SOČNO: Xbox-lite na ARMu u 2013, Xbox Durango/NEXT kasnije

Iako je Microsoft želeo da najavi sledeću Xbox konzolu tokom E3 sajma ove godine, ipak su odlučili da to neće uraditi.

Današnji sočni trač nam dolazi od “MS Nerd”, osobe koja je upoznata sa Microsoftovim planovima i koja je pre švercovala informacije o Xboxu i bila u pravu.

“My understanding is that we’ll see a Xbox device in late 2013 which does Arcade-style games & all the current & future media apps with Kinect (with near-mode),” reče MS Nerd na Reddit-u, “It will be an ARM-based platform price-competitive with the Apple TV (if you own a Kinect already).

At some point after that, we’ll see a Xbox Next, a true successor to the 360. Details about it are very hazy, except that, like the 360, it will do games for core-audiences & the same media apps as the other device, also with Kinect.

Somewhat later, Kinect itself will likely receive a camera update for the video camera first. Around 2015-ish I expect a generational update, to add a better depth camera, processor & inter-connect.”

U prevodu, plan je da izbace novi mali Xbox krajem 2013. i punokrvni Durango/Next posle njega. Nov Kinect u 2015. A šta Sony planira? Planira da se reorganizuje pod novim vođstvom Kazuo-a Hirai-a, koji uskoro prelazi sa trona Playstation-a na tron celog Sony-a. Nek’ mu je sa srećom.