According to Pocket Lint, the next-generation Xbox console will be called exactly that: Xbox. Citing an anonymous source, the website says that the much rumoured Xbox 720 moniker is out of the window, with a return to the original console’s branding. Confusing? Yes, probably. Just look at Wii U.
The site also says that the Xbox will be the hub for multiple other “X” branded bits of hardware, including a gaming tablet called X-Surface. This tablet won’t have any apps of its own, it’ll just connect to the Xbox and play games. “It will not have a desktop as part of its operating system,” says the site, “rather be entirely focused on playing full console-quality games.”
That sounds lovely.
Pocket Lint also points out that there’s an internally running version of Watch Dogs at “55-60fps” on the Xbox, it’ll have AMD components and an 8-core 1.9GHz CPU.
What’s also emerged since, though, is that multiple sites were apparently sent all this information by the same tipster. We can’t verify that, because we weren’t sent anything, but if this is true then it suddenly puts all of the above in a slightly different light and makes believing Pocket Lint’s anonymous source a little trickier to stomach.
Nonsense? We’ll see soon enough.
Update: yep, nonsense. Amazing.
colmshan1990
I’m still upset they named it the 360 and it wasn’t round. :P
It doesn’t matter what they call a console provided it isn’t completely absurd. Then again, the Wii shows even that doesn’t matter, does it? :P
Jakster123x
Hmm, that’s slightly embarrassing. Why doesn’t someone ask Pachter what he thinks? He’s been quiet.
hazelam
as TSA’s, semi, official analyst, i predict the new ms console will be called.
Graham.
now where are my jaffa cakes?
The Lone Steven
I scoffed them. Unsure about Graham as it sounds a bit generic, unless it’s based on Graham Norton or Golden Grahams.
hazelam
Graham Chapman actually, there are some Monty Python fans at ms i hear. ^_^
and don’t get between a woman and her jaffa cakes, that’s a good way to lose a finger, you got lucky this time. o_O
The Lone Steven
I’ll just end up regrowing the finger. Doesn’t hurt when i have one removed. :O
Shalashaska
This isn’t the case just with gaming journalism, having worked in and with local media the copy and paste function is a journalists best friend nowadays. Just a side note this is only my experience with journalism.