The Next Generation Xbox: What to Expect?

Hey guys, this is Austin and today I'm here with a video going over what to expect on the new Xbox 720. Now, the current Xbox 360 is actually coming up on 7 years old this year, and in video game terms that's pretty much an eternity. So, today we're going to take a look at what you can expect with the Next Generation Xbox.

As with any major console release, there have been leaks and the Xbox has definitely had its share. One of the biggest ones was a couple months ago when a 56-page document leaked which went over the entire road map of the Xbox 720. Of course, some of this probably isn't actually going to happen as this was done about two years ago or so, so it was leaked just recently. But, there's definitely some really interesting things in it.

Some of the more important things that were included in this document were the specs. So, the current Xbox 360 has a triple-core processor, half a gigabyte of RAM, and a DVD drive. Fast forward to the Xbox 720, and we're looking at more like a six or eight-core CPU, four GB of RAM, and a Blu-ray drive.

Also slated is backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games as well as a brand new controller. Now, all this is fairly straightforward, but there's not a lot of details because it was written when they were still in the planning stages. However, that's not all. A couple weeks ago, there was a posting on a forum of someone trying to sell an Xbox 720 dev kit for $10,000.

The guy posted a few pictures of it and for the most part, it looked pretty generic. But, you could see a few things such as Durango, which is the Xbox 720 code name. Overall, it looked pretty fake, but one of these pictures was shown to some developers who would have access to the Xbox 720. They all said yes, this is actually what we're using right now.

Dun dun. Assuming this is real, and for the most part, it seems pretty legit. We can see that Microsoft has made several changes from the planning stages. The first thing we saw was the Dev kits they're shipping to developers for starters. It has 8 GB of RAM which lines up perfectly as since this is a dev kit, it's not actually the final hardware.

The developers who are making games on it are going to need a little bit of extra room for their various tools. Also, sports an 8-core Intel CPU as well as an Nvidia graphics card. Unfortunately, we don't have the exact specs here, so we don't know if it's going be based on a Next Generation chip maybe the current generation of PC parts or more than likely the last generation.

However, regardless, it definitely should be capable of 1080p gaming overall though the hardware seems very similar to a gaming PC. Now, this isn't all that surprising now even though the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 both use totally custom parts if you look at something like the Vaita, it uses fairly standard stuff.

It looks like that the Xbox and the next PlayStation will both do that as well as it's very, very expensive to create custom CPUs and graphics cards and all that kind of stuff where they can just buy stuff right off the shelf. My best bet would be that the Xbox 720 will be on sale late next year probably around the holidays as far as price one likely around $300 or so.

I don't think that we're going to see any more of you know, the $700 and $600 launch prices. I think that Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo, they've all kind of figured out that that really doesn't work anymore actually never worked anyway. I'm curious to know what do you guys think of the Xbox 720 or Xbox 8 or Xbox next or whatever they decide to call it.

Definitely be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below. Anyway, if you enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it a thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos on the new Xbox definitely be sure to subscribe.

WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a video going over what to expect on the new Xbox 720 now the current Xbox 360 is actually coming up on 7 years old this year and in video game terms that's pretty much an eternity So today we're going to take a look at what you expect with the Next Generation Xbox as with any major console release there have been leaks and the Xbox has definitely had it share so one of the biggest ones was a couple months ago when a 56 page document leaked which went over the entire road map of the Xbox 720 now of course some of this probably isn't actually going to happen as this was done about 2 years ago or so so it was leaked just recently but it was probably a little bit of an older road map but there's definitely some really interesting things in it some of the more important things that were included in this document were the specs so the current Xbox 360 has a triple core processor half a gigabyte of RAM and a DVD drive fast forward to the Xbox 720 and we're looking at more like a 6 or 8 core CPU 4 GB of RAM and a Blu-ray Drive also slated is backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games as well as a brand new connect 2 now all this is fairly straight for but there's not a lot of details of course this was a couple years ago while they were still in the planning stages however that's not all so a couple weeks ago there was a posting on a forum of someone trying to sell an XBox 720 dev kit for $10,000 the guy posted a few pictures of it and for the most part it looked pretty generic so of course you could see a few things such as Durango which is the Xbox 720 code name but overall it looked pretty fake but one these pictures was shown to some developers who would have access to the Xbox 720 they all said yes this is actually what we're using right now dun dun assuming this is real and for the most part it seems pretty legit we can see that Microsoft has made several changes from the planning stages which was the first thing we saw to the actual Dev kits they're shipping to Developers for starters it has 8 GB of RAM which lines up perfectly as since this is a dev kit it's not actually the final hardware and the developers who are making games on it are going to need a little bit of extra room for their various tools it also Sports an 8 core Intel CPU as well as an Nvidia graphics card unfortunately we don't have the exact specs here so we don't know if it's going be based on a Next Generation chip maybe the current generation of PC parts or more than likely the last generation however regardless it definitely should be capable of 1080p gaming overall though the hardware seems very similar to a gaming PC now this isn't all that surprising now even though the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 both use totally custom parts if you look at something like the vaita it uses fairly standard stuff and it looks like that the Xbox and the next PlayStation will both do that as well as it's very very expensive to create custom CPUs and graphics cards and all that kind of stuff where they can just buy stuff right off the shelf my best bet would be that the Xbox 720 will be on sale late next year probably around the holidays as far as price one likely around $300 or so I don't think that we're going to see any more of you know the $700 and $600 launch prices I think that Microsoft Sony Nintendo they've all kind of figured out that that really doesn't work anymore actually never worked anyway I'm curious to know what do you guys think of the Xbox 720 or Xbox 8 or Xbox next or whatever they decide to call it definitely be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below anyway if you enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it a thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos on the new Xbox definitely be sure to subscribehey guys this is Austin and today I'm here with a video going over what to expect on the new Xbox 720 now the current Xbox 360 is actually coming up on 7 years old this year and in video game terms that's pretty much an eternity So today we're going to take a look at what you expect with the Next Generation Xbox as with any major console release there have been leaks and the Xbox has definitely had it share so one of the biggest ones was a couple months ago when a 56 page document leaked which went over the entire road map of the Xbox 720 now of course some of this probably isn't actually going to happen as this was done about 2 years ago or so so it was leaked just recently but it was probably a little bit of an older road map but there's definitely some really interesting things in it some of the more important things that were included in this document were the specs so the current Xbox 360 has a triple core processor half a gigabyte of RAM and a DVD drive fast forward to the Xbox 720 and we're looking at more like a 6 or 8 core CPU 4 GB of RAM and a Blu-ray Drive also slated is backwards compatibility with Xbox 360 games as well as a brand new connect 2 now all this is fairly straight for but there's not a lot of details of course this was a couple years ago while they were still in the planning stages however that's not all so a couple weeks ago there was a posting on a forum of someone trying to sell an XBox 720 dev kit for $10,000 the guy posted a few pictures of it and for the most part it looked pretty generic so of course you could see a few things such as Durango which is the Xbox 720 code name but overall it looked pretty fake but one these pictures was shown to some developers who would have access to the Xbox 720 they all said yes this is actually what we're using right now dun dun assuming this is real and for the most part it seems pretty legit we can see that Microsoft has made several changes from the planning stages which was the first thing we saw to the actual Dev kits they're shipping to Developers for starters it has 8 GB of RAM which lines up perfectly as since this is a dev kit it's not actually the final hardware and the developers who are making games on it are going to need a little bit of extra room for their various tools it also Sports an 8 core Intel CPU as well as an Nvidia graphics card unfortunately we don't have the exact specs here so we don't know if it's going be based on a Next Generation chip maybe the current generation of PC parts or more than likely the last generation however regardless it definitely should be capable of 1080p gaming overall though the hardware seems very similar to a gaming PC now this isn't all that surprising now even though the Xbox 360 and the PlayStation 3 both use totally custom parts if you look at something like the vaita it uses fairly standard stuff and it looks like that the Xbox and the next PlayStation will both do that as well as it's very very expensive to create custom CPUs and graphics cards and all that kind of stuff where they can just buy stuff right off the shelf my best bet would be that the Xbox 720 will be on sale late next year probably around the holidays as far as price one likely around $300 or so I don't think that we're going to see any more of you know the $700 and $600 launch prices I think that Microsoft Sony Nintendo they've all kind of figured out that that really doesn't work anymore actually never worked anyway I'm curious to know what do you guys think of the Xbox 720 or Xbox 8 or Xbox next or whatever they decide to call it definitely be sure to let me know what you think in the comments below anyway if you enjoyed this video definitely be sure to leave it a thumbs up and if you're interested in more videos on the new Xbox definitely be sure to subscribe