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**Saru786** · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1650 Location: In a box...

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/718132/next-gen-xbox-720-to-be-called-xbox-loop-rumors-points-towards-windows-9-and-arm-functionality/

So some more rumors coming out about the Xbox 720 and PS4.
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**Squirrel** · Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2011 9:50 pm Post subject:

Really.... making the new xbox smaller? They already had heat issues, now lets add more power.... and make it smaller!

I think I may make a custom case or stick the guts of the new xbox into an original 360 case and add extra fans. We'll see if this all pans out to be true.
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**Sarg338** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 5143

Maybe squirrel can answer this: What's the improvements in using ARM? That's a kind of architecture for processing chips, isn't it?
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**MSH-Hitman** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 4481 Location: Florida

That better stay a codename for the new Xbox console? "Loop"? God that would be awful lol Some interesting rumors though. I'm pretty positive, even with the size down of the console, it could be done, if Microsoft focuses on hardware development this time. I don't know if they could go through another hardware fiasco like the three ring for the 360. I don't know much about the ARM hardware stuff, but we'll have to see if all of this is beneficial to the new console.

**Sarg338** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 5143

New xbox is rumored to be announced at CES in January, and it's expected to be released holiday 2012.

Too early?
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**Nubnut** · Joined: 07 Jun 2008 Posts: 2078 Location: Denver, CO

Lord no, by that time the Xbox 360 will have been around for 7 years.

7 years people! That's almost as old as Half Life 2 for gods sake. If anything I would say the current console hardware is so many lightyears behind current PC hardware that if you have a gaming computer there honestly is no reason to buy console games, other than say the occasional rhythm game.
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**Saru786** · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1650 Location: In a box...

http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/11/10/why-we-wont-see-the-xbox-720-at-ces

I agree. If anything, the reveal would be at E3. It's just a matter of which one. I'm gonna say 2013.
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If you read the scum QT, you'll probably end up thinking 3 things:

- Saru is a genius
- BT doesn't exist
- 9001 is fucking paranoid

**MSH-Hitman** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 4481 Location: Florida

I'm going with 2013 also myself. Probably the last quarter of the year. They'll take next year to announce and tease, get the hype building till the next year and then release it winter 2013. It'll also work well since the Wii U is coming out next year, it would have to compete with it, not that they share many of the same crowds and that the Wii U is guaranteed to be inferior in hardware to the next Xbox. Plus yeah, Halo 4 is out next year on the 360. Pretty dead giveaway there lol

**Saru786** · Joined: 20 Dec 2008 Posts: 1650 Location: In a box...

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/121/1212774p1.html
brb, going to go have a little talk with Ubisoft and EA.
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9001 wrote:

If you read the scum QT, you'll probably end up thinking 3 things:

- Saru is a genius
- BT doesn't exist
- 9001 is fucking paranoid

**Sarg338** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 5143

As long as they keep it under $300. Some Technology today (Such as memory and Hard Drive) are dirt cheap. The standard units better ship with AT LEAST a 250GB Hard Drive. Anything less is unacceptable (I'm still running with my 20GB because microsoft charges out the ass for hard drives and I'm not gonna support that).
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**MSH-Hitman** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 4481 Location: Florida

I could see the new consoles being about 3 to 400 (Xbox/PS. Probably 200 to 250 for the Wii U). They won't be less than 300. Guaranteed. I do agree they should stop charging out the ass for their proprietary shit. It doesn't cost a 100 bucks for a 200gig HDD Microsoft. Don't be stupid.

**Sarg338** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 5143

**MSH-Hitman** · Joined: 27 Aug 2007 Posts: 4481 Location: Florida

Systems may be selling, but games are struggling now. To go three years till the next console just won't work, especially when people are all wanting the next shiny thing. It would be like asking Iphone fans to wait an extra year for the next Iphone. There would be anarchy in the streets! lol

With dev kits going out now and some already having them for the new Xbox, that would put the launch titles at two years, and then the bigger hits to come out in the next year to really get the system going. Seems about right to me.

**Sarg338** · Joined: 07 Feb 2008 Posts: 5143

More rumors are surfacing for the Xbox 720. Christmas 2013 release (Good luck trying to find one if that's true), 4-6 Core CPU (One reserved for Kinect, one reserved for the OS), Dual GPUs (Not Crossfire/SLI), Constant Internet required, a Blu-Ray drive, and the "Next Generation of Kinect" built into the console.

Source.

Thoughts on these rumors?
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