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What Microsoft Should and Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720

Posted by Soulskill on from the forget-kinect-and-package-it-with-an-fmri dept.

donniebaseball23 writes "Xbox 360 just came off a record November, with more than 1.7 million units sold in the U.S., but behind closed doors Microsoft is planning its next move for the successor to the popular console. Plenty of Xbox 720 rumors have surfaced in recent months, but veteran games journalist Chris Morris has filtered through them to provide a realistic take on what Microsoft should and shouldn't do with Xbox 360's successor. In particular, he notes that Microsoft should adopt the Blu-ray format from Sony. 'A DVD drive as a medium for storing larger and larger games is outdated – and it steps on the toes of a system that bills itself as the high definition leader,' Morris writes. 'Microsoft resisted the move to Blu-ray this generation without any ill effects. It even survived picking the losing side in the format battle between Blu-ray and HD-DVD, but it can't rely on the DVD to take it into the next generation.'"

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  1. 720 degrees? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's up with that? A reference to the number of times an electron must rotate before it returns to its original state?

    1. Re:720 degrees? by CheShACat · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why do they call it the Xbox 720? Because when you see it, you'll turn 720 degrees and walk away.

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    2. Re:720 degrees? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Why do they call it the Xbox 720? Because when you see it, you'll turn 720 degrees and walk away.

      I knew the moonwalk had a practical purpose!

    3. Re:720 degrees? by MadKeithV · · Score: 3, Funny

      I'm holding out for the XBox 4 PI. I like pi. It's tasty.

    4. Re:720 degrees? by mwvdlee · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's a stupid assumption to think the next XBox will be called the XBox 720.
      The first was the "XBox 1".
      Then came the "XBox 360", which is 360x the previous number.
      It makes much more sense the next one will be called "XBox 129600".
      Or, if the naming scheme implies 360^(previous number), the "XBox Out-of-range error".

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    5. Re:720 degrees? by Abstrackt · · Score: 3, Funny

      Maybe he's a LARPer who saw its reflection in his shield.

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    6. Re:720 degrees? by Jeremiah+Cornelius · · Score: 3, Funny

      That's not Degrees RADIUS, but rather...

      DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

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  2. Smart enough to milk it? by indytx · · Score: 4, Funny

    The big question is will the M$ management be smart enough to milk the 360, or will they kill it off to force everyone onto something new. You would think that people with 360 who subscribe to Xbox Live would be a cash cow, but the M$ management has a long history of screwing its own customers to make them buy something new. I would be surprised if it didn't have Blu-ray support, but I would be more surprised if the system was the least bit open. On the other hand, I don't care. I kept waiting and waiting for 360 or PS3 prices to drop, and I waited so long that I lost interest. Hmmmmm, the yard needs mowing.

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  3. Quote from John Siracusa by hellfire · · Score: 5, Funny

    "What's wrong with Blu-ray? Everything except the fidelity of the content."

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  4. Re:M$ don't like blue-ray by jellomizer · · Score: 3, Funny

    Really need to upgrade my Blu-Ray Player. I have none of those features.

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  5. Re:M$ don't like blue-ray by ozbon · · Score: 5, Funny

    And spells Proprietary in a *very* different/new way too

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  6. Re:M$ don't like blue-ray by Vanderhoth · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think that should be a drinking game.

    One drink for reading a post from an Apple/Microsoft/Sony fanboy or anti-fanboy
    One drink for grammer and speeling natzis
    Two drinks for "First" in first post
    Three drinks for reading a post responding to an AC.

  7. What Microsoft Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720 by Digital+Vomit · · Score: 5, Funny

    What Microsoft Shouldn't Do For the Xbox 720:

    • 1. Name it Xbox 720.
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  8. Obligatory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k277/mrpane911/360.gif

    Just replace one spin with two.

  9. 720 only? by Maljin+Jolt · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'll wait for XBox 1.44

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  10. Re:Never going to happen. by NeutronCowboy · · Score: 3, Funny

    We have 100/100 fiber

    I love your fi..., I mean, you. Can I move in?

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