Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton (that's England in Europe) Wedbush Morgan media pal and games industry analyst Michael Pachter states some certainties about the NextBox, aka Xbox 720, aka GuessBox. He talks cost and format.
"The next Xbox will be Windows for sure, and you’ll be able to open up multiple TV channels in different windows and you’ll use SmartGlass to shoot off different channels to how ever many screens you want. That is happening, that I’m certain of." He says with certainty.
He also pontificates about Microsoft's, "strategy to take over the world" in comparison to Sony which, "will keep plugging away because they have an integrated strategy across all of their consumer electronic products."
“Console will have to be multiple purpose devices, though. The Xbox 720, this is my prediction, is going to be your television as well [as your game console]. You’ll be able to tune into television through it.
“You wont need a ‘smart TV’ when you’ve got an Xbox 720, it will be your television and your internet. It’s going to be open architecture and I think it’s real trick will be that one Xbox will be able to display television to as many screens as you have in your possession."
In terms of price: “I’m pretty confident that in the US Microsoft is going to partner with a cable TV provider, so I expect that the console will be priced like a smart phone. I expect you’ll be paying $99 for the console with a cable TV subscription.”
There you go, and thanks to Incgamers.
"The next Xbox will be Windows for sure, and you’ll be able to open up multiple TV channels in different windows and you’ll use SmartGlass to shoot off different channels to how ever many screens you want. That is happening, that I’m certain of." He says with certainty.
He also pontificates about Microsoft's, "strategy to take over the world" in comparison to Sony which, "will keep plugging away because they have an integrated strategy across all of their consumer electronic products."
“Console will have to be multiple purpose devices, though. The Xbox 720, this is my prediction, is going to be your television as well [as your game console]. You’ll be able to tune into television through it.
“You wont need a ‘smart TV’ when you’ve got an Xbox 720, it will be your television and your internet. It’s going to be open architecture and I think it’s real trick will be that one Xbox will be able to display television to as many screens as you have in your possession."
In terms of price: “I’m pretty confident that in the US Microsoft is going to partner with a cable TV provider, so I expect that the console will be priced like a smart phone. I expect you’ll be paying $99 for the console with a cable TV subscription.”
There you go, and thanks to Incgamers.
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DrkStr 11 Jul 2012 13:14
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Microsoft? "open architecture"?
What have you been smoking Mike?
What have you been smoking Mike?