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TALES FROM MY ASS: Durango rumors discussed by anonymous source
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
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Denying something means its totally you. I'll be awaiting that PM.
Because BT is so fantastic?
Penguins&PolarBears
Member
This is true, but a lot of people depend on apps and games they've downloaded from XBLM. It adds enormous value to the console if it launches day one with every single app and XBLA game from Xbox 360. Meanwhile Sony is left scrambling to rewrite all of it's apps for PS4.
Plus they would need to develop the SoC anyway for the AppleTV type device. It makes sense to include the chip in the Xbox if they actually created it.
flyinpiranha
Member
I choose to believe this. It's better than believing the bad rumors and makes me smile instead of making me sad.
Proelite
Member
GPU power should be the least of people's worries.
RedNumberFive
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So the rumor is that the Durango is going to have an Occulus Rift type accessory?
statham
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*runs*
tinfoilhatman
all of my posts are my avatar
Ditto
Well if I were someone who wanted to leak things, I'd contact someone at Kotaku who could verify my identity, corroborate, and then report those things.
If only we were in contact with someone from Kotaku. Anyone have Totilo's number?
Well if I were someone who wanted to leak things, I'd contact someone at Kotaku who could verify my identity, corroborate, and then report those things.
Really? Seems to me you can just make up stuff and it would get posted anyways. In fact, I believe there's evidence of that.
Cheesemeister
Member
Whomever wrote this said that there was going to be one, but it's being left on the drawing board for now.
I use bluetooth for my mouse and keyboard and don't really feel any benefit. All that did for PS3 was require dongles for every third party wireless device.
Ouya will be dead in the water.
gaming_noob
Member
The next and final XB game I'm getting is State of Decay...and I'm waiting for BC for Durango to be confirmed before I purchase it...
I'd rather have a strong console GPU and have the PCs catch up, rather than mid-range cards be ahead before the consoles are released.
That way the gap doesn't become as pronounced as this generation early on in the life cycle.
Both the PS4 and the rumored specs of the 360 are very under powered for 2013.
Canis lupus
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I was anticipating it would have some form of Windows 8, if it ever gets hacked hopefully we can use it as a htpc and run desktop applications like xbmc.
Jawmuncher
Member
Being gaf but calling the rest of gaf dumb and fanboys definitely is a bit of a flag.
Alx
Member
Those are supposed to be augmented reality glasses, rather than VR helmets... it was displayed in the leak from last year, that revealed MS roadmap up to 2015.
Another thing that I find difficult to believe is the parallelization between the Durango main architecture and the 360 SoC. Sounds very complicated, even for multitasking.
AstroNut325
Member
I disagree. The war between consoles isn't over software. It's about the flops, GEE BEES, and megahurtz! The casualties will be massive this gen.
Alcoholikaust
Member
clarify: Microsoft has a console coming out that possibly has BC
that's it
again I don't really care because as I stated m-soft hasn't said a word
R
Rösti
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I feel like a broken record here, but their FY13 Q3 Earnings Conference Call is on April 18th (Thursday). They might address a few concerns there. Maybe comment on the always online debacle and talk a bit about their IEB plans for the fall. Also, it would make sense for them to announce the supposed Xbox event for May 21st.
Actually I hope this is true. Join the Eneloop team
I never understand why people prefer it the other way, but that's just me.
#TeamEneloop
Ken Masters
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XBLA games always came across to me as something for the hardcore or serious gamer, not something the average consumer bothered with
They can easily do that with an Add-on. They can even milk some money out of people that want that feature. It wouldn't be so expensive to fabricate, and they could sell it at a nice profit. I read somewhere that they were preparing to fabricate cell at 22nm right?
The part that I find unrealistic in the OP is when he says that the 360 SOC would be used to give more power to Durango. Just adding a 360 SOC to Durango for BC isn't that out of ordinary IMO.
BloodMoney
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for someone purporting to simply relay facts... his post is written like a fanboy. calling this BS. we shall see.
Skiesofwonder
Walruses, camels, bears, rabbits, tigers and badgers.
Why exactly are we taking this even the slight bit seriously? Can't anybody make an anonymous account on said website and post whatever bullshit he/she wants?
Gotta sell those $20 charging sets. Seriously, why would they change what made them a ton of money this gen? I prefer the 35 hours I get from AAs over the 20 hours with a battery pack everyday.
JohnnySasaki86
Member
What makes this whole thing really hard to believe is that further cost reduction of the hardware would be extremely hard to do if the system uses the 360 SoC for extra processing power. PS3 also included ps2 hardware parts at first, and after a while they were removed to reduce cost, as BC mattered less and less going forward as ps3's library increased.
MS wouldnt be able remove the 360 parts down the line if Durango games were using this extra power.
MS wouldnt be able remove the 360 parts down the line if Durango games were using this extra power.
How much does 8GB of DDR5 add to the cost?
But if this extra power was leveraged in Durango games and not just used for 360 BC, why would they want to remove it?JohnnySasaki86 said:
Give me time to write up a bunch of stuff that could sound semi-plausible and then let me post it completely anonymously with no ability to check my past success on this kind of stuff (besides me telling you all that I was wrong about some things first). Only then will my info be taken seriously.
BruiserBear
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AgentP
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I don't know where to start with this post. How about the size, cost and heat from the SOC to add such minimal processing power. Other than BC, a 360 SOC would be a poor fit for everything else in the system. How would they even interface the 360 SOC with the existing bus and communicate data from the Durango APU and the 360 SOC? It sounds absurd. Even to get BC to work would be a pain given Durango's high speed 256-bit DDR3 bus and the 360 expects GDDR3 with a specific clock rate.
360 SoC sounds like a stretch to me, and really expensive to develop. My brain is having problems understanding how you can make a 360 mini to compete with the Apple TV when the power brick for the 360 is about 3x as large as the Apple TV to begin with.
All this info sounds good though, much better than all the anti-consumer rumors swirling around before.
All this info sounds good though, much better than all the anti-consumer rumors swirling around before.
bigboss370
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Adam...is that you? o_o
godhandiscen
There are millions of whiny 5-year olds on Earth, and I AM THEIR KING.
The ability for any developer to work on 360 with just a fee is one of the rumors for unveils in the next Microsoft Build conference. Maybe he is just piecing rumors or he actually has a scoop.