Next Xbox for debut at E3 2012?
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Anybody ever heard of videogamer.com? Are they credible?
Anyway, seems pretty unlikely, though the specifics of the rumor are very, specific. We know Halo 4 is on X360 in 2012, so why would they pimp a new console in 2012?
Also why bring out a new console when the old one is still growing, profitable, etc? Why cut that off prematurely?
Direct X doesn't have any relevance in console development, but noobs wouldn't know that, proof of fakery?
Besides a few unlikely things such as 2012 reveal, the article is actually believable in the sense that, Crytek is likely working on vague next gen stuff, in preparation if nothing else. And the part that the specs arent final rings true rather than rumor whoring.
Anyway, seems pretty unlikely, though the specifics of the rumor are very, specific. We know Halo 4 is on X360 in 2012, so why would they pimp a new console in 2012?
Also why bring out a new console when the old one is still growing, profitable, etc? Why cut that off prematurely?
Direct X doesn't have any relevance in console development, but noobs wouldn't know that, proof of fakery?
Besides a few unlikely things such as 2012 reveal, the article is actually believable in the sense that, Crytek is likely working on vague next gen stuff, in preparation if nothing else. And the part that the specs arent final rings true rather than rumor whoring.
I actually think it's fairly likely MS will at least tease the next generation hardware at the 2012 E3 to undercut WiiU's launch. Will that will be a full product announcement? Maybe not.
(((interference)))
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Yes, exactly - just like the Wii U reveal this E3 despite the console coming out next year.
As for the Halo 4 point - it could well be a simultaneous release on 360 and XB3 like Call of Duty 2 was.
The DX level gives a feature set of the graphics hardware. It may not limit the capabilities of the entire platform (such as Cell working to do DX11 class geometry shading and tessellation beyond the GPU's DX9 spec) but it does tell us what the GPU is capable of, or maybe system although I doubt CryTek view these boxes as anything other than GPUs with some necessary extras. They are suggesting Wuu will have DX11 features. This contrasts with the flat water of the bird demo which showed nothing of the sort. I'm still thinking the hardware is more advanced and that demo was just poor.
BUT WHAT IF Sony decide that they are not going to release a PS4 so soon
Would MS almost alone be able to do a nextgen? with even higher production costs? would third party invest in a single console? would next XB have lots of exclusives if 3ºpartys do invest in it?
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Given that many 3º partys dont seem to be to appreciative of the idea will be interesting to watch.
Would MS almost alone be able to do a nextgen? with even higher production costs? would third party invest in a single console? would next XB have lots of exclusives if 3ºpartys do invest in it?
...
Given that many 3º partys dont seem to be to appreciative of the idea will be interesting to watch.
Where did crytek suggested that? I missed that one
Tesselation is a cool feature, and one of the very few that is noticeable, personally the only one that make any impact in the Samaritan´s Epic demo, when he changes his faces.
dragonelite
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So it is save to say crytek got their 8gig of ram?
Sorry, meant XB3. Been too much Wuu talk of late!Where did crytek suggested that? I missed that one
BUT WHAT IF Sony decide that they are not going to release a PS4 so soon
Would MS almost alone be able to do a nextgen? with even higher production costs? would third party invest in a single console? would next XB have lots of exclusives if 3ºpartys do invest in it?
...
Given that many 3º partys dont seem to be to appreciative of the idea will be interesting to watch.
It worked for them in 2005. And PC releases could leverage the improved assets as well. I also figure that Epic, Crytek and DICE at least would be all over a next gen console.
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What does it say? (inaccessible for me).
Prophecy2k
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It doesn't really sound like there's much to this rumour.
It's pretty clear that Crytek doesn't have devkits yet, the bit about using DX11 as a spec is ambiguous and they even said that the console HW specs haven't been nailed down yet.
Then the bit about MS revealing at E3 2012 is speculation from the Crytek dev (provided you believe the rumour). So it's not much to go on yet and certainly nothing to get excited about.
When, by the end of the year, we start hearing rumours from anonymous developers that their devkits have arrived, and we start seeing dodgy shakey cam photos and video on Youtube, THEN we can all get EXCITE!
Until then keep on trucking Crytek and keep on finding out more clever ways to leak us info. (use of questionable unnamed website = plausable deniability?)
It's pretty clear that Crytek doesn't have devkits yet, the bit about using DX11 as a spec is ambiguous and they even said that the console HW specs haven't been nailed down yet.
Then the bit about MS revealing at E3 2012 is speculation from the Crytek dev (provided you believe the rumour). So it's not much to go on yet and certainly nothing to get excited about.
When, by the end of the year, we start hearing rumours from anonymous developers that their devkits have arrived, and we start seeing dodgy shakey cam photos and video on Youtube, THEN we can all get EXCITE!
Until then keep on trucking Crytek and keep on finding out more clever ways to leak us info. (use of questionable unnamed website = plausable deniability?
)Prophecy2k
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The chance of Microsoft launching a new console next year is somewhere between zero and nada. The company can said on many occasions that they expect a ten year cycle this time. We are not going to see the successor to the XB360 until 2015 at the earliest. There is no point in launching a new console that'd land you on the wrong side of the uncanny valley. Creepiness doesn't sell.
What do I expect at the 2012 E3 is a Microsoft handheld.
What do I expect at the 2012 E3 is a Microsoft handheld.
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