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March, you reckon? Well it’s funny you should say that… A report in Game Informer magazine picked up by Videogamer claims that both Sony and Microsoft intend to reveal their respective next-gen consoles in "special Apple-style press conferences near the Game Developers Conference in late March". It adds: "E3 in …
Read More »Analyst says PS4 launching this October, Xbox 720 in November
Baird Equity Research’s Colin Sebastian believes that the PS4 will launch in October and will be followed by an Xbox 720 arrival the following month. However, he also claims in a note to analysts that he’s heard word of early production issues with Sony’s PS4” that could delay Sony’s plans. …
Read More »‘Oban’, ‘Kryptos’ and ‘Thebes’ – the latest PS4 and Xbox 720 rumours
The safe money is on both Sony and Microsoft announcing their next-gen consoles next year, so expect the rumour mill to intensify from this point onwards. VG247 has rounded up the latest batch of rumours that suggest new codenames for the mysterious hardware duo. New reports have reaffirmed previous claims …
Read More »New Xbox will launch in less than 12 months, says Bloomberg
Microsoft will have its Xbox successor on the market before Thanksgiving and Christmas 2013. That’s according to a new report on Bloomberg, citing sources close to the matter who have conveniently started to blab just as the Wii U rolls out around the world. (It launched last night in the …
Read More »Talk of the Xbox 720 set-top box re-emerges
Rumours of a low-spec TV set-top box style Xbox have returned. The Verge reckons that multiple sources familiar with Redmond’s plans” have revealed that Microsoft is indeed intent on launching two versions of the Xbox 720. One is the fully-fledged meat and two veg console powerhouse that you’d expect while …
Read More »Xbox World shares next Xbox console details before closing – report
Xbox World appears to be cleaning out its closet ahead of the magazine’s planned shutdown next month. The UK publication’s penultimate issue brings an 8-page feature claiming to expose Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox. For starters, the mag believes the upcoming console will again bear "Xbox" as its lone title and will …
Read More »Increased R&D + Decreased income = New Xbox approaching
The New Xbox feels a lot closer this morning than it did last night. The headline from Microsoft’s Xbox financials was the 94 per cent drop in operating income. But combine that with the massively increased R&D figure, and you have an inescapable conclusion. R&D expenses were up 44 per …
Read More »Now Microsoft patents wearable controllers
A new Microsoft patent has added to the body of evidence suggesting Xbox 720 will be anything other than conventional. Back in June it was revealed that Microsoft included virtual reality headset technology in a leaked Xbox 720 roadmap document. Then last week a patent emerged based on an Environmental …
Read More »‘Yields could delay Xbox 720 beyond planned September 2013 launch’
Microsoft will have to solve a major tech headache if it wishes to hit its planned September 2013 launch for the Xbox 720, if new reports are to be believed. Tech site SemiAccurate reports that a chip designed for use in the console, dubbed ‘Oban’, is providing lower-than-usual yields. (Manufacturing …
Read More »OPINION: Xbox 720 in 2014? You never know, but I doubt it
It was very, very nearly revealed at E3 back in June, but talk of a longer than expected wait for Xbox 720 is bubbling up once again. "We have heard no word yet from Microsoft or Sony about their plans to launch new consoles,” Michael Pachter said in his regular …
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