The topic regarding next generation - especially regarding the Xbox 360 successor - has been heated up in recent weeks. Epic Games, the developer behind the Gears of War series and creator of the Unreal Engine, has commented on the Xbox 720.
Gaming Blend "So we've been rustling up rumors for Microsoft's next-gen console a lot in the past couple of months and one thing that has bothered readers more than the rumors themselves is the name the Xbox 720. I propose we do away with the "720" and go with the name our readers voted for in the first place: Xbox Trinity."
Xbox=Father
Xbox360=Son
Xbox720 or w/e it name will be=Holy Ghost
There have you have it, the Xbox trinity.
The Trinity isn't just for Christianity. It represents the Deity, Man/The flesh and the Vehicle. All three lead to enlightenment, which is what the "All Seeing Eye" is. In Christianity it would represent God (the father), Jesus (the son) and The Bible (the vehicle), Heaven would be the enlightenment. To me, it represents something entirely different than getting to heaven. Watch "Meet Me Halfway" by the Black Eyed Peas, it is entirely based on this.
Whats wrong with Xbox3?
Oh yeah.
I think I know, but Napoleon might be able to explain it better.
I'm betting it is going to be Xbox 720, seeing how Real Steal had that in the movie (Don't see why Micosoft would let a fake name be shown).
I just hope it doesn't look like this thing, because that looks like a Wii with a small xbox wannabe hard drive.
No way will it be '720'. That is just beyond lame. 720 is just meant to be a joke.
Thats funny- just watched Real Steel. Bing was advertised as well as "Xbox 720." It could have been a joke or perhaps its a confusing placeholder for a proper name.
InEnt writes: Skyrim excitement has reached new heights this weekend with the news that Skyrim’s Creation Kit would be available to download for free in two days time, which has been met with cheers and jealously from certain console gamers. We’ve spent a few hours over the last few days reading reactions to the preview for Skyrim’s Creation Kit, and it’s clear many gamers are extremely excited and think Bethesda “are the best“. This view is not shared among all gamers on all platforms and while some console users take the news with a pinch of salt, others are filled with disappointment and jealously.
Cannot wait for Tuesday and the Skyrim Creation Kit, although it would be nice to see some deal worked out with Sony and Microsoft for mods on consoles. They can also learn a lot this generation and bring better mod support for the Xbox 720 and PS4.
360 & PS3 owners shouldn't be dissapointed or jealous, Bethesda never said mods would come to consoles.
It would be really nice to have them, but I think most people buying those versions realized that it was very unlikely.
You know what's sad? They COULD have mod support with the PS3. Unreal Tournament 3 did, I see no reason Skyrim or Fallout couldn't.
They tried to say that it seems they couldn't come to some sort of agreement with Sony/Microsoft but what I believe they MEAN is they couldn't for both PS3 and 360.
Considering the poor effort they have done with fixing issues/properly supporting their previous games on consoles(mainly PS3) I am not really surprised.
When I do play their open world games, it will always be on PC. Just too risky to deal with their console versions.
InEnt writes: We’ve seen a number of current Xbox 360 and PS3 owners feel that a release in 2013 is way to soon, and while we know there are those that would object to the idea of a PS4 or more likely an Xbox 720 coming next year you have to think about the age of the current hardware from Sony and Microsoft.
The console hardware is getting really old now, although rushing next-gen machines would be a mistake.
Yes console hardware is old, however its not like people dont have another option. PC gaming can easily be used as an alternative option. Specially with services like Steam out, people can get a very console like experience on the PC. Hence if you are desperately looking for a performance upgrade and feel this gen is too long in the tooth I would strongly recommend going PC.
Why wouldn't it be? You literally could have just the tower sitting in/next to your entertainment hub. Nearly every modern GPU has a HDMI port anyway so hook it up to the big screen if you like. If your wife/GF has accepted gaming on consoles on the living room why would she suddenly develop an aversion to PC gaming?
Its not too soon imo. I don't know why people are saying it is. Just because Sony isn't ready for PS4 doesn't mean the world isn't. I'm more than ready. The people who aren't ready just don't have to buy it.
I don't know anyone that doesn't want a 720 or PS4.
Everyone is ready for some next-gen goodness.
360 is 7 years old. It will be 8 if the 720 comes out next year. That more than enough time.
360 might be doing well this year with Kinect, but how long can it last? Will Kinct still be selling this well in 2014? I doubt it.
Even M$ will want to release the 720 next year if they have any sense at all.
Any gamer that has owned the Xbox 360 or PS3 since its first release will be thinking "I AM READY".
I think people who say it's too soon are just poor bastards who can't afford new ones.
True...I can't see how 6 years after release is 'too soon', when the last Xbox was around for about 4 years. Y would anyone not want new consoles?! If you're too bummy to afford it, don't bother buying, but many of us are gagging for sweet graphics
Not everyone got a ps3 or 360 six years ago. Do some people on this site live in the real world?
You can rattle on and on about how old these consoles will be by year x, y, or z, but that doesn't change the fact that this generation was nearly crippled by hardware that struggled to keep up with the software written for it.
1080p and 3D WILL be standard next gen, take that to the bank. I'd bet a dime to a dollar that if consoles were released next year that they would face the same struggles that this generation faces. 720p HD gaming is a shaky standard at best. Consider how many games strain to reach it and/or are rendered at sub-HD resolutions just to have a stable frame rate. All the while we have the gaming media, fanboys, and even publishers telling us that our machines are state of the art and capable of running the most beautiful games our eyes have ever seen.
The fact of the matter is that the issues we're seeing today will not be acceptable by tomorrow's standards. If new consoles release tomorrow and run into the same problems, expect the community to once again be clamoring for yet an another new generation of hardware within 2 years.
Also keep in mind that a resolution jump isn't free; we can't assume that since 1080p will be the standard that games will automatically look and play better. That takes processing power and memory, and combined with 3d, it is entirely within the realm of possibility that if new consoles were to release LAST YEAR as many people had wished, that games would look very much the same vice the resolution difference. Let's not forget that another limiting factor is cost, which I can assure you won't be forgiving considering the state of the world economy.
My hope is that the next crop of consoles will release when they are truly ready, unlike the current gen. If waiting until even 2015 means that I can have lag-free 60fps 3D spllit-screen games in 1080p, then so be it. I've got plenty to do until then.
It seems odd for them to talk about the longevity of this console generation when, as far as I can tell, it hasn't really surpassed the length of the standard console generation yet. Five or six years is generally about how long they last, so the idea that this one is so long that it's worth noting seems strange.
Other than the demo video, I can't wait to see what Epic will do with its Unreal Engine in a practical scenario.
Can't wait to see more of their Simaratan demo
Seemed to me he spent more time talking about a game engine that runs in a browser environment being used to make games with a broader appeal.
His statement about not having a large install base also makes me think they are gonna wait a while to release anything on new hardware.
I hope all the next-gen game engines emphasize massive destructibility, AI and physics.