New Next-Gen Xbox Details Reportedly Leak, Mandatory Kinect, Required Full Game Installs, And More

If this is true, sounds like Microsoft has something interesting on their hands, though i disagree with kindect always plugged in. Background installations sounds interesting, but how do you play a game that's not fully installed? Unless they do it in a similar manner as mgs4. 500 gig hard drive sounds good but I'm afraid that, might become to small in coming years. Remember the 20 gig hard drive? Yeah **** that!

What the hell? Most of this sounds ok, but why the required installation of a game to the hard drive? Isn't that going to just eat up a done of memory? The 500 GB hard drive has me excited, but sort of negates the excitement if it's going to have to be filled with full games installed directly to the hard drive. I have a 200 GB hard drive on my 360 now and am using about 120 GB's of space without installing a single retail disc that I own. Not a fan of this, but maybe there's hope, clearly something to this idea.

I don't see this happening.

Maybe the mandatory Kinect part, because Microsoft has such a raging, mega-huge boner for Kinect.

Almost like Nintendo had enough of their waggle but Microsoft wants an encore.

*shrug* its a good guess.

Forced Kinnect? Prepare to flail about to throw your grenades in the next Call of Duty!

I'm getting less and less excited about the next gen.

*picks up phone and dials*

Grain of salt? Yeah, it's me again. Some more rumors about the next gen consoles have emerged. What's that? I should take them with you again? Ok, thanks for the clarification.

*hangs up*

The Kinect is to spy on you. It's so obvious.

So it has the ability to scan your face & automatically charge your credit card if you are not the registered user?

I have a serious question: How will players be able to play the games they are installing while the game is installing?

You're an idiot if you believe that the "mandatory installs" are for any purpose besides DRM on Microsoft's and developers'/publishers' ends.

The 500gb HDD will be nice. Hopefully if that bit's true, that's how much of your hard drive will be open AFTER having the OS and all the other necessary software. The "core" system at the 360's launch was a joke and a half. I'm glad they're not making that mistake twice.

The Kinect I can take or leave. So long as it doesn't actually raise the cost to ridiculous heights, and its use isn't forced on me to play my games, I don't mind. The only thing I don't like is the need to have it plugged in to play at all times.

The ability to have multiple games running has me intrigued, and I would really like to know what "new wireless technology" means.

Overall, most of this sounds at least somewhat feasible and believable. Could be neat.

Mandatory installs are there for DRM but they are also there because Disc access times are too slow for these newer HD-R games. Look at Battlefield 3 and HALO 4. Without full install, those games play terribly.

I saw this coming.

As for Kinect - who gives a damn? I never bought a Kinect, my cousin has it, I saw him play with it maybe once and then go back to Black Ops 2.

Regardless - I'm FAR more excited for a new XBOX than I am for a new PS. I may not be waiting on a line when they release it but I know where my money is going. I gambled on buying the first XBOX. Just out of the blue, felt like buying a system. Bought XBOX instead of PS2. Best money I ever spent. PS2 games were PATHETIC by comparison. GTA:SA was way better looking on XBOX and so was just about everything else. The only exception was that Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 seemed to be smoother on PS2.

Got an XBOX360 - made me far happier than crappy PS3. I don't care if the net is free on PS3. I'm willing to pay for QUALITY. PS3 is for the POOR.

Mandatory installs are there for DRM but they are also there because Disc access times are too slow for these newer HD-R games. Look at Battlefield 3 and HALO 4. Without full install, those games play terribly.

I saw this coming.

As for Kinect - who gives a damn? I never bought a Kinect, my cousin has it, I saw him play with it maybe once and then go back to Black Ops 2.

Regardless - I'm FAR more excited for a new XBOX than I am for a new PS. I may not be waiting on a line when they release it but I know where my money is going. I gambled on buying the first XBOX. Just out of the blue, felt like buying a system. Bought XBOX instead of PS2. Best money I ever spent. PS2 games were PATHETIC by comparison. GTA:SA was way better looking on XBOX and so was just about everything else. The only exception was that Need For Speed Hot Pursuit 2 seemed to be smoother on PS2.

Got an XBOX360 - made me far happier than crappy PS3. I don't care if the net is free on PS3. I'm willing to pay for QUALITY. PS3 is for the POOR.

Amen brotha!

I have a RETARDED cousin who sits on Black Ops 2 cursing, screaming and insulting people. I really should record him and put him on Youtube.

If not for FREE ONLINE PS3 access, he'd be forced to sit their playing shitty demos.

There*.

Awesome offline games*.

i was bored last night so i went to buy some ex-rental dvd's. one of them was The Brothers Solomon. i bought it coz i like Will Arnet and Will Forte. turns out it was a terrible movie. waste of time.
one of the other movies i bought was a horror. i didn't realise til i got home however that it was in Japanese. i didnt watch it coz i wanted to do stuff while watching and wouldn't be able to read the movie.

so i like totally wasted $10.

thats what i did last night.

I think "new wireless technology" means "we want to charge you for new control pads"

I think "new wireless technology" means "we want to charge you for new control pads"

that's some true 1984 **** going on right there

If forced Kinect is true, you can count me out. Kinect is a piece of ****!

Don't get me wrong, Kinect 2.0 will be amazing. You will be able to play Hannah Montana's Dance Party and dance with all your friends. Remember, it tracks up to six now, think about the amazingness!

Shit 2.0

Fuck you spam filter

Oops, that was reply to Alex

Meh.... I was an Xbox fanboy for a long time but I've grown tired of them more recently

"All versions of the Xbox 720 will come packed with a brand-new version of the Kinect. In fact, it must be plugged in at all times to play games."

I absolutely refuse to have an internet connectable camera and microphone plugged in at all times while playing video games. From that piece of information alone, I won't be buying this machine.

Duct tape, bro. Duct tape.

I also spontaneously replay that scene from risky business

I think I'm the only person alive who still prefers wired keyboards/mice/controllers. I wasn't super enthused about the next gen, but a mandatory wireless controller would suck.

Also, Fuck Kinect.

Man, where will I find six skeletons to play? I could find two, three tops, more and the police will get to me.

I am incredibly happy with the default 500GB HD... Less happy about the mandatory kinect... I'm sure that this is going to significantly increase the price of the console.

They can kick Kinect under the bus for all I care. I hate the damn thing and everyone I know who has one they either sold it, it's collecting dust, or they stuck in a closet. Microsoft needs to actually DO SOMETHING WITH THEIR PRODUCTS! Anyone remember Zune? My fiance had a Zune when it first came out and then I got her a Zune HD. In ONE YEAR they released 5 APPS! Windows Phone is down the toilet and Windows 8 sales are piss poor. The only thing Microsoft is pushing well is Xbox and Windows.

Just give me a god damned controller. Fuck the other ****.

Unless each and very "new wireless technology" controller comes with a rechargeable battery and charge pack I'll be pretty pissed. Then again they'll probably be $89.99 retail too