Specs and release date revealed for PlayStation 4 Orbis and Xbox 720
Sony's PlayStation 4 Orbis and Microsoft's Xbox 720 games consoles are both schedueled to be released in time for Christmas 2013, according to the latest online rumours.
According to VG247, the Xbox 720 (codenamed Durango) has been internally confirmed as having a Christmas 2013 release, and will have two AMD 7000-equivalent GPU's – likened to "two PCs taped together".
The Xbox 720 will also reportedly have a Blu-ray drive and a four or six core CPU, with one reserved for the OS and another one reserved for Kinect – which will now be built-in. Whisperings of an 'always-on' anti-piracy internet connection being required to play games is worrying, but it's early days yet.
The Sony Playstation 4 (also known as the PlayStation Orbis) will apparently beat the Xbox 720 to the shelves, according to another VG247 source. Sony is reportedly striving to get a head start on Microsoft with its next-gen console, and developers like Ubisoft are said to be already familiar with the PlayStation 4 Orbis' hardware.
Specs-wise, the PlayStation 4 Orbis will supposedly be ditching Sony's custom Cell architecture found in the PlayStation 3, and will instead be also rocking an AMD GPU as well as an AMD CPU to boot, as previously reported.
This change should ensure that developers will have an easier time of creating games for AMD's more standard architecture – hopefully resulting in a strong PlayStation 4 Orbis launch line-up, as seen with the PlayStation Vita's solid launch titles.
Both Sony and Microsoft have stated that there will be no new consoles revealed by them at this year's E3, but we're keeping our fingers firmly crossed for at least a hint at what's to come – so stay tuned for more juicy details as and when we get them.
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Comments
sl8ed
1 year ago
Another day another rumour....
Blu-ray player in the Xbox720? Hmmmm, a technology that was available when the 360 came out, hardly innovating! Can't see it myself with all the online HD movie content around, and it won't be too long before all games are downloaded too.
Lets hope they're both backwards compatible, and maybe a bit more upgradeable!
Oh and I hope they look nothing like those pictures!!!
dogtanian
1 year ago
Just waiting for the painful £400+ price tag, which means I'll be happily rocking my 360 till 2016 when the price reaches normal levels.
Today's gen of consoles are showing their limitations now, not to say that they are of no value, but I can't wait to see the graphical leap made by their successors. I remember my eyes being on stalks when I seen what the Ps2 could do compared to my Ps1. It's laughable now, but at the time .......whoaaaahhh.
I've never bought a console on release day....well with the exception of the Psp which I regretted the day after.