'll get back around to reinstalling Windows 7.
"They also want tablet menus on everything. And windows 8 is selling worse than the horrible windows vista."
Yet, the horrible Windows Vista turned out to be a success and the follow up, Windows 7 turned out to be even a bigger success.
That said, the OS is pretty much matured at this point meaning most people aren't as interested in upgrading as even Windows XP is more than sufficient for the vast majority of people. That is why, even hardware makers are struggling and had declining sales yoy too.
Bottom line, major growth is in the smart phone/tablet category and MS made the right move.
Let's have this discussion 1-2 years from now when we get a more complete picture.
Don't you know competition is what drives these companies to innovate and compete?
So Sony knows that by being the main source for hardcore AND independent gaming support (on consoles), they will never have to worry about alienating their current fan base.
Remember, SONY and MS are almost tied at about 70 Million consoles sold EACH worldwide. But MS has transformed (casual focused) so much in the last 3 years that many of it's early customers might just leave and go to Sony next gen. However, Sony stands in a position to keep all of their 70 million customers because they've never wavered at providing the niche that ps gamers want--which is a hardcore gaming focused console (with apps still being present, but at a secondary level).
In the end, MS has no more apps/media functions than Sony does. Plus Sony doesn't charge you an online fee just to use those apps. Finally, Sony is in a position to have STRONGER 1st party apps that support them financially (crackle, music unlimited, Sony movies studios). While MS only has 3rd party apps (which ps3/4 has or will have too) that wont make a dime for MS directly.
This is only the first time Sony wasn't on top in a generation. Yet they caught up in sales in only 3 years. At that rate, I think it's safe to say that Sony is coming for the top spot again. And integration of every Sony subsidiary into the PS brand is what will make it the ultimate media device BY DEFAULT. Without the PS division itself needing to focus on apps. The rest of Sony already has those covered. PS division is free to focus on hardcore gaming experiences.
When the wii u bombs it will make sony and ms realise
Never to bite the hand that feeds them - never neglect your bread and butter day one buyers of all things gaming - your hardcore gamers.
Don't see my self going anywhere even if they fall.
and they said we WONT!! copy NINTENDO.
not surprised.........ok sony your up to bat next.
sony tried with move and it sold well enought but i think they understand their bread and butter is core gaming market.
MS i believe is in a rude awakening when they release the next xbox, after 2010 they totally abandoned us for kinect/casual market and since they haven't shown a lot geared towards core gamer.
ms is too interested in the whole xbox is the middle of your living room device that can do it all but they are forgetting one major thing before and after everything else xbox is a gaming system.
also before the WII where was this casual market? and what is the guarantee that with next xbox the same crowd will looking for kinect2? in gaming business you should always target your core base more than anything else, and MS did that till 2010. Watch their E3 before 2010 and they always spoke about being there for core gamers to all of the sudden dance central on E3 stage??
the only system i am interested in is ps4, with family,work,kids i barely have time for games anymore. So MS is loosing one day one consumer. even ps4 may not be day one for me unless there is Uncharted 4,Killzone4 and GT6. I will settle for 2 out of those 3 at launch
with all these so called rumored articles/leaks can't wait to actually find out the specs along with launch lineups for ps4/xbox720
time will tell who is going after core base and who cares about being less of a gaming console and more of a media box
Wouldn't be surprised if Sony did the same tbh."
LOL, Sony has been in the living room for years. From speakers to receivers to television, radio, playstation, playstation 2 that helped pushed cheap dvd players in to homes, ps3's that pushed blu ray into homes, had people not screwed with security, a low level pc running linux could have been more of a standard on gaming consoles, accessing the web and online content from your gaming console in your living room, online blu ray media, ability to copy your photos and movies to a gaming console in the living room to use as a way to share your media on a bigger screen and online, video recording software that you can use from your couch.
The first ps3 was slammed for being too much like an all in one living room device and not gaming enough.
But now MS is creating this NEW idea to move into the living room space and sony is probably going to copy microsoft?
LMFAO
Crazy Town Banana Pants.
This fight is between Sony and Nintendo.......
The computer and console market are different to how they were 10 years ago and looking at what ms have it could really push them on to be the number one.
I will still own a ps4 and i already have a wiiu. I cant wait to see what ms and sony offer us for the next gen though but i still dont think it will be about who has the most powerful console it will be about who offers the best eco system.
But they also have the big named games like halo forza gears ect to keep the core happy and i see ms next gen starting to use there game developers to work in both markets to help them get the core and none core market.
Like i said i will still own a ps4 as well as my wiiu then as they offer games ms dont too but i do like looking at the market microsoft are in the best shape to be the main eco system if done right next gen.
Microsoft is doomed to follow. It's their third console, it will fail.
There are so many options companies could choose... they just have to learn to innovate.
At least Nintendo TRIES to innovate (gimmicky implementation or not).