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Even more next Xbox rumours

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have-you-heard1I’m actually a lit bit disappointed that Microsoft are hosting that big Xbox event on the 21st of May as these rumours are actually awesome to wake up to in the morning. This latest set contains nothing spectacular but they all seem very plausible indeed.

Always Online

Geoff mentioned this yesterday but we can’t talk about the Next Xbox without covering this.

The scariest rumour for the next Xbox is the fact that it will require an always online connection. This rumour has been confirmed and refuted just as many times but this latest update from Polygon makes the most sense and I can’t see how this one could be wrong.

The next Xbox will apparently support the publishers ability to request an always on connection, or even a random online check. Microsoft are not saying it must be used by the publishers but are building in the ability to use it… So yes it’s confirmed if the publisher insists on it.

Video Capture

We’ve already heard that both the PlayStation 4 and the next Xbox will allow us to capture gameplay and upload it to YouTube or the like but the next Xbox is taking it one step further.

They are allowing the developers to automatically capture video at certain points, say for example every headshot in a game of Call of Duty or every crash in a game of Trials HD.. then at the end you can automatically export your headshot montage and make yourself look awesome.

Achievements

Achievements are also getting a huge boost with Microsoft opening up the system to allow developers to add achievements without the need for more DLC.

Originally Microsoft wanted to enforce a 1000 point limit on all games, they later agreed that developers could add a couple of extra achievements with DLC but now the rumour is that developers will be able to add new achievements to celebrate events (anniversary gamer) or to push gamers to try a specific section of the game.

I’m not much of an achievement person, I only have around 24 000 after 5 years, but I have to admit I do look at them and see if I want to try achieve them in game. So if I can get an achievement for playing 8 hours of Battlefield 3 on their one year anniversary I think I would do it.

No More Friend Cap

Finally, the idiotic 100 person friend limit is being exterminated… about bloody time

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There will also apparently be a lot of social aspects added to the system but I really really don’t think I’m going to care about that. Show me the games.

So is that enough to impress from a soft feature perspective or is the always on still a problem for you?

Last Updated: April 30, 2013

32 Comments

  1. Ultimo_Cleric_N7

    April 30, 2013 at 11:17

    I heard that the console can morph into an Autobot. I also heard taht it makes coffee and has beer flavoured nipples.

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    • Admiral Chief Erwin

      April 30, 2013 at 11:21

      You want to lick an Autobot’s nipples????
      O_O

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      • Sageville

        April 30, 2013 at 11:40

        Hold up, lets hear him out first.

        Maybe theres some sort of Beer-tap peripheral..

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      • Ultimo_Cleric_N7

        April 30, 2013 at 14:09

        Who doesn’t Erwin. Who doesn’t

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        • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

          April 30, 2013 at 16:01

          HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHA!

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    • Gareth Lagesse

      April 30, 2013 at 11:21

      This is the second time that I’ve heard these rumours. There must be some truth to them!

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    • Trevor Davies

      April 30, 2013 at 11:22

      Beer flavoured, but makes coffee. The old bait-and-switch.

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      • Admiral Chief Erwin

        April 30, 2013 at 11:23

        Nipples give coffee?

        #NeedsToCheckWifeASAP

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        • Trevor Davies

          April 30, 2013 at 11:26

          I learnt that while playing CoD online, some guy kept talking about my mom, her nipples & hot coffee 🙂

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          • Admiral Chief Erwin

            April 30, 2013 at 11:28

            Interesting indeed

          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            April 30, 2013 at 11:30

            You a CoD player?

            This must be your car then?

          • Trevor Davies

            April 30, 2013 at 11:49

            rofl!

          • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

            April 30, 2013 at 11:50

            Lol. I’m sorry 🙂 I just simply couldn’t resist. I’ve been dying to use that pic somewhere

          • Rince da Ref Lvl2

            April 30, 2013 at 12:09

            Well done sir, well done 🙂

          • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

            April 30, 2013 at 16:02

        • Sir Rants-a-Lot Llew

          April 30, 2013 at 11:27

          Whahahaha

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    • Sargon

      April 30, 2013 at 11:30

      If the new Xbox morphs into an Autobot… does that mean that Sony has finally revealed that the playstation will morph into a Decepticon??

      Until the PC picks a side.. this war will rage forever!

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      • Trevor Davies

        April 30, 2013 at 11:32

        PCs are older, would that make them Dinobots?

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        • Admiral Chief Erwin

          April 30, 2013 at 11:33

          Maximals and Predacons
          (Btw that show ROCKED)

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          • Snormossel

            April 30, 2013 at 14:16

            Ermahgerd!!!! Best. Show. EVAAR!!

          • Admiral Chief Erwin

            April 30, 2013 at 14:20

            Janee, first season remains one of my favourite’s ever!

  2. Trevor Davies

    April 30, 2013 at 11:21

    ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED!

    Add new achievement.

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    • Admiral Chief Erwin

      April 30, 2013 at 11:22

      XDXD

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    • Sageville

      April 30, 2013 at 11:38

      Lolz

      Reply

  3. OnlineFPSmurderSIMmakeOVG:(

    April 30, 2013 at 11:56

    I heard another COD is coming out this year.

    This comment was cut and paste from 1 year ago.

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    • Darren Peach

      April 30, 2013 at 17:09

      Dude, That made me laugh so hard. Thanks Man.

      Reply

  4. Rince da Ref Lvl2

    April 30, 2013 at 12:09

    Real people can have more than 100 friends?

    Reply

  5. Tbone187

    April 30, 2013 at 13:40

    All this unwanted online communication is getting out of hand I reckon…Couldn’t these supposed random checks be a viewed as an invasion of privacy…Surely there are some legal implications here… I mean, is purchasing the game not enough,,,I pay for a product that I want to enjoy without people snooping around…Complete BS….PS4 is looking like a better option thus far…In fact, I might as well just milk the industry on pc for the remainder on my playing days…

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  6. FoxOneZA - The Chosen One

    April 30, 2013 at 13:57

    So all that’s left is the games…Which we have to wait until E3 for….otherwise there would be no need for E3.

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  7. Darren Peach

    April 30, 2013 at 17:29

    Its a sad state if affairs. The younger demographic might not feel this way but let me explain why DRM and DLC are bad. We live in a severely polarised society. There is a huge discrepancy between the rich and poor folks out there. What I see happening in the Game Industry is the same problem that the world faces. Runaway Capitalism. There are Billions of Human beings living below the poverty line and there are the elite few who are super rich. Therein lies the problem with modern society today. We are intelligent enough to find alternative solutions to poverty yet nothing changes. Why would the Directors and Shareholders of all these Corporations want to see any change when they are making so much money at the top ? Greed and Elitism.
    Sony, Microsoft are pretty much the same. They have to worry about their bottom line every year and the Irony is that although they employ many people there are still shareholders who want their bank accounts to swell. Game Publishers are the same. Profit, Profit, Profit. We are powerless to stop it unless we band together and try effect change. But, In reality that wont happen because as a Individual its very hard to find the resolve to stand up and say no to the injustice of it all.
    Remember one thing, We are born into a life of servitude where we have to pay to belong and when you sit down and think about it, There is something fundamentally wrong with that Idea.

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    • Jim Lenoir (Banana Jim)

      April 30, 2013 at 18:05

      Darren… you are saying what a lot of us are feeling.

      Reply

  8. matthurstrsa

    May 2, 2013 at 07:23

    Man, it must be hard to come up with headers for these Xbox rumour articles these days! I’ve decided not to invest in a next gen console at least until 2015. I am rather going to upgrade my PC and get an Oculus Rift.

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