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Xbox 720, PlayStation Orbis: The Latest Next-Gen Console Rumours

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The Xbox 720 is rumoured to be scheduled for a Christmas 2013 release

The Xbox 720 is due for a Christmas 2013 release, according to the latest rumours swirling around the development of Microsoft's next generation console.

Gaming site VG247 said that Xbox has confirmed to third parties that the 720 will boasts a Blu-Ray drive, as well as two GPUs.

The site also suggested that the next version of Kinect, the console’s revolutionary control system, would be built into the machine.

An announcement on the next generation Xbox, believed to be codenamed “Durango”, is not expected till next year.

Meanwhile, US news site Kokatu has claimed that the PS4, codenamed Orbis, is similarly due for release in late 2013 and will work in conjunction with the recently released Vita handheld.

Other rumours suggest that Orbis games will not be backwards-compatible. The games could even be locked to a singular PlayStation account, thus stripping the second-hand market of its viability.

Neither Sony or Microsoft would comment on the rumours.

The Wii U, Nintendo's next-generation console, is expected to hit the shops this Christmas.

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The Xbox 720 is due for a Christmas 2013 release, according to the latest rumours swirling around the development of Microsoft's next generation console. Gaming site VG247 said that Xbox has confi...
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Litho-stone
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10:45 PM on 04/03/2012
OoOoOoOoOoOoOoh! A BLU-RAY DRIVE!
yeah... Welcome to the 21st century, Xbox.
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SamsaHotel
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09:04 PM on 04/03/2012
Nintendo, Sony and MicroSoft are determined to lose the video game market. Hopefully, their paranoid, selfish attitude toward the next gen of video game consoles will encourage another company to enter the market.

At the time, who would have believed that Nintendo would fall to Sony? Or that Sony would fall to Microsoft? Who's next? I hope that there is a new gaming console competitor on the horizon, I don't feel loyalty toward companies who aren't loyal to me.

Honestly, for the money I spend on the console, games and a LIVE connection - I don't really use it that much. Maybe I will just stop buying consoles and stick to my PC?

Destroying the used game market does not benefit the consumer in any way. This is just another attempt to connect a vacuum cleaner to my wallet.
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Krek
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09:51 PM on 04/03/2012
"Maybe I will just stop buying consoles and stick to my PC?"

PC gaming isn't much fun these days. The games are often released later than their console counterparts and they're mostly just pretty bad ports. More and more games are being designed around the limitations of the consoles so a high-end gaming machine isn't even necessary anymore. It's a real shame.
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10:53 PM on 04/03/2012
to a point, this is true... but...

I have a pretty high end gaming rig and I gotta say that playing BF3 at full ultra @ 1920 x 1200 is a site to behold... you're not going to get that sort of experience on a console.

Another advantage for the PC over Console argument are Mods. Like Skyrim... I've already logged over 100 hours and the mod community is growing and growing. I personally didn't play Oblivion, but there are those that I know (on PC) that have logged well over 600 hours on that game alone due to the replayability made possible by the HUGE modding community... again, you won't get that, or anywhere close to that, on a console.

I'm not knocking consoles... to each their own, it's a matter of personal choice.

But PC gaming is far from dead

specs = i7 2600k, 16GB DDR3, GTX 580 x 2 (sli) and more.

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10:46 PM on 04/03/2012
When did Sony fall to Microsoft?
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Jeffrey Rimann
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12:25 AM on 04/04/2012
Sony fell to Microsoft in the gaming world. The 360 was centered around friends having a good time together and just straight up gaming. Their have been dashboard updates that have rapidly expanded and improved the 360 experience to make it more than just a gaming machine to the point where now it has netflix, last.fm, Verizon, and Comcast as well. So even though it does now have the multimedia features (minus blu-ray) it was and still is centered around being a GAMING console. Then by adding kinect blows every other "controller free" (I use the term very loosely because every other system uses a controller still) gaming experience out of the water, and with the kinect 2 on its way or being improved and built into the next xbox Nobody will even come close IMO unless its truly controller free gaming.
I've always felt like the playstation tried to do way to much with its console, sure when it came out it was a great machine, had built in blu-ray, wifi, and a ton of multimedia stuff as well, but all that just made it feel more like a standardized computer than a gaming machine, like something that people could pick up instead of a pc if they wanted to game with people online without dealing with some of the headaches that all computers come with.
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08:18 PM on 04/03/2012
"Stripping the second hand market" is already a fact for Steam games, such as Skyrim. They cannot be activated by a second hand buyer. So I'm sure this will be the industry standard going forward.
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05:51 PM on 04/03/2012
The dual GPU rumor has been around for months since someone at "ATI leaked the information". There was also a rumor of a 6 core CPU. The Blu Ray drive for the 720 has been a rumor for a few years now.

Nothing new for the rumor mill...
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