New Xbox Announcement
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dilbeckskate
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I will stick to my pc for hardcore gaming, but im most deff getting the new xbox for titles such as forza, COD (none of my friends play pc) , and it will be nice to clear un-needed electronics out of my living room that the xbox will take its place, it deff will be worth having just to entertain guest
endlesszeal
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actually its not really 8-cores, its 2 x "4-core," kabini stuck together where 2 "cores" (modules) share L1 cache, FPU, etc..
anyway, technicalities aside, a 4-core 1.6ghz kabini is as fast as a dual core ivy bridge @ 800mhz.
AnandTech | The AMD Kabini Review: A4-5000 APU Tested
so, no it wont be "8-cores" for that cheap, but a regular i3 2-core ivy bridge will run circles around the jaguar's cpu.
btw: I built a 6-core with HT intel 3930k with 16GB for $500
(of course thats with heavy discounts and shopping).
i think $300, $400 max would be an appropriate price for either system mainly due to software/1st party games.
anyway, technicalities aside, a 4-core 1.6ghz kabini is as fast as a dual core ivy bridge @ 800mhz.
AnandTech | The AMD Kabini Review: A4-5000 APU Tested
so, no it wont be "8-cores" for that cheap, but a regular i3 2-core ivy bridge will run circles around the jaguar's cpu.
btw: I built a 6-core with HT intel 3930k with 16GB for $500
(of course thats with heavy discounts and shopping).i think $300, $400 max would be an appropriate price for either system mainly due to software/1st party games.
Yeah, that's what I don't get either. The new Kinect sounds pretty cool. From what I'm reading it's quite a bit further advanced than the original one and it seems like you'll be able to do a lot of cool things with it. I just don't get why it needs to be on for the console to function though. Maybe they'll reveal more info about it at E3...
Microsoft really needs to get their shit together and answer a lot of these questions. But what is surprising is no one is asking Sony a lot of the same questions. Minus the Kinect of course. But the online check-in requirements if there is one is not going to be XB1 specific in my opinion.
Sony said that they never even considered making it a requirement: Sony rules out always-online for PS4 - Report - GameSpot.com
What the guy says there is quite interesting actually. He straight-up admits that having the online requirement is a great way to do DRM, but if you make it mandatory then you're shunning customers in certain areas that might not have Internet access or who's parents may not allow them Internet access.
Is Microsoft considering that? I read this this morning: Microsoft: Over 1 Billion Next-Gen Consoles Will be Sold - IGN MS is hoping to sell 100 million of these things. That's not going to happen if they're relying on mostly North American and European sales (and yes, I realize that Japan is a big games market and has the appropriate infrastructure, but look up Xbox 360 sales in Japan - they do not give a FAWK about Xbox).
Unconfirmed at the moment. Most sources are saying yes, and a few sources are saying no. I feel like they botched this reveal pretty bad. So much confusion...so many questions...
Yeah, for me personally I usually just buy new or wait until the price drops and then, well...buy new. I dunno, I'm just anal. I'd rather have a freshly sealed copy of something as opposed to a used one...I mean God knows who owned it before. The disc could have been laying on somebody's bedroom floor for a month with their dog's balls all up on it.
I do trade shit in quite frequently though, so I'll be disappointed if this setup effects what I would receive for my trade-ins in any way.
So far Sony has announced that used games will work on the PS4, but that was all they said. I suppose they could try to implement something like this as well...
I do trade shit in quite frequently though, so I'll be disappointed if this setup effects what I would receive for my trade-ins in any way.
So far Sony has announced that used games will work on the PS4, but that was all they said. I suppose they could try to implement something like this as well...
They all want you to join their own special cult. Sony wants you, Google, Apple and Microsoft. That is where the money is. A one time payment for the system is pennies. Getting you to invest in the ecosystem is where the big money is at.
Did anybody else watch the E3 shit? Holy fuck...Sony came out swinging, HARD. Zero restrictions on used games, no forced online check-ins, AND the PS4 will be $100 cheaper!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stiYAbaJY1w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stiYAbaJY1w
