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Leadified on 16 April 2013

I wonder if you would be able to use Xbox 360 controllers on the 720, kind of like the PS1 and PS2.



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hinch on 16 April 2013

Some random post on pastebin.



JoeTheBro on 16 April 2013
Leadified said:
I wonder if you would be able to use Xbox 360 controllers on the 720, kind of like the PS1 and PS2.


Not according to rumors. The new controller uses a different frequency to increase performance and battery life... AKA they want more money.



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tres on 16 April 2013

i doubt it but people really dont understand the biggest positive scenario if this soc rumor was true. ALL games dont need next gen power. That being said low budget games could still be made for the the x360 for years with an enormous market to tap into.



o_O.Q on 16 April 2013

seems to be the most likely rumour i've seen



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Goatseye on 16 April 2013
tres said:
i doubt it but people really dont understand the biggest positive scenario if this soc rumor was true. ALL games dont need next gen power. That being said low budget games could still be made for the the x360 for years with an enormous market to tap into.

I thought the same thing when I read that part. I'm pretty sure MS is coming out blasting its way to success.

My wish for the next Xbox besides new Killer Instinct is that they make an Arcade version of Microsoft Flight Simulator. I would loose all my social habits for months.



tres on 16 April 2013
Goatseye said:
tres said:
i doubt it but people really dont understand the biggest positive scenario if this soc rumor was true. ALL games dont need next gen power. That being said low budget games could still be made for the the x360 for years with an enormous market to tap into.

I thought the same thing when I read that part. I'm pretty sure MS is coming out blasting its way to success.

My wish for the next Xbox besides new Killer Instinct is that they make an Arcade version of Microsoft Flight Simulator. I would loose all my social habits for months.

this would seriously be huge talk about a launch library lol.  im thinking of patches for kinect games utilizing the superior 2.0 would be possible.   



Scoobes on 16 April 2013

Hmmm... having the Xbox SOC with every model would drastically increase costs. If that is true I doubt it'd be with every SKU.




Get your Portable ID!

VGKing on 16 April 2013
JayWood2010 said:
VGKing said:
"Ok, moving on. Have you read the VGLeaks article about the Durango specs? Yes? Good because everything you read in that article was 100% correct. Except, for one tiny little detail that MS kept guarded from most devs until very recently. That detail being that every Durango ships with a Xbox 360 SOC."

This is a contradiction. Why would MS release an Xbox mini that connects to the 720 for backwards compatibility if each Xbox720 has the ability to play 360 games? LOL

The thing about the Durango/360 SoC being used simultaneously is good/bad. The good part is obvious power improvements, the bad part is that it makes building games more complex. I don't know if I believe this part.

Good thing they are keeping the 360 controller design. Bad thing they are keeping batteries. Seriously, its 2013 lithium-ion batteries are cheap.

Next Xbox using Windows 8!?
Good: Can play games published on the Windows Store. Has connectivity with PCs running W8.
Bad: Windows Store isn't exactly the place to go to find indie games or quality apps. This may change in the future but as of now, its a wasteland. Also, having Windows Store accessible via Xbox 720 will only be confusing. Most will probably publish their games through XBL.

Why do you even go to microsoft threads?  Let's be honest, you don't like them yet i see you comment in all of them.

Calm down. This is a forum. If you can't handle criticism of rumors about your favorite company maybe you shouldn't be here.



ethomaz on 16 April 2013
walsufnir said:

The vgleaks and this can't be both true as the last vgleaks-leak said that you can use stingray to plug into durango for bc. This is saying a totally different thing. So either of them is wrong. Also you can't just add computing power if durango also has a 360-soc.

No. The guy in OP said the VGLeaks is right about the 360 mini (there is no name... we are calling it that) but the purpose of it is not to be a add-on for Nextbox but a independent equipment to plug into TV and play Xbox Live games (only downloaded... no DVD reader)... semms like Apple TV or a way simple Steam Box.

And the OP is saying Microsoft works to add the power of 360 SoC to Durango overall power... so the games will use the add CPU and GPU of 360 for games... when you compute RAW POWER you sum every computer processor in the system.

Seems in line with the others rumors... and the guy not said the VGLeaks is wrong just they lacks some info.