New Xbox Reveal at 10PDT/1EDT

[DontSayBanana]

No date, but Andrew Wilson from EA just implied that launch will be within the next 12 months (no big surprise there).

[katmai]

Been touted for xmas time release last i heard.

[DontSayBanana]

Sounds like Defiance may have been a soft test of sorts for combining gaming with TV.

Spielberg's got a live-action Halo series coming up.

[katmai]

CoD, big whoop

[MadBurgerMaker]

Those are pretty impressive graphics.  I wonder how it'll run on my computer because fuck console shooters.

[katmai]

Oh it looks nice, just those games bore me.

[MadBurgerMaker]

I usually end up with them after the Steam sales, run through the single player mode once, then don't mess with them much after that.

[katmai]

Spike network is gonna do 30min summation of the new rig.

[DontSayBanana]

Those are pretty impressive graphics.  I wonder how it'll run on my computer because fuck console shooters.

PCs have historically had the edge in graphics, since parts can be upgraded more easily and hardcore gamers are willing to shell out the cost of a console on higher-power GPUs.

[Grey Fox]

It's going to be impressive on graphics on both consoles & PCs now that consoles will actually have more then 1gb of ram.

[Kleves]

No always online requirement (though games may require install, and used games may require a few to activate or something). Kinect required to be attached. No backward compatibility. List of games: http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/List_of_Xbox_One_Games

None of the games really jump out at me except for Destiny, and that probably won't be released for awhile.

[DontSayBanana]

No always online requirement (though games may require install, and used games may require a few to activate or something). Kinect required to be attached. No backward compatibility. List of games: http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/List_of_Xbox_One_Games

None of the games really jump out at me except for Destiny, and that probably won't be released for awhile.

I wouldn't be willing to bank on the backward compatibility thing: remember PS3 launch?  No backward compatibility bit them in the backside bigtime, and it was put back in with an early system update.

[garbon]

No always online requirement (though games may require install, and used games may require a few to activate or something). Kinect required to be attached. No backward compatibility. List of games: http://www.ign.com/wikis/xbox-one/List_of_Xbox_One_Games

None of the games really jump out at me except for Destiny, and that probably won't be released for awhile.

I wouldn't be willing to bank on the backward compatibility thing: remember PS3 launch?  No backward compatibility bit them in the backside bigtime, and it was put back in with an early system update.

Except that's not true. Compatibility was eventually phased out while there were several earlier models that had compatibility.

[garbon]

None of the games really jump out at me except for Destiny, and that probably won't be released for awhile.

And most of those are still being listed for current-gen, so unless the new graphics are going to blow us away...

[Josquius]

My excitement for the new consoles is nil.
I only just bought a PS3 a few months back, plenty to keep me busy there and nothing that really screams must buy on the new consoles.

Amusing to see people on the internet trying to act like this is as big a deal as a new console used to be, way back when.