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Paul Thurrot Predicts November Debut, $500 Tag For Xbox 720

Posted by timothy on from the luckily-not-one-of-my-needs dept.

New submitter inkribbon writes that Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott has now predicted that Microsoft's Xbox 720 console will actually hit the market this November. Thurrott offers a mix of what he considers cold, known facts and "clearly identified conjecture" about the upcoming device. Important to users is this confidently offered claim about the price: "Microsoft will initially offer two pricing models for the console: a standalone version for $499 and a $299 version that requires a two-year Xbox LIVE Gold commitment at an expected price of $10 per month."

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  1. XBox Infinity by gameboyhippo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I see what Microsoft did there. Instead of doubling 360 to 720, they've doubled o to oo. When put together, it looks like infinity.

  2. I hope not. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    $120 for a year of xbox live? 2X price increase for what, more DRM? Really?

  3. I'll say the same thing I've been saying by i+kan+reed · · Score: 4, Informative

    Microsoft managed to advertise themselves out of my interest in any of their console offerings. I actually bought the first two xboxes, reliably purchased xbox live and games for the 360, but then after their choices to put more and more ads on EVERYTHING, I realized just how stupid I was being, and cut every last entertainment dollar from going to MS. I was done.

    If you don't want to be exploited both coming and going, don't buy an xbox anything.

    1. Re:I'll say the same thing I've been saying by Holi · · Score: 4, Informative

      A PC

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    2. Re:I'll say the same thing I've been saying by prelelat · · Score: 4, Insightful

      For me it wasn't that they added ads to it. It was that they charged me to use the thing online with services that I sometimes paid for, for example I have to have gold to use netflix on the xbox. Then after they made me pay to use services they didn't host themselves they went along and added ads as if to say "ok baby now just bend over over here and everyone on my team is going to have a turn." They are royally screwing with people constantly. They had better have some damn good exclusives if they are going to compete in the next generation. With PS guaranteeing no always on DRM(I'm not saying Microsoft will but they sure haven't done much to say that they aren't) and no subscription services I think it will put people over the edge.

      Wish I never bought my 360.

    3. Re:I'll say the same thing I've been saying by kamapuaa · · Score: 4, Insightful

      What about when you buy a computer, and there's ads in your webpages? Or when you buy a magazine, and there's full-page ads? Or when you buy a TV, and there's advertisements? Or when you buy a shirt, and there's a little polo player on it?

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  4. $499 for a console? by alen · · Score: 4, Informative

    i guess its back to retro PC strategy gaming for me
    $499 i can buy another ipad and there some awesome games on iOS now

    i was going to buy a new xbox to replace my old one, dump my PS3 which is only for blu ray and make my TV area look less cluttered. at $499 i'll just buy a blu ray player and dump the consoles

  5. And to be honest by xQuarkDS9x · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If what I've heard and read online is true in that the 720 will not allow you to lend physical game discs to friends and family to play as well as not allowing used games to be bought and played from stores such as EB Games/Gamestop all because they want to tie down physical game discs to the first console machine its played on with some DRM garbage then I hope enough people realize to say "Screw you Microsoft" and switch to the PS4 instead which is supposed to not have DRM lockdown garbage.

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  6. Always Connected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This item is just bizarre:
    >Internet-connected. The next Xbox must be Internet-connected to use. This is the source of the “always on”/“always online” rumors and isn’t as Draconian >as many seem to believe.

    If it must be connected to play local games, it's exactly as draconian as many believe. This would be a deal-breaker for me. When my Internet is down, I tend to play video games.

  7. $10 a month for Gold?!? by TWiTfan · · Score: 4, Insightful

    So I get to pay $10 a month for the privilege of being able to pay Netflix $8 a month to watch some movies on my Xbox? No sale, chick.

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  8. MIssing the death blow by goombah99 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    MIcrosoft is in a great position to deal a death blow to Sony and Nintendo in the next generation console race. They have a leading system now. The demand for set-top boxes is poised to explode. And the winer gets to be position themselves as a benevolent but profitable internet TV gate keeper in a durable way. So why screw this up with a large price hurdle. This is reminds me of the overpricing mistake sony made with the blue ray system. Makes Nintendo Wii look a lot more attractive, and gives Roku and AppleTv some breathing room.

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    1. Re:MIssing the death blow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      So they will definitely put themselves on death row by confirming the "always-on" rumor. It's been going on so long and is such a poisonous issue, I can't believe they wouldn't have denied it by now if it weren't true.

  9. New Golden Age of PC Gaming by pellik · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's my hope that the over the top DRM on consoles will push ever more people back to PC gaming. Sure there is DRM on PCs, but cracked versions inevitably turn up. http://games.slashdot.org/story/13/04/26/1318214/paul-thurrot-predicts-november-debut-500-tag-for-xbox-720#With consoles making a crack isn't so easy.