According to SmartHouse (Australia) on Oct. 19, 2007:
Microsoft, according to insiders at Toshiba owner of the HD DVD patents, claim that Microsoft is working on a brand new Xbox that will incorporate not only a new HD DVD drive but a large hard drive and new entertainment software that is a spin off from its struggling media center offering.
For Toshiba, the device is critical if it is to be successful in beating Sony and the Blu-ray promoters. A senior Toshiba executive in Singapore told SmartHouse that: "An Xbox with a built in HD DVD drive is critical. They and we are working on it. It also has to be more than a gaming machine. Microsoft recognise this. A version of the device may also be sold under the Toshiba brand name."
The new Xbox device [is reported to] include: extensive wireless networking, 1080p playback, a dual HDTV tuner, EPG capability, an open standard docking port similar to the 17 pin iPod port for an MP3 player, and a new open standard chassis system that allows an Xbox to be slotted into a HDTV screen over 40-inch and allow hard drives to be upgraded and expanded similar to the way that users can upgrade the hard drive on a PC.
The new device is expected to be released late in 2008 or at the 2009 CES show in Las Vegas.
The first PlayStation is home to an array of iconic video games that went on to define the sheer significance of this console.
I think from a historical perspective I would change Spyro for Grand Turismo. It's the franchise that made the PS1 look like an absolute unit. Other than that, I can't argue with the rest when it comes to games that defined the PS1.
And to be honest, there should be space for Tekken 3, Wipepout and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater in order to round out the PS1 identity as the machine to own at the time.
With Tomb Raider 2, Silent Hill, Symphony of the Night, Tenchu, and Soul Reaver as backup contenders.
This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.
Microsoft just posted the third quarter of its 2024 fiscal financial results. The software maker made $61.9 billion in revenue and a net income of $21.9 billion during Q3. Revenue is up 17 percent, and net income has increased by 20 percent.
Xbox content + services up 62% while hardware down 31%... seems about right with the way they tout you don't need the hardware to play. People can play on their phones or smart tv or other means. I don't hardly play on my consoles directly since getting devices like the logitech g-cloud and ps portal. Which is to also say I have been playing more digital than physical because of these devices.
Too expensive hardware when others offer the same or more for less? Good work, Green Team.
"Despite some early successes for Xbox games on rival platforms, Xbox hardware is down by a massive 31 percent this quarter."
"Without Activision Blizzard, Microsoft’s overall gaming revenue would have actually declined this quarter."
"Xbox content and services would have only been up a single percent without Activision Blizzard..."
"It looks like next quarter is going to be a similar story for gaming at Microsoft, too."
That is crazy... so A/B/K is carrying the whole Xbox gaming.
Oh and Microsoft will be fine. Windows, Office and Cloud are growing with each pc purchase.
well if this is true we know that the xbox 3 will not be out in a few years, the 360 is here to stay for a while
Edit : @ Lucreto, if toshiba is funding this, you never now (and this is pure imagination and prob wont come true but its a thought) they could fund to have the old 360s dvd drives changed to HD-DVD, would be nice, but as i sed probly never gona happen. Just a thought
Edit : @ Round peg. thats additional features of the console not actual specs, there was no mention of different gpu's upgrades, or RAM upgrades, things you would expect if this was to be the xbox 720, is just a beefed up version of the 360.
It would seriously screw over the 12 million who bought a 360.
This is what I dislike about MS They keep changing the console features after thousands have been sold. The HDMI in the premium version proves it.
I won't be buying a 360 until they keep the hardware at a constant and they release games I like. They have my interest in two of them at the moment.
They should have done this from the beginning. With the only next gen system available back then they would have sold many consoles regardless of a higher price.
Xbots are coming to tell you how much incorporating the hd-dvd into the x360 is great, and how much Sony incorporating the bluray into the ps3 was a disaster....
Who cares if the HD-DVD is used just for video playback and not for games. Or for those 2% of games that need multiple DL-DVD's on the 360 with a DVD player and one HD-DVD on a 360 that has a HD-DVD possible in the future...
Really. I could care less. The PS3 is sold with a BluRay movie, it clearly indicates its used for pushing the movie format and not so much for the games.
MS could do this just to get on the PS3 and kill BluRay, so that Sony has less and less profit on each sector, gaming, video/hardware. We'll see what happens