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Jun 29, 2011

Xbox 720 Predictions


Yet another report has surface regarding Microsoft's successor to the Xbox 360. Apparently we can expect a reveal at E3 2012.
What do gamers think Microsoft's new console will have? What features will it include, and how will it better the current technology?
Cloud-based
This is quite clearly the future of gaming and media. Will the next console be exclusively cloud-based? Perhaps, maybe not, but it would be interesting.
OnLive is also supposedly encouraging Sony and Microsoft to use the technology, so if not in Xbox 720, the following console is a surety to implement it.
Controller-less
I think a standard controller will still come standard with the console, but its core functionality will be motion-based, using Kinect technology. This will include voice recognition and menu navigation.
Not that much graphically superior to Xbox 360/PS3
I think the PS3 is currently pushing the envelope as to what the console is capable of, but I don't think the 360 has reached its full potential. Cliffy B has even said this. I think the external harddrive and limited storage space on discs hurts progression of graphics on the console.
What do MMGN members think?
noobi
I agree that cloud based solutions will be incorporate but I don't think it would be a fully online deal like OnLive. Xbox Live is a big thing for them but they need to cater for everybody and weirdly enough a good number of people still don't even take their console online
I don't think they'll push Kinect that hard either. The interface stuff seems to be getting better but you can't replace the speed and accuracy of a controller. Kinect will be included, but more of a "it's there if you want it" scenario.
SSD would be a great inclusion as would faster processors. I agree that graphically we probably wont see a great improvement in the next gen but we will see games get more complex and run much more smoothly.
gdmatt
I don't think a OnLive type service will come with it, unless it's entirely optional, as not everyone has unlimited bandwidth and a fast connection. I certainly hope that the core Xbox experience will remain, if not, then Microsoft will lose a massive audience with the switch to motion based technology.
Halo 2 remake to be a launch title for the 720, then Halo 5 to come the year after, much like Halo CEA and Halo 4 are over the next two years. 

via 360.mmgn

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