They are either both BC or they are both not. Just wanted to know which he thought it was.
VG Leaks: BC for NextBox to be an add on, can play offline
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They are either both BC or they are both not. Just wanted to know which he thought it was.
Domino Theory
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All the more reason for me to just keep my current 360 when I get a 720.
DragonSworne
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I think the TV functionality and the Xbox mini are completely pointless and will flop. I just hope the always online required rumors being false are true.
What I don't understand is if the development kits require always online, how would the revs be able test their code offline? Wouldn't they need to if the Durango production units not require online?
What I don't understand is if the development kits require always online, how would the revs be able test their code offline? Wouldn't they need to if the Durango production units not require online?
I have a few of them. I'll sell one and get the mini.
A good poster
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Let's just hope that this doesn't form part of some kind of Ultimate New Xbox Bundle with things that Current owners might actually want.
DragonSworne
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Guys, if the Dev Kits require always online, then so will the final units being sold at stores.
How do you propose any developer test offline code if they can never be offline?
How do you propose any developer test offline code if they can never be offline?
You don't even need a Durango at that point. It's the same as buying a new XBOX360.
GTFO!
after all that...
ok thanks.. so that can not be all true since it is contrary to the original rumors unless they were wrong
Commanche Raisin Toast
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i think that patent still covers what MS is doing because the user interfaces with the mini 360 through the 720 in order to play the 360 games. the patent didn't specify if the add-on unit was only capable of functioning while connected to it's successor, only that THAT was how the successor was able to achieve BC.
i think the patent is to specifically target the idea of the new console to 'control' or 'access' the other device, and BC was an obvious need for that technology.
unplug their router?
i think the patent is to specifically target the idea of the new console to 'control' or 'access' the other device, and BC was an obvious need for that technology.
unplug their router?
Angelus Errare
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Yea, typical GAF shenanigans of making a mountain out of an ant hill.
rudieboy77
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I wonder if there will be any connectivity over a wifi network with an original 360 and the nextbox?
Syphon Filter
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Then how come the older systems had bc?
Because dev kits aren't "always-online".
The author uses the word "network" in two different ways. In the part you were referring to, the author was talking about Kinect 2.0 being "networked" with the Durango. He was referring to the rumor that Kinect would have to be plugged in for the console to work.
Man-is-Obsolete
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You mean like this thread?
DragonSworne
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Which is strange. The guy doesn't seem to understand technical terminology or usage at all.
Agreed.
Well, you have the option to do that. You also have the option to buy this peripheral.
That's why I guessed earlier that the author is Chinese. Foreigners often use awkward synonyms like that. They tend to have limited vocabularies, hence his overuse of the word "network". He could be an employee at Microsoft China or perhaps he works at or around Foxconn.
Surface of Me
I'm not an NPC. And neither are we.
DD renders this point moot.
Mr.Wreckless
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Why buy the 360 if you can buy the mini and have access to the updated streaming functionality.
I would think so.
Osiris
I permanently banned my 6 year old daughter from using the PS4 for mistakenly sending grief reports as it's too hard to watch or talk to her
Simple, GameStops incredibly large library of cheap used games. Can be played on a cheap 360, or a $650ish Durango/Mini combo... tough choice!
it's BC by choice rather than building it into Durango and pricing out of the market
The reason I want BC is so that I don't have to deal with another device to play old games. MS could just build this solution into Durango. Why not just have another SKU with BC for the people that want it?
But what I don't understand is why there's not at least software BC. Oh well. I still have to wait and see what MS comes out with because I'm not buying into this rumor that's conveniently the complete opposite of every rumor that's come out so far about Durango.
But what I don't understand is why there's not at least software BC. Oh well. I still have to wait and see what MS comes out with because I'm not buying into this rumor that's conveniently the complete opposite of every rumor that's come out so far about Durango.
Isn't that called a an Xbox 360?
Trent Strong
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So all the outrage was for nothing?
There are also multiple leaks that support some of these claims (I'm sure I'm forgetting some as well):
- SuperDAE said Durango won't require online
- a Microsoft China employee was laughing at NeoGAF a few weeks back for totally misinterpreting a Durango leak
- another insider (I forget who) recently mentioned that there was "nothing offensive" about Durango
- an Xbox 360 without a disc drive, aimed at competing with AppleTV has been long rumored
There's also the fact that the internet has pretty much raged at Microsoft for the last few months. And there's the SimCity launch debacle. They can't have ignored these things. The leak also adequately explains all the misunderstandings that led to the negative information that was released, and does so without presenting anything that's too out there to believe.
well aren't the TV functions more like google tv where it runs and optimizes and enhances your tv viewing experience through the Durango to your cable box?
Commanche Raisin Toast
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yeah seems more like a timed-release trolling so that when the real news comes out and all this is wrong people rage.
The Kinect 2.0 is not a primary focus bit is the biggest thing working against this rumour, same with it not being required to be plugged in.
I can't see a world where Kinect 2.0 and the NUI isn't one of their biggest sells and pillars moving forward. That part I don't believe at all.
Believe
DragonSworne
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Biggest concern that makes me think this rumor is false is the kinect.
MS not requiring kinect does not fit with the message they have been pushing these last 2-3 years. Kinect is going to be integral.
MS not requiring kinect does not fit with the message they have been pushing these last 2-3 years. Kinect is going to be integral.
Would be amazing if it was. I think this rumored solution is pretty appealing.
Thurott talked about there being 2 new Xboxes last year.
Maybe the outrage resulted in this? Inception.gif
It's going to be in the box for everyone, who is going to get their new xbox and refuse to plug it in?
reptilescorpio
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Offline gaming for Durango? Nice!
DragonSworne
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In Microsoft on May 21.
Hmm...