A bunch of rumors for all three upcoming next generation consoles with people thinking the Wii U has less power than the 3DS, the next Xbox to require a constant internet connection, and Sony in a race to be out before Microsoft.
Based on a potentially bogus claim of an upcoming financial report from Rockstar, the Wii U could be having a November 18 release date. Also rumored from another source is the Wii U somehow went backwards in overall power with the system being a lot weaker than the PS3, Xbox 360, and 3DS.
Sony is rumored to be rushing through the final stages of their next Playstation console with the company's goal to prevent Microsoft from having another head start.
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The consoles specifications were apparently nailed down last year and players will be able to use the PlayStation Vita as a controller.
“Sony is completely in the belief that they have the jump on Microsoft this time,” said the source. “You should be watching the timing of next year’s E3 keynotes, and who’s going to go first.”
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Microsoft is currently rumored to have their next Xbox contain similar features the next Sony Playstation might have by requiring a constant internet connection in order to use the console. Also rumored are the use of Blu-Ray discs for games and 2 GPUs to help generate a 4-6 core processor system it would use.
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According to the info, the new Xbox will use the Blu-ray format and carry two GPUs that will act independent of one another. They are reported to be the equivalent to the AMD 7000 series and are described as being ”like two PCs taped together,” the sources claim.
The console will run using four or six CPU cores, one will be dedicated to Kinect – which will be built in – and another will be used for the operating system. Finally the sources claim that the next Xbox will require an always-on Internet connection to run in order to prevent piracy.
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Finally, developers are pushing very hard for both Microsoft and Sony to scrap their patch approval process which normally takes 2 weeks on average in order to allow "on the fly" patching for games. The upside is it will allow patches to arrive as fast as they do for PC games but the main downside is no guarantees the companies will not rush out patches that could cause even more problems.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...ore-microsoft/
http://kotaku.com/5898476/were-not-b...nch-date-rumor
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...e-fly-updates/
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...t-requirement/
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Daily Recap:
1) April's Club Nintendo game rewards are the Wiiware titles of "You, Me, and the Cubes" and "Excite Bike World Rally" to go along with Metal Torrent from DSiware.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/club...-rewards-april
2) UK ratailer GAME has been saved sort of as OpCapita's Baker Acquisitions Unlimited has purchased about 50% of the company for a rumored 1 Euro price but will also take on the 85 million Euros debt currently held by GAME.
http://www.giantbomb.com/news/game-f...-closure/4063/
3) Based on leaked assets found within the disc of Resident Evil Operation Raccoon City, developer Slant Six was working on a Star Wars Battlefront III game before it was cancelled.
http://www.screwattack.com/news/rumo...ttlefront-game
4) Bungie officially completes the handover of the Halo franchise to 343 Industries with the final stat tally showing over 235,000 in game years and over 20 billion multiplayer matches played since 2004.
http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/...t-infographic/