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Microsoft's second console, which may be released 2005 or 2006, proably has a new name..."Xenon".
and I thought the same name is after some TV show's royal battle prinecess who goes "Y-Y-Y-YIAAAE-E-E-E!" as her favorite war cry...
okay you proably dont know who I'm talking about but that doesn't matter anyway...
okay down to business...see, ladies and gentlemen...the next console from Microsoft are just rumors and ONLY rumors...won't know if they are true or not until Mircosoft actually tell us the details at E3 next year.
The most rumors of all is that the next console may not include a harddrive, which is a major disappointment because it actually save us money from getting a stupid $30 first party memory card and actually let us download some special features on some games and music, etc...
But who's to know? what if the next console won't play DVDs or CDs and is a nintendo wannabe console? if that's really gonna happen, then microsoft has been brainwashed by Nintendo! ><
It also been said that "Xenon" the next console from Microsoft may be able to play the orginal Xbox games, just like Playstation 2 can play the orginal Playstation games.
Well here's the full details on the rumors stuff...
The Internet once again baffled Xbox executives, Xbox fans, and just about everyone else today with reiterated details on the successor to Microsoft's Xbox. A purportedly leaked white paper appeared on the Web showing off potential specs for Xbox Next (aka Xenon) -- specs that include a single IMB chip containing three 3.5 Ghz cores, a processor that shares 256 megabytes of unified memory with a 500 Mhz custom ATI graphics chip, and a peak triangle rate of 500 million triangles per second. If you remember the details IGN reported on after E3 in May, these are nearly exactly the same.
The document, which has not been acknowledged by Microsoft officials, and which purportedly details the specifications of Xbox's successor, appeared on several Web pages this morning. It is allegedly from Peter Isensee of Microsoft's Xbox Advanced Technology Group.
The document doesn't answer two key issues. On the hard drive, which previously has been reported as being replaced with Flash RAM, the document reads "Xenon console is designed around a larger world view of storage than Xbox was. Games will have access to a variety of storage devices, including connected devices (memory units, USB storage) and remote devices (networked PCs, Xbox Live). At the time of this writing, the decision to include a built-in hard disk in every Xenon console has not been made. If a hard disk is not included in every console, it will certainly be available as an integrated add-on component."
With regard to backward compatibility, it also discusses the issue rather than confirms any specific decision. "People often ask if Xenon can be backward compatible with Xbox. Although the architecture of the two consoles is quite different, Xenon has the processing power to emulate Xbox. Whether Xenon will be backward compatible involves a variety of factors, not the least of which is the massive development and testing effort required to allow Xbox games run on Xenon."
The white paper, however, does feature dozens of details on the machine's capabilities, including high-definition output up to 1080i, VGA output (also confirmed for Nintendo Revolution), and the existing XACT Xbox audio development API, while not answering what the system's multichannel audio capabilities are. The Xenon controller will feature an additional couple of shoulder buttons to the existing Xbox controller, and will remove the black and white buttons from the S Controller. The Xenon will also support standard USB 2.0 ports as peripheral interfaces for potential ability to "host storage devices, cameras, microphones, and other devices."
Is the document true or false? This much can be said: The details revealed here certainly match the diagram that appeared in May, so it appears to be real enough. But as many readers and expert programmers have pointed out, any one with some coding knowledge could have written it. Again, Microsoft official would not comment on it.
and I thought the same name is after some TV show's royal battle prinecess who goes "Y-Y-Y-YIAAAE-E-E-E!" as her favorite war cry...
okay you proably dont know who I'm talking about but that doesn't matter anyway...
okay down to business...see, ladies and gentlemen...the next console from Microsoft are just rumors and ONLY rumors...won't know if they are true or not until Mircosoft actually tell us the details at E3 next year.
The most rumors of all is that the next console may not include a harddrive, which is a major disappointment because it actually save us money from getting a stupid $30 first party memory card and actually let us download some special features on some games and music, etc...
But who's to know? what if the next console won't play DVDs or CDs and is a nintendo wannabe console? if that's really gonna happen, then microsoft has been brainwashed by Nintendo! ><
It also been said that "Xenon" the next console from Microsoft may be able to play the orginal Xbox games, just like Playstation 2 can play the orginal Playstation games.
Well here's the full details on the rumors stuff...
The Internet once again baffled Xbox executives, Xbox fans, and just about everyone else today with reiterated details on the successor to Microsoft's Xbox. A purportedly leaked white paper appeared on the Web showing off potential specs for Xbox Next (aka Xenon) -- specs that include a single IMB chip containing three 3.5 Ghz cores, a processor that shares 256 megabytes of unified memory with a 500 Mhz custom ATI graphics chip, and a peak triangle rate of 500 million triangles per second. If you remember the details IGN reported on after E3 in May, these are nearly exactly the same.
The document, which has not been acknowledged by Microsoft officials, and which purportedly details the specifications of Xbox's successor, appeared on several Web pages this morning. It is allegedly from Peter Isensee of Microsoft's Xbox Advanced Technology Group.
The document doesn't answer two key issues. On the hard drive, which previously has been reported as being replaced with Flash RAM, the document reads "Xenon console is designed around a larger world view of storage than Xbox was. Games will have access to a variety of storage devices, including connected devices (memory units, USB storage) and remote devices (networked PCs, Xbox Live). At the time of this writing, the decision to include a built-in hard disk in every Xenon console has not been made. If a hard disk is not included in every console, it will certainly be available as an integrated add-on component."
With regard to backward compatibility, it also discusses the issue rather than confirms any specific decision. "People often ask if Xenon can be backward compatible with Xbox. Although the architecture of the two consoles is quite different, Xenon has the processing power to emulate Xbox. Whether Xenon will be backward compatible involves a variety of factors, not the least of which is the massive development and testing effort required to allow Xbox games run on Xenon."
The white paper, however, does feature dozens of details on the machine's capabilities, including high-definition output up to 1080i, VGA output (also confirmed for Nintendo Revolution), and the existing XACT Xbox audio development API, while not answering what the system's multichannel audio capabilities are. The Xenon controller will feature an additional couple of shoulder buttons to the existing Xbox controller, and will remove the black and white buttons from the S Controller. The Xenon will also support standard USB 2.0 ports as peripheral interfaces for potential ability to "host storage devices, cameras, microphones, and other devices."
Is the document true or false? This much can be said: The details revealed here certainly match the diagram that appeared in May, so it appears to be real enough. But as many readers and expert programmers have pointed out, any one with some coding knowledge could have written it. Again, Microsoft official would not comment on it.
