You too amigo. :)

The thing is that during this gen PS3 was so damn expensive because of blu-ray. Not because of powerful HW. HW wise it's only a bit ahead of X360. If these specs are true Sony doesn't even have to go overkill with hardware to have most powerful console so I don't know why people are immediately assuming it would be sold with a big loss like PS3. Really these specs make it sound that MS targets $299 or even lower price point. Sony could target $399 price point and therefore have more powerful console but still make profit.

Lol Halo wont be a launch title. If these rumors are true...

Next Xbox launch: Fall 2013

Halo 5: Fall 2015, given a 3 year dev cycle. 

No use wasting your biggest Gun on the launch window. Launch with Rare's core offering(s). 2014 will have Forza 5 and Fable 4. Throw in a exclusive 3rd party game such as Gears of War either in the 2013/2014 year. And then hit em with Halo in 2015. 

All speculation offcourse but it does space out MS's biggest guns. 

Don´t forget the Kinect 2.0 in every box, so that $299 is impossible to happen.

Other then that I agree, this opens the door for Sony to make a box ,clearly more powerful at a reasonable price, but the crucial point is they have to have games that show just how much powerful PS4 can be from day 1.

The problem with the PS3 was not only the fact that it was expensive nor that it came 1year later, the problem was that the consumer did not see any game that was clearly ahead of the competition, so this notion that the PS3 was a better machine was only inside the box, no game translated that potential to reality.

With MS going after the casual they will sell regardless of how powerful the machine is, Sony on the other hand has to convince everyday gamers that PS4 is the machine to have.

 only deluisonal one here is you also crysis 2 best graphics on consoles

Your opinion aint fact. 

i feel bad for you...

but then tbh i dont really care, il probs play ucharted 3 later.. by FAR the best looking console game ever

..but i am god

explain..

Like a lot of people, I'm going to take this with a big grain of salt although there is a good chance that "sources close to the project" may well be right in this instance.

From a business standpoint, sure; it makes a lot more sense to design an all new console that can be produced cheaply and more importantly, sold at a profit from day 1 (Nintendo business 101).

That said, a console based around a HD 6670 GPU would have to be a $299 MSRP console, and by that I don't mean shipped with HDD optional (as in none like the Xbox 360 Arcade/Core). While the card may retail for about $80, the GPU itself is probably a $40 part if that.

And while there's a degree of optimization and modification that could be done with the GPU, make no question; it is an entry level GPU. You're not going to see a 100% or even 50% better performance jump over a retail HD 6670 VGA card.

So, if this early rumor is to believed, then MS' strategy for their next console may well be to focus on Kinect 2.0 (which I'm personally more interested in than the box it will be sold with), and presumably more games for the expanded market under the "gaming for the whole family" approach that worked so well for Nintendo and the Wii. At the same time, it will function as a network media center, focusing on services and streaming media more so than just games themselves.

Those who are already fully invested in XBL as their primary gaming go-to platform will learn to love it even if this approach means fewer platform exclusives in line with Halo and GoW as all major 3rd party developers will still publish their games on the Xbox.

Personally, I'm a little disappointed by the choice in GPU. Okay, I'm a lot disappointed, even if I understand the reasoning behind the decision, assuming the rumor is even true.