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Xbox 720 details may have been leaked in huge document

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Words: on June 16, 2012
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A document that leaked today purportedly reveals the future of the Xbox platform until 2015, including details about future direction and products. The biggest details include an advanced Kinect system that includes personal glasses, as well as consideration of a buyout of OnLive's cloud gaming service.

The document describes a 2013 launch for the platform, with extra features being rolled out slowly over the ensuing years. In 2014 the document says they'll roll out a new glasses-based Kinect system similar to Google Glass. The image above shows a cowboy character busting through the screen with all players being able to view it regardless of their position.

Perhaps the most tantalizing tidbit, however, says that the system will only cost $299, including a form of Kinect. Few of these details are groundbreaking, and most fall relatively close to what we'd expect from the next console.

This is all firmly in the realm of rumors right now though. We don't yet know whether this is an enormous leak that somehow snuck out of Microsoft HQ in Redmond, WA. Or if this is an incredibly elaborate hoax. Normally we'd wonder why anybody would spend such a colossal amount of time perpetrating a hoax like this (drawn images and all), but we've ceased to be amazing by the Internet's ridiculousness.

The original document has been removed already, but you can head to Ars Technica for a more full run down on the system specs and specifics of the document.

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72 comments

  • Jessmn2 - June 18, 2012 4:40 p.m.

    Everyone seems to forget one thing in this whole scenario: Trolls will go to rediculous means to screw with people. You say it's too elaborate to be a prank, and I say that's a load. What DOES interest me is that the guy would be smart enough to do AAAAALLLL this crap, but not set the price at a legitamate standard. Did he just think people would be that gullible or what?

  • sirdilznik - June 18, 2012 11:06 a.m.

    I'm calling bull**** on this, the price is the red flag. Unless Microsoft plans to take a substantial loss on every 720 made for quite some time or the 720 winds up being only as powerful as the Wii U, if that, then I see no way they could offer this at launch for $299, with a Kinect unit built in no less. There's just no way.

  • AzraelKans - June 18, 2012 1:14 p.m.

    I already saw the pdf, and to be honest it looks like WAY too much work to be just a prank, also the details on current events from the marketing perspective is spot on, However it does look like an overall pitch not a product guideline. So there is a chance some of the stuff there was not greenlighted. We will need to wait and see.

  • Inthedistrict - June 17, 2012 7:49 p.m.

    Yeah, I believed this until I read the part about it only costing $299. Now I don't believe it. How could the xbox360 cost over $500 and the Xbox720 only cost $299? Assuming the technology is newer, how would Microsoft ever recover the losses from even producing the 720? Something doesn't make sense....

  • brickman409 - June 17, 2012 9:19 p.m.

    sounds like microsoft is going to follow the same idea that nintendo had when releasing the wii. Have last gen graphics, include some kind of gimmick and sell it at a cheap price

  • yonderTheGreat - June 17, 2012 9:55 p.m.

    When did the xbox360 ever cost "over 500 dollars"? Never. The only way you paid more than 500 bucks retail is if you bought bundles, which meant you bought games and stuff too. Quit being ridiculous.

  • shawksta - June 18, 2012 12:51 a.m.

    You DO realize how the economy evolved since then right? Yeah, costs should be high, but not THAT high, it would be murder given the state.

  • mentalityljs - June 18, 2012 11:25 a.m.

    I think what Inthedistrict was saying was that an order to take full advantage of the 360's potential, it was neccessary to spend at LEAST an extra $200-$300 in additional hardware and peripherals alone. So with that in mind, it would only seem unlikely that any 720 bundle would be as little as $300. Microsoft is far too well known for their consumer rape tactics. But who knows, perhaps the multi-billion dollar company will be taking a hit this time around to stay atop. That, or like brickman409 said, using last-gen hardware with a next-gen peripheral.

  • NullG7 - June 17, 2012 12:19 p.m.

    The only thing that this proporded Xbox 720 needs to be 1000000000000000000000000000000x better is A BETTER NAME MICROSOFT IF YOU CAN HERE THIS PLEASE DO NOT CALL YOUR NEXT GAMING CONSOLE THE XBOX 720 IT IS THE WORST NAME EVER!

  • radiodeaf - June 17, 2012 7:40 p.m.

    I doubt they will be so cliche, you only have to watch what nintendo and sony have done with their consoles to know it will have a different name too. Everyone else is just using 720 as the moniker.

  • xx_CaPTiiN_SpAiiN_zz - June 17, 2012 11:37 a.m.

    299$!!! that is extremely cheap im definitely going to get it. So glad i didnt get that piece of trash PS3 which was basically sony asking you to fork over a 24 carot gold bar for a black toaster with ps3 engraved on it. nintendo are a good company though just not sonyt so dont think im being racist lol. but lets be honest here sonys next console will be late again and probably cost 1000$ with its new 'green ray' technology lol. screw sony for me and microsoft all the way. they have never let me down.

  • lkchevrolet021 - June 17, 2012 2:34 p.m.

    If you really believe it will only be $299, you are seriously ignorant. The Wii U is already looking to be over $400.

  • DickSingh666 - June 17, 2012 4:25 p.m.

    lol this new console will definently not be $299, and when xbox 360 came out, battery powered wireless controllers, no HDMI, no digital audio, a 20gb hdd,the thing didn't even have wifi for christ sake. PS3 was expensive as shit when it came out, but i believe it has paid off for itself, considering the games that have come out on it, and Blu-ray is the standard for hi def, and no i am not a sony fanboy, i love all consoles (except wii) and have all consoles (except wii, loved gamecube though)

  • PanicJester - June 17, 2012 9:35 p.m.

    I paid 600 bucks for my ps3 when it came out so i wouldn't be surprised to see a nearly 1000 bucks tag on the ps4 and if Microsoft's next console cost's half that then i see the xbox dominating next gen if this happens. For me its looking like i will be playing the Wii-U more out of the next gen consoles since they are finally putting a decent damn controller out and I'm getting sick of FPS's.

  • yonderTheGreat - June 17, 2012 9:56 p.m.

    If you really believe the Wii U is going to cost over 400 dollars then you are seriously ignorant. Carry on.

  • christian-shaffer - June 17, 2012 10:57 p.m.

    See I can understand a console (even the Wii U) costing around $400, but I draw the line at $100 games. As long as they intend to sell games at that price, I will never buy a Wii U, and if Microsoft and Sony decide to go the same route with ridiculously priced games, I won't buy there consoles either, regardless of whatever they bring to the table in terms of technology. Also, I really wouldn't be surprised if there are different Wii U consoles at launch, i.e. Xbox 360 Arcade and Xbox 360 Elite, with the better of the two costing around $400.

  • KnowYourPokemon - June 18, 2012 7:01 a.m.

    You don't actually believe they're going to charge $100 a game do you? They're not just going to almost double the price of their games and expect people to actually pay money for it. Nintendo has learned from experience the limits to which people will pay for this stuff.

  • Purgatori - June 18, 2012 11:31 a.m.

    Every time spAiiN posts something the stench of BS is so strong I have to air out my computer afterwards.

  • xx_CaPTiiN_SpAiiN_zz - June 18, 2012 12:28 p.m.

    reported.

  • tiben36 - June 18, 2012 3:23 p.m.

    "omg, you just hurt my feelings, boo hoo, im telling my mommy" WAY TO TAKE CRITISM >inb4 derported

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