The New Xbox 360: Yeah Its True

1UP reported on Monday that Microsoft plans to release a new Xbox console as early as next year, featuring beefed-up Xbox 360 hardware and built-in Project Natal technology. From the 1UP report:



Microsoft will not only release Natal as an add-on for the Xbox 360, it will come standard with the next Xbox console.

Yes, there will be a new Xbox console next fall.

However, the new console won't just be an Xbox 360 with a camera, though -- we've heard it will be considered a new platform and carry a new name (Xbox Natal?). It's not clear what sort of upgrades we might see, but some have suggested it will be an slight upgrade of the current Xbox 360 technology.




1UP speculates on the idea that Microsoft could try a similar move such as the one done by Nintendo, which basically built the Wii around the GameCube hardware, with the motion-sensing "Wiimote" being the real addition:



Current Xbox 360 games would be playable on it, but future games would be able to take advantage of the added muscle. Similar to what we see in the PC space, games played on the more advanced Xbox would look or perform better, but publishers will still be able to support owners of both systems. Some developers have complained that they've already maxed out the Xbox 360; perhaps this will give them room to expand.

Make no mistake, we wouldn't be talking about the sort of hardware leap we've seen with Xbox (or most other) platforms in the past, and we're not talking about Microsoft ending one console cycle and starting another. We're talking about an evolution of the Xbox 360; similar hardware but upgraded, repackaged, and rebranded.


Over recent years, we have received information on Microsoft's future plans for the Xbox platform, and that's why, among other topics, we extensively covered 3DV Systems' Z-Cam. Avid TeamXbox.com readers know we were the first publication to report that Microsoft signed IBM to create the CPU for the Xbox 360 (at a time when no one would believe Microsoft and IBM would work together or that the Xbox platform would use a non-x86 CPU) and that Microsoft was doing research on video-based motion sensing.

Today, I can tell you that I have obtained the first details on the next Xbox (info that we'll reveal in the coming weeks) and that's why we can confirm that the rumor reported by 1UP is false. Microsoft is NOT launching a new, upgraded Xbox 360 disguised as a new Xbox in 2010 (although built-in Natal technology is a possibility for a new edition of the Xbox 360, similar to the Elite or Arcade flavors).

i just hope i have the money for it at the time

Hell, if you can still play with people on the 360, then I'll get it, but it seems kinda soon for a new xbox don't you think?

R3TR0 Drifter wrote:

Hell, if you can still play with people on the 360, then I'll get it, but it seems kinda soon for a new xbox don't you think?

the xbox 360 was released in late 2005 so for this kinda thing its just in time

Well yeah I guess your right, for some odd reason it just feels too soon for me but I guess as long as it looks sick and it's funner then the 360, then count me in!

Somethin tells me its going to cost about $600 USD when it comes out

And there will be like a 3 week long line at every store

This will be interesting haha.

Here are some possible designs for it:
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Lmao at the one on the bottom right corner, it's a PC with an xbox logo

I have heard about this awhile ago on youtube. It looks really cool!

This is where I found the video about it: [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Dude, THATS AMAZING!! lol video games have come soo far

R3TR0 Drifter wrote:

Dude, THATS AMAZING!! lol video games have come soo far

Ya they have!!!

I really want to know more about this! I'm ganna go research it.

Rofl I found another vid. Looks like a Wii/Xbox! I think that is kind of a turn off.


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Introducing Project Natal, a revolutionary new way to play: no controller required. See a ball? Kick it, hit it, trap it or catch it. If you know how to move your hands, shake your hips or speak you and your friends can jump into the fun -- the only experience needed is life experience.
Coming Holiday 2010

"For us, this E3 is about breaking down barriers – between generations, between games and entertainment, and most importantly, between dreamers and the future – in a way only Xbox 360 can."

DON MATTRICK



"This is a pivotal moment that will carry with it a wave of change, the ripples of which will reach far beyond video games"

STEVEN SPIELBERG

Just a few words from Xbox above ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Project Natal is being confused for being a "New Xbox" quite often lol by a lot of people

Ya true lol

Its somethin they are going to try out before they release the new Xbox... if it sells alot they are most likely goin to include it in the new system

If they do, and Natal is actually fun, then I'll be damned if I didn't buy it lol

U damn right... keeps me from buying a Wii

Hahaha that's true

Some of those models look pretty sick. Hope it's not $600 usd though =[

LOL I own a Wii is sucks, wish I never paid $300 for it.