So about that SuperDae dude who leaked the Xbox 720's specs

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So about that SuperDae dude who leaked the Xbox 720's specs

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Started 2 months ago by Moonwalker1982
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Moonwalker1982
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Recently his home got raided by police because he tried to sell a Durango devkit on Ebay. I found something interesting on Gamespot, these are no cold hard facts or anything. But if true, it could mean the leaked specs were old and that the new ones are unknown. This is the link..

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/29355267/super-dae-raided-by-microsoft.-confirms-leaked-specs?page=0

But there's a WHOLE lot of childish nonsense from people. So might as well just skip to this :

http://img541.imageshack.us/img541/6173/ploatje.jpg

Basically the Sony defense force/fanboys claimed the PS4 was better in terms of specs and they said this to that SuperDae fella and he said 'If you only knew#LOL.

Well that's it. Now we'll just have to wait. Maybe MS will go with the leaked specs and maybe not. I don't know much about specs and what not, but if those leaked specs are true..is that indeed quite weaker than PS4?

Posted 2 months ago #
G1GAHURTZ
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And cheaper.

Posted 2 months ago #
Moonwalker1982
Member

If that's true, it will no doubt be cheaper. If it's a 360-PS3 story, it ain't too bad. Cause most of the time especially in the early days, multiplats were better on 360. If the system is much weaker though, that is not a good thing. But that would mean they don't give a shit about getting multiplatform titles anymore, cause everybody will go to PS4 for those. That can't be MS' intention. But if it's similar to 360-PS3 situation and the new Xbox is significantly more cheaper....that's a plus for MS i'd say. And i bet MS will release worldwide again and i somehow don't see that happening with PS4.

Posted 2 months ago #
G1GAHURTZ
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In the leaked MS doc, there was mention of providing a gaming experience that couldn't be found on any other format.

I think that's very significant, because it means that MS doesn't want to have a mostly multi-platform generation again.

They are trying to make a console whose games the PS4, even if it may be more powerful, will not be able to replicate. Either because of a unique control method, or a unique (patented) feature that Sony can't use.

I don't think that many people see it yet, but I'm pretty sure that MS is going in a different direction to Sony, this gen.

I don't think we'll see a continuation of the situation where each console has near identical multi-platform releases.

So my guess is that it's going to be less of a head-to-head, and more of an arms race. In which case, having the cheaper hardware is going to be a strong advantage, because there would be no meaningful, direct comparison between games.

Posted 2 months ago #
Moonwalker1982
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Really? And that's the SuperDae document you are talking about? Or do you mean that shitload of pages where it showed concepts and what not, what MS had in mind for 720?

A new way of gaming is something that you can be either excited about and curious or afraid. Cause Kinect was supposed to be a new way of gaming, but i'm gonna be the last person to talk positive about that thing. That thing didn't mean anything good for the real gamers out there. But perhaps you are thinking of Virtual Reality like Occulus Rift?

Either way, i just hope this new direction if true, is something we all can support and enjoy. I'm not gonna lie, i'm somewhat of a graphics whore, even though i realize gameplay comes first, but when they show Alan Wake 2 for example or hell..Halo 5 with crazy graphics, that would make me very happy. Give me my controller and i'm all set. Unless VR can really become something amazing.

But if MS won't get multiplatform games anymore, or if they do and they look and/or perform less than the PS4, that new way of gaming should be pretty goddamn good, otherwise i will simply buy it for the PS4 then.

Posted 2 months ago #
G1GAHURTZ
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I'm talking about the leaked roadmap for the next 5, or so, years that MS's legal team had (mostly) removed from the internet.

If there's one thing that keeps being proven, generation after generation, it's that the most powerful console almost never sells the most. I don't think having less power will be a problem at all, but I dont think that there's a need to worry.

There were many rumours before the PS4 reveal that the 360 was more powerful, and this was coming from devs iirc. On top of that, I'm pretty sure that a key indicator of next gen console visuals, UE4, will look the same on both consoles.

Besides, as people keep repeating, it's all about the games. And if all Sony can bring to the table is improved visuals on the same, tired gameplay, then maybe MS can find a niche where they can bring something fresh and new.

Even if it has less lens flare...

Posted 2 months ago #
Moonwalker1982
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You have a point there. But i honestly do wonder what MS is going to do then. Time will tell, i'm really really curious and impatient honestly, haha. What you said about developers is a good thing, that's definitely more reliable than any rumour anyway. Thing is, there's no real reason for MS to come with a 'weaker' system in terms of specs. I mean..with 360 there was no other way. PS3 came a year later but now they can definitely take advantage of this. With real graphical differences i'd be talking about much more details on the more powerful system, much better framerate and so on. Things that for me can really change the experience.

I wonder though, if MS really has a new way of gaming if that's going to be good for multiplatform developers like Ubi, EA and so on. I'd bet they would want easy ways to develop a game and not having to develop a game for 720 in a whole different way, if that makes sense. I love this kind of speculation, right now it's all very mysterious about MS. If they do however come with something really new and promising...kudos to them. Can't wait!!!

Posted 2 months ago #
fearmonkey
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The rumors I have heard is that the new spec wasn't even called Durango anymore, who knows if that was true though. What will be interesting is this whole GDDR5 vs GDDR3 thing, GDDR5 has higher latency but way more bandwith, I am wondering if it will really make much a difference is MS goes with it.

Also, the other rumor was that the new spec has a Dual GPU setup, but not necessarily the same GPU. One could be used for Physics or GUI so that the main GPU wouldnt be tasked with it. That seems rather fanciful but who knows.
The last part of that was that the GPU in the new spec was supposed to be of the 8000 series which AMD hasnt even released yet, again that seems fanciful but MS did do that same thing with the 360, the GPU in it was a cross between the R500 and R600, and the R600 with its unified memory didnt launch to the public until after the 360 did.

What worries me about MS is this always online, Always using Kinect, I dont want any of that. I tend to game mostly in my den using a 27inch monitor or a projector and there isnt much room for a kinect. I dont want to have to deal with it for every game, and if I have to, the PS4 sounds better.

Posted 2 months ago #
Moonwalker1982
Member

It's probably only nessecary to power on the console. I highly doubt they will force you to use kinect for dashboard navigation, the controller will no doubt be usable there. I don't think MS is stupid in that they expect everyone to have a huge living room. There are also people that have a muscle disease, so to speak..those that can't flail there arms around like others but they can hold a controller for example. It will be fine in that aspect i'm sure.

So specs-wise it's really up in the air right now by the sounds of it. The specs you exlained..if it's that, can that be considered good?

Posted 2 months ago #
Anonymous
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If thats the case G1GA the Microsoft is taking a huge gamble. It could cost them big time.

Posted 2 months ago #
G1GAHURTZ
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Possibly.

But if you just look at what we already know, you can start to see the direction that they're moving in...

Take Illumi Room, for example: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/illumiroom/
Video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsoIKPkbCag

Add this with the Kinect glasses ( http://venturebeat.com/2012/06/16/leaked-microsoft-document-details-299-xbox-720-in-2013-kinect-glasses-onlive-acquisition/ ), and you've already got a console which is focused on deeper imersion and augmented reality.

Microsoft are pushing Kinect v2 very hard, and the leaked roadmap showed just how important it was to much of their plans.

So in order to make it a worthwhile direction to go in, you have to make sure that devs focus on maximising your features.

So imagine 2 or 3 years from now, for example, we might see the 720 version of an FPS with AR shrapnel/explosions/bullets/etc, that you can't get on another console.

If they go in that direction, then it may be possible for them to bridge the gap between core and casual, and combine Wii and PS2 like sales figures.

Anyway, that's just how I see it so far...

Posted 2 months ago #
Moonwalker1982
Member

But you'd be having to wear special glasses for that right? Not too fond of that, but if it's really impressive i probably will use it. I'm not really sure how i must imagine AR like that though. I must admit too that i haven't seen much AR stuff anyway yet.

Posted 2 months ago #
G1GAHURTZ
Member

Yeah, you would have to wear glasses. Kind of like these ones, maybe: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/nov/27/microsoft-augmented-reality-glass-google-apple

I've seen a lot of AR stuff... Not all of it convincing, in terms of next gen gaming potential, but I'm interested to see what MS have planned.

Posted 2 months ago #
Moonwalker1982
Member

I strolled upon some very interesting things indeed, first of all a very good read by Kotaku about Superdae. He spoke with him many times, this article is very informative and awesome, READ it!

http://kotaku.com/5986239/the-rise-and-fall-of-superdae-a-most-unusual-video-game-hacker?post=57715008

And while old..i found the tweet by Superdae. Which is a whole lot better than some he said/she said stuff from forums IMO:

https://twitter.com/superDaE/status/298904320550768640

Read last part here:

http://forum.teamxbox.com/showpost.php?p=13895521&postcount=1771

Long story short...

Durango specs are about 9 months old. And he made that 'If only you knew..' comment after all that. I'm genuinely very curious now. I know its not all about power..but i DO know i will be gutted if multiplats will look quite less on new Xbox.For several reasons i want to buy them for Xbox 3...one being the controller. Unless MS messes that up.

Posted 2 months ago #

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