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Swordmasterman on 02 April 2016
smroadkill15 said:
Good. The idea of an upgrading a console mid-cycle is imo terrible. Wait till the gen is over. If how a game looks is this much of an concern then get a gaming PC.

The  games are pretty amazing, i don't know why people complain so much, if we can run something like Final Fantasy XV, and Star Wars Battlefront, so we are settle for  years, they can release the next generation in 2019-2020.



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SvennoJ on 02 April 2016

Oh you devious Phil. Just trying to reinforce the rumors for a ps4.5 while giving it a sly dig at the same time.
Actually it's Techrader reinforcing WSJ reinforcing the Kotaku rumors. Seems to be set in stone now after all the repetitions. They even made a mockup lol.

Phil Spencer is now taking back the rumors he started about upgraded hardware, or at least seems to suggest it will be a while before “We will see more hardware innovation in the console space than we’ve ever seen,” Xbox head Phil Spencer said at a news event in San Francisco March 1, at which remakes of several games with 4K resolution capability—quality four times greater than today’s standard of full high-definition—were announced. “You’ll actually see us come out with new hardware capability during a generation allowing the same games to run backward and forward compatible.”



Soundwave on 02 April 2016

So ... straight to XBox 2?



barneystinson69 on 02 April 2016

Good! Console hardware should never venture into this "upgradable" hardware crap. I expect a slim model, but that's about it.



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Swordmasterman on 02 April 2016
SvennoJ said:

Oh you devious Phil. Just trying to reinforce the rumors for a ps4.5 while giving it a sly dig at the same time.
Actually it's Techrader reinforcing WSJ reinforcing the Kotaku rumors. Seems to be set in stone now after all the repetitions. They even made a mockup lol.

Phil Spencer is now taking back the rumors he started about upgraded hardware, or at least seems to suggest it will be a while before “We will see more hardware innovation in the console space than we’ve ever seen,” Xbox head Phil Spencer said at a news event in San Francisco March 1, at which remakes of several games with 4K resolution capability—quality four times greater than today’s standard of full high-definition—were announced. “You’ll actually see us come out with new hardware capability during a generation allowing the same games to run backward and forward compatible.”

Really strange that those rumors and Microsoft's Announcement of upgradable hardware begun in  nearly in the same time, i think that was in the same week, is just someone who saw Microsoft's Announcement, and thought that Playstation, would need the same or something like that, but is like they say "You can spread a Lie Multiple times, but it will still be a Lie", we just have a Rumor that for some reason every Midia is supporting it, and Microsoft's Announcement of Upgradable hardware, have something to do with it.



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Azuren on 02 April 2016

Confirmed: There won't be another Xbox.


... One.



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Mr Puggsly on 02 April 2016

Well if Sony launches a more powerful console I think MS is going to want a more powerful console as well.

So if MS is saying no upgrade, that tells me they will launch a new console relatively soon that will be even more powerful than PS4.5. If so I would hope its fully BC with X1.



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Mr Puggsly on 02 April 2016
Azuren said:
Confirmed: There won't be another Xbox.


... One.

Xbox 10?



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HoloDust on 02 April 2016
Swordmasterman said:
HoloDust said:
I can see them pulling XBox to X360 with NextBox, so most likely 2018, but I'm not sure how deep they want to go with loosing money at the start if they go for massive jump that early.

Xbox 360, was a good name, but it also made it harder to name its sucessor, Xbox One, i don't think that was a good name, but i hope that they don't name it NextBox, would be the same mistake that Wii U, did.

I Don't think that we will have something like the PS3, and Xbox 360, where Microsoft, have a Huge early advantage over Sony, the Xbox 360, was really a good move, and they need the Perfect Timing, to make it again.

NextBox is just generic term for...well, next Xbox...it was used for One as well (among other names), until they revealed it.

As for PS360 situation - I don't know, this kinda reminds me of PS2/Xbox (though not to that degree) - MS is behind, Sony is getting cocky again, if MS launches earlier (and don't repeat RROD), they might have a much better fighting chance against PS5.



elektranine on 02 April 2016

lol conflicting info from MS on Xbox yet again
MS says upgraded Xbox...the Spencer says no
The Spencer says we will invest in first party... MS cancels nearly complete games and closes multiple 1st party studios all in the same day.