Preview Of The Forthcoming Xbox 720

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The gaming globe is abuzz with rumors of a new offering from Microsoft, provisionally codenamed the Xbox 720. If we examine the evidence, it does seem clear that Microsoft are gearing up to amaze customers with a subsequent generation games console that will make previously releases appear simple and redundant.

Although the facts are hard to come by, there is sufficient data out there to piece together a picture of what the 720 will be like. 1 factor is for particular, the specs on this new console will involve a significant technological leap forward. When we appear at an Xbox 360, and compare it with the most recent PC's, we can see just how significantly progress has taken place in the years given that the 360 was released. If Microsoft want to continue to hold a dominating market share of games consoles sales, they will will need to come up with a item that much more than matches the newest PC's.

One area in which there has been a lot of development lately is in CPU power. Numerous bloggers familiar with the inner workings at Microsoft predict that the 720 will come with a cutting edge AMD fusion chip, or possibly even a new Ivy Bridge Intel special. There is substantial pressure from the designers of blockbuster games for console manufacturers to use the most powerful chips in their upcoming items.

Storage is one more location in which we can expect to see really obvious developments. PC's with 1 terabyte drives are now popular place, maybe Microsoft will steal a march on their competitors by producing the 720 with a cloud storage feature, this would be the easiest way to ensure that the amount of media which can be used is not limited. Other alternatives, such as Blu-Ray and HD-DVD, will perhaps only have a brief shelf life.

Regardless of whether you really like it or hate it, it wants to be stated that gesture control is here to stay. The new Xbox is most most likely to make use of Microsoft's Kinect hardware. Already Kinect has broken records in terms of sales of console accessories, but, veteran gamers ought to not be anxious, it is predicted that the 720 will also come with a standard game pad. Let's face it, you can hardly play Gears of War 4 just by waving your arms about!

The big question is when will the new Xbox be released, those in the know suggest a Christmas 2012 release, although this may possibly be pushed back into 2013 due to Microsoft's other commitments. In the meantime, gaming fans will just have to make to with the Xbox 360.