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Xbox fans
may have something to look forward to if recent reports are to be believed.
Anonymous sources have reportedly told Bloomberg that the next generation Xbox
may be unveiled by next year. The upcoming game console from Microsoft, which
was called the Xbox 720 by some industry watchers, will supposedly be launched
during the E3 event in June next year. However, some reports have indicated
that a separate event will be held that will focus on the console itself.
The Xbox
720, which was given the codename Durango, will reportedly be ready for next
year’s Black Friday sales event and holiday shopping season. When a spokeswoman
from Microsoft was asked about the Xbox 720 reports, she avoided the topic and
focused on how the company aims to extend the lifecycle of the Xbox 360.
The Xbox 720
will reportedly feature a Blu-ray drive, Kinect compatibility, A/V ports for
viewing as well as recording television shows, and a better controller.
For the
moment, the Xbox 360 is dominating the game console market in the US as it
became the top game console in the US market for fifteen straight months last
October. It also had 56 percent share of the US console market last October.
Although no
official statements were issued by Microsoft on the reported Xbox 720, the Xbox
World magazine reportedly indicated that the upcoming game console will be
simply dubbed as the ‘Xbox’. The soon-to-be-defunct magazine also indicated
that the reported Xbox 720 will come with a sixteen-core processor along with
an 8GB RAM.
The recent
report on the Xbox 720 follows earlier reports of a set-top box console that
will reportedly be called as the Xbox Mini.
However since Microsoft has not released any
official statements, the accuracy of the reports on the supposed Xbox 720 will
remain uncertain.
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