Xbox 2 specs revealed--but are they fact?

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From Gamespot:

Report also says Microsoft aims to bring in Xbox 2 at a too-low-to-resist price point, and months ahead of PS3.

According to coverage in The San Jose Mercury News, the specifications for Microsoft's successor to the Xbox were revealed to veteran tech reporter and Merc writer Dean Takahashi. The coverage also suggests that Microsoft plans to capture a much larger share of the console market than it currently enjoys by keeping the cost of the console down, and by launching ahead of Sony's PlayStation 3.

The specs for the next Xbox, at least according to the Merc's report, are as follows:

Three IBM-designed 64-bit microprocessors, the same chips now used Apple Computer's high-end G5 PowerMac. According to the Merc, this will give the new Xbox "more computing power than most personal computers."

A graphics chip designed by ATI Technologies that will clock in with speeds faster than the upcoming R400. The Merc says, "This chip will help the next Xbox to display games with the resolution of high-definition TV."

Compatibility with the original Xbox, which is based on Intel and Nvidia chips, isn't guaranteed. Microsoft is concerned it would cost too much money in hardware or in licensing fees to enable the Xbox Next to play old Xbox games, says the Merc. This is risky in part because Sony's strategy has been to maintain compatibility with its old consoles.

According to the Merc, there is no mention of a hard disk drive for the new machine, and the Merc has even gone so far as to suggest that the next Xbox will instead rely on flash memory to store saved games and permanent data. The report also suggests that the possible inclusion of a hard disk drive and the amount of dynamic RAM available in the machine will depend on what Sony announces for its PS3. Microsoft had not commented on the report at the time of writing, and is unlikely to shed any more light on its plans until next month's Game Developers Conference in San Jose (where much talk in the industry suggests a major Microsoft announcement will be made), or E3 Expo in Los Angeles in May.
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Microsoft will make a fatal mistake if it does not include backwards compatibility with Xbox 1 games.

You just bought a $200 Xbox just to play Halo and now you have to ditch it and buy a new Xbox 2? Checkmate, Microsoft...
 
Forget about it. a New CPU and graphics system would make things not look the same. Imagine hacking a Windows game to work on a Mac, even a high powered mac. There would me many challenges to get frame rates intact.

Also I dont think a hard drive is that important if it uses flash memory(more money for M$). There isn't enough stuff out side of burning music that fills the HD in an Xbox. There's very little downloadable content from game to game. Many new PC's are starting to come with those new flash drives.


off topic the PS2 HD is way too big IMO, could have saved them selves some money by making it smaller unless Sony has some secret downloadable stuff.
 
Maybe not hard drives to be exact, but something large enough that i dont have to buy a half dozen memory cards or so.
 
the hard drive is a large reason i bought an xbox. i hate fiddling with memory cards, loading times are super quick with hard drive streaming and i have downloaded a ****load of stuff for my games, so i dont know what the hell you guys are talking about saying its useless...now backwards compatibility, thats not as hard as most people make it sound. If I am correct, ms just bought out a company that deals exclusively in emulation software, so an xbox1 emulation integrated into it would be a very wise decision. but ms doesnt always make wise decisions
 
I think this is all a bunch of BS. There is still a lot of time before they even get serious about putting something together.

The next generation of consoles will be similar to standard desktop computers but without access to install software. That's my assumption anyway.
 
I heard that now they plan to release it up to a full year before the ps3 so maybe the xbox will become what the ps2 is game availabilty-wise, also no backward compatibility! WTF is that! thats one of the points of building a library its so that you can have it for years to come. Also how big are we talking when you say flash drive do you mean like those thumbdrives?
 
I heard they're going to put a turbo charger and NOS in it. Probably make it play LP records as well. :odd:

And in other news, Nintendo bought Sega so Sega won't be making games for the other consoles anymore! :irked:

:rolleyes:
 

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