I'm hoping for a hybrid ssd hdd system to speed up streaming, games are getting bigger and I don't see ssd being cheap enough by it self to allow be to install a bunch of games.
That article clearly mentions Blu Ray Drive. I think the cloud option is later in the system cycle, with 2015 in the corner of that image. Alot of people are skeptical with the supposed $299 launch price with all of the features mentioned.
Yeah right, more RAM, what's next? Do we get to install an Operating System too? How about an Office-suite, maybe we can get an Anti-Virus while we're at it. Customizable consoles... what kind of an asshole would suggest that?
I don't think that they can do away with discs just yet, but have the ability to offer discs or downloadable options. Game companies don't hate discs, they hate losing sales because of used discs. I'm pretty sure that Sony and Microsoft have something in the works for this, might hint to the "always online" point in that…
Consoles are becoming less about games and more about every other form of media. But I can get all that from a PC, and would rather see consoles playing to their traditional strengths by keeping things simple, fast, and and easy. Remember back when you could play a game in less then 30 seconds after turning the system on?…
Without discs, how can we play the games when they're not available anymore and considered 'retro'? Will we have to buy more memory to buy more games? I think next gen consoles will be a mere soccer ball to me if they don't include game modules. I may not be a professional game developer, but I only have malice for the…
You guys are missing the point that the home consoles don't use RAM in the same way that a PC does. You only need to compare the capabilities of a PC with 512MB RAM to an Xbox 360 to see that the system architecture of each machine is fairly unique. As well as this, the graphics processors and CPU inside a 360 have fixed…