New Xbox Rumours

Just over six years after the launch of the Xbox 360 we are starting to hear some solid rumours about its possible successor. The new console, tentatively named the Xbox 720 is expected to launch as soon as the end of 2013. Kotaku has some sources that are fairly confident on some of the details of the new console.

As expected the new Xbox will feature a Blu-Ray disc drive like that of the PS3. This will allow for the playback of Blu-Ray movies and storage of much larger games on single disc. Blu-Ray discs can hold either 25 or 50GB of data in comparison to 8GB on DVDs.

Something that would come as great news to game publishers but would likely cause a great lot of anger amongst gamers is the rumour that the next Xbox could include some sort of system to prevent the use of pre-owned games. This would make life very difficult for people who rely on cheap pre-owned games and borrow games from friends and family.

IGN have reported that the console could be as much as six times more powerful than it's predecessor. It is also reported that the new console would come with the second generation of Microsoft's very successful motion gaming controller, the kinect.

Microsoft has refused to comment on any of the rumours.

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