Xbox 720 to feature Xbox TV and Kinect 2.0, says report
Published Jun 17 2012, 11:24 BST | By Mark Langshaw
Microsoft's next home console will be called the Xbox 720 and will arrive in 2013, an alleged leaked specs sheet suggests.The two-year-old document, which appeared on Scribd before being taken down, claims that the console will feature Kinect 2.0, 3D technology and the long-rumoured Xbox TV.
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Xbox TV will supposedly be available on mobile devices and PCs and launch this Christmas, before coming built-in with Microsoft's next generation console the following year.
By 2015, Microsoft will provide "Xbox experiences served up from the cloud" direct to any screen, according to the leak. This will allow users to run media and play games across multiple devices - a similar service to the recently-announced SmartGlass.
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The Xbox 720 will allegedly support cutting-edge 3D technology through Kinect 3D Glasses, codenamed Fortaleza. This service will be implemented over WiFi in 2014, and via 4G the following year.
Kinect 2.0 will reportedly launch with the console, featuring improved tracking, dedicated processing, and with better play space and high definition.
The console is supposedly six times more powerful than the Xbox 360, and will include a Blu-ray optical drive and "always online" technology.
According to the document, the Xbox 720 and its Kinect 2.0 sensor will be released in 2013, priced at $299 (£190).
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The thing people keep forgetting is that if the two major console manufacturers commit corporate suicide by making their machines online-only, they're also creating a huge gap in the market that a new company might see as a great opportunity to come along and fill. That would provide competition, and the increasing arrogance of Sony and Microsoft might finally be a thing of the past :)
June 18th 2012 at 9:35pm
I heard that the new playstation could support the new 4K tv's or ultra hi def. Xbox should consider that. Price sounds good though, but I would reckon it will be £400 minimum, but I'd love to be proven wrong on that.
June 18th 2012 at 4:47pm
nice
June 18th 2012 at 3:28pm
£190???/
you cant even buy the xbox and kinect now for that price!
i reckon it will be double that at least
June 18th 2012 at 12:22pm(+1 like)
Whatever it looks like, really hoping for a traditional controller. Jumping around in front of a TV isn't exactly a possibility for those with limited space, nevermind conditions that prevent them from standing.
And, if they don't find a way to allow players to install mods into games the way they can on PCs, they're really missing a trick.
June 18th 2012 at 11:13am(+1 like)