Windows 8-based Next Xbox due out early November - report

April 27th, 2013, 01:23 Posted By: wraggster

We know, we know. ANOTHER next Xbox rumour story.
But there’s reason to put weight in this one. It comes fromtech blogger Paul Thurrott who earlier this month correctly named May 21^st as the date for the new console’s reveal.
So he clearly knows something. Or is a good guesser.
Thurrott reckons the new machine is due out in early November, includes Blu-ray, is not backwards compatible, is based on the ‘Core’ version of Windows 8 and include apps based on Windows functionality.
The machine will launch with two SKUs priced at $499 and $299, the latter of which requires a two-year Xbox Live subscription priced at $10 per month.
He also reiterated that Microsoft has scrapped plans to launch a disc-less digital-based companion SKU. The project is now “on hold” and while it theoretically could be launched in 2014 it now appears to have been abandoned.
What is on the cards, however, is a redesigned Xbox 360 that will retail for “significantly” less than the current models.
Most importantly Thurrott once again claims that the console WILL require a permanent internet connection. However, the system “isn’t as draconian as many seem to believe”. So it’s still A BIT draconian? Kinect will also be mandatory.
Oh, and it will simply be called “Xbox”.
He adds that more details about the machine, specifically including its launch software lineup, will be unveiled “on the eve” of E3, presumably at Microsoft’s press event.

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/read/windo...report/0114764

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