Covington & Burling, sandwiched on Pennsylvania Avenue between Capitol Hill and the White House, specializes in government regulation. With more than 700 lawyers, the firm also has strong antitrust, intellectual property, international trade, mergers and acquisitions, and tax practices. Its client list has included Microsoft,
The "Xbox 720" doc floating about is based on sketches from a while back that were surrounded by demonstrably fake info.
@DanAdeptGames The fact they're calling it 720 pretty much proves it's fake plus I saw all this shit weeks ago. Amazed The Verge fell for it
Author of the original piece ignored comms asking to discuss his piece too. No mention at all of Durango either...
If doc is genuine, you'd wonder where MS could find a truly next-gen CPU/GPU SoC that only needs 50W too.
Publishers aren't paying for the hardware. The service provider pays, and yes it's worth it for them because when Diablo3's players move away, they'll be migrating to another game which is rendered on OnLive's server farm. More users directly translates to more profits. Hardware costs are obviously a factor, but the percentage of profits going to infrastructure will shrink over time.
Publishers will gladly support this model because it virtually eliminates copyright infringement. Even though they have to share in the infrastructure costs (through licensing fees, they don't own the hardware), those costs are negligible compared to this Capitalist holy grail of publishing.
It's not like every user has a $400 rack with their name on it in a server room. User instances cycle in and out all the time. If my PS3 could be timeshared when I'm not using it, and the hardware costs dispersed among all users, my PS3 probably only costs me $20. I'll spend disproportionately more on software during its lifetime.
Sooner or later, virtualization technology for graphics cards will improve to the point where you no longer need one GPU per running instance (as OnLive currently requires). Eventually one GPU will be able to power several running instances based on the calculated hardware requirements of any game. Significant progress has already been made in the last 5 years.
Think about the hardware/bandwidth requirements of any large web service provider. Does Facebook, Twitter or Google ever ask you to share in those costs? It's the opposite. They prefer you to store your data on their servers.
Ha,ha,ha.... The document has been removed now.
It was REAL.
Rösti;38938399 said:Some things that make this document look fishy:
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Only thing left to confirm it is the press release on monday stating that Microsoft does not comment on rumour or speculation.
Ha,ha,ha.... The document has been removed now.
It. was. REAL.
1) They won't pro-actively do messaging on this subject
2) The no comment on rumour or speculation is the default answer whether it be true or not. It can only be that answer always. If it wasn't true and they said that they couldn't play the 'no comment on rumour or speculation'-card because it was implied as true
Ha,ha,ha.... The document has been removed now.
It. was. REAL.
Or Microsoft didn't want a fake document roaming around the web and confusing people?
They shouldn't, but they will.
You'd think so, but they do comment on rumour and speculation when it is an outright lie (to debunk them).
MS are very leaky, and always follow up leaks with their rumour + speculation copypasta
Can you give examples when they didn't use the rumour/speculation line? (where the rumour wasn't batshit insane?)
I kinda expected it to be removed when I posted to NeoGAF...almost copied it but decided considering the age and everything in it was obvious and parallel to what Sony is doing (See Rastin post) I didn't save a copy. I'm sure others have done so.A fake document which is 56 pages long, contains references to the username of a Product Planning employee at Microsoft, contains other signs of being prepared on a corporate network and happened to be removed by a law firm rather quickly?
It seems like a big stretch to call it a fake at this point. Believe what you want though
Get them gaf!!
Wow... hope we got some back up of this....
Nokia has a ‪#onemorething‬. #808 #0618. Verizon & Microsoft announcements are linked
On the direct link:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/92821757/XBox-720-9-24-Checkpoint-Draft-1
From the embed Kotaku was hosting:
http://kotaku.com/5918942/leak-or-h...oes-get-some-things-right-about-the-next-xbox
From a press release:
http://www.cov.com/news/detail.aspx?news=1748
Lookin' pretty real now!
Edit: From their Engrish Chinese website: http://www.cov.com/beijing/
holy moly if this turns out to be real...
*Puts on conspiracy hat*
MS leaked this so that Sony would think they are releasing a cheap/underpowered system at a profit, to get them to do the same. Then BAM, 20 gigs up in this bitch with a 6 core CPU, and 2x 6970s duck taped together.
The biggest feature of next gen XBOX is being able to stream the game to your PC, ala OnLive in your living room. It could make PC gaming irrelevant, as you no longer need a "gaming PC" to play games on your PC. For example, you could buy Starcraft 2 for XBOX then play it with a mouse and keyboard like you do today on your PC streaming via XBOX (and the PC could be a netbook even).
I've found a link that has him at Microsoft Nov 2010.
Account Technology Strategist
Microsoft Corporation
Public Company; 10,001+ employees; MSFT; Computer Software industry
November 2010 Present (1 year 8 months)
*Puts on conspiracy hat*
MS leaked this so that Sony would think they are releasing a cheap/underpowered system at a profit, to get them to do the same. Then BAM, 20 gigs up in this bitch with a 6 core CPU, and 2x 6970s duck taped together.
Did the doc mention Durango? If it didn't, I'm calling fake.
Gemüsepizza;38946233 said:
That would be hilarious if they did leak this to throw Sony and others off their real plans. :lol
Not working.
Did the doc mention Durango? If it didn't, I'm calling fake.
Did the doc mention Durango? If it didn't, I'm calling fake.
Gemüsepizza;38946233 said:
2 Year old documents..
gone already apparently. or dodgy link.
I have it.Not working.
Same.Works for me.
Can't wait to use Kinect to play all my games and wear glasses over my glasses!I don't know man, clutch.as.it.gets. seems convinced this doc is final and represents what Durango will be in 2013.
Not working.
gone already apparently. or dodgy link.