Yahoo - Despite plenty of leaks, Microsoft has yet to officially confirm that it's working on the next Xbox. But the first one may already have been sold.
An eBay auction over the weekend found a buyer for a purported Xbox 'Durango' Development Kit — a system game developers use to create games for the upcoming console. The buyer, who remained anonymous, shelled out $20,100 for the kit, which apparently looks like a black computer tower.
HotHardware: After all the speculation and rumors, in less than a week from now Microsoft will officially unveil its next generation Xbox game console. The Xbox 720 (codenamed Durango), or whatever it ends up being called, will be introduced via a live stream on May 21, 2013 at 10 AM PDT (that's 1 PM for folks on the East coast) on Xbox Live, Xbox.com, and Spike TV, giving you plenty of viewing options, provided you can steal some time away from work.
Alex Lemcovich: Everything’s dying, apparently. Everything’s old and tired; to put it more dramatically, we’re an industry comprised of reluctant dinosaurs trying to accommodate the plucky homo sapiens who’ve had the nerve to just evolve seemingly out of nowhere.
Third party publishers and developers are falling through the cracks, thanks to some unforeseen changes in the way games make money. The mobile and digital markets have left things in a largely unfathomable state of affairs and the ocean of AAA products is shrinking substantially as a direct result. Big names and big firms suddenly look very flimsy indeed. Guessing who the next casualty of the financial situation will be has become industry analysts’ favourite subject for article writing.
EDGE - Microsoft’s next console will require an Internet connection in order to function, ruling out a second-hand game market for the platform. A new iteration of Xbox Live will be an integral part of Microsoft’s next console, while improved Kinect hardware will also ship alongside the unit.
Ok, there are so many depressing things in the Title alone.
I fear PS4 will pull the same ****.
Nope. Sony is doing the opposite to lure the people who dislike this concept of Microsofts'.
To Microsoft that means, a lot of consumers without forcing them to buy Gold Membership, which means no profit to them.
Do you really think Microsoft cares for you if you're not giving them annual money or monthly payments?
Internet speeds are about to increase in the next few months along with the mobile devices speeds and the decreasing prices of WiFi around conclude there maybe a way can see this happening.
Boy would it suck for the Buyer, if it turned out to be just a Gaming Rig.
If it is indeed Xbox ‘Durango’, i hope the Buyer releases some details.
if real hes going to jail.
theres no reason for a dev kit
cept to hack
or program
.... but if 20k is what you need to consider your self first your life is uh..... not that good.