Report: Microsoft's April Xbox Event Pushed to May 21
Rumor has it Microsoft has pushed its Xbox event back by almost a month.
Back in February, we heard talk that the new Xbox would be revealed in April. However, it seems Microsoft may have pushed the big unveiling back by roughly a month. According to Microsoft blogger Paul Thurrott, Microsoft has now pushed this event back to April 21. Thurrott made this remark during a What The Tech segment last week.
"Originally they were going to announce this thing in April, April 24th. Now they're going to announce it May 20, May 21st. We know that there are events occurring this year where we are going to learn more about Durango," said Thurrott, adding that the console would see an early November release.
The Verge has since reported the same, citing its own sources that say, yes, the unveiling has been delayed until May. What's more, these same sources say the event itself will be at a small venue and will focus on providing the first details on the next generation of Xbox. An April event would have been nice, especially since we're likely to get the full show in June at E3 anyway. Still, we're not about to turn our nose up at any scrap of information Microsoft wants to throw our way.
The most recent rumors regarding the Xbox 720 involved an always-on internet connection. Last week, Kotaku reported that Xbox Infinity (720) will require an Internet connection to load games. An unnamed source told the site that if there isn't a connection, then apps and games cannot start. If the console is disconnected while an app or game is in use, they will be suspended after three minutes and the console will go into network troubleshooting mode.

Well, they could have potentially had time to change it once they saw the PS4 unveiling. I doubt they'll have made it more powerful than the PS4, though they may have increased it some, to get it within about 10% of the PS4 instead of the 30% the leaked specs place it at.
But if it is true, this vastly unpopular requirement will be a huge test towards console gamers. Will the gamers show they are addicted to consumerism and will buy things no matter how much they object to it? Or will they stand their ground and make Microsoft's next console a flop and will cement the path for future consoles to avoid ever trying that again.
The future of the consoles depends on this, if console gamers accept it expect Sony and Nintendo to follow. because the game publishers will demand it. The ball is in your court console gamers.
Absolutely not. Tape out to production silicone takes 16 months, and it is highly doubtful they'd plunk down the considerable amount of cash it would take to make a late-in-the-game change that wouldn't net them more than a 10% increase anyways (unless they re-engineered the silicone, cooling system, etc. from the ground up)
This type of direction is what RUINED battlefield 3 for me. I paid $60 and despite the game itself being great, the "add ons" ruined it. Required to be online? No. Required to launch a browser to play? No. Required to run an additional program (origin) and listen to what origin says? Hell no. I buy a game, I want to own it and do with it as I please (personally). It is outrageously frustrating to not be able to play a game I paid for without the internet, especially when it doesn't need the internet (i.e. campaign).
This type of thing will never see another dollar from me. Ever. And if you buy these products, you are encouraging these companies to continue yanking us around.
You only hear negative rumors because those are the only ones that stick and there are so many paranoid conspiracy theorists on the internet if you believe this crap you're an idiot.
The vast majority of people don't care, they already have internet on all the time. It's a few % that live on the bubble that are concerned. Do you really think most under 18 care about that or people in cities or people with half way decent jobs. I doubt they will have always on but I think they will give that option to game makers for their game.
Also I think they will do something to make sure they get a cut of the used game market as they should, gamestop is just a vulture and ripoff.
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Steam needs to be in Online mode all the time, unless you deliberately switch to offline mode and then all your Internet multiplay (but not LAN play) is borked - nobody cares about that, it is a universally accepted system of being "always connected" and for consoles to do the same is suddenly a bad thing?
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Before you retort, I already know it, you want to play used games, you think if your internet drops out you will not be able to play single player, you think they are spying on you, you need a tin foil hat
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If you don't like it, buy a Playstation 4 or a PC - uh oh - same deal - well, you can always go for Nintendo - good luck with that, enjoy playing Forza on that, not!
I don't think the always on connection will be true (ps4 had same rumor)
Look for a console about the same as PS4 and xbox will try to win with better software on the console
and the kinect 2
So instead I concentrate on all the positive rumors and leaks I've heard, like DVR and tv tuner functionality, streaming cable packages (one leak even said Microsoft is trying to convince cable networks to go a la carte so you no longer have to pay for bundles that include channels you don't want), Skype video and audio chat (including Skype audio chat replacing Xbox Live's own voice service in games which would also include increased party chat size), online play being added to Xbox Live Silver, 3 new Exclusive IP's in the works as launch titles. The Next Xbox sounds like one device that does just about everything you could need a living room device to do, play and record video games, watch and record local TV, Cable TV, or online TV (like Netflix, Hulu, and Crackle), browse the web, chat with others over Skype, listen to music, etc. One device that does it all.