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Xbox Next is a name used along with Project Xenon, Xbox 2 and Xbox 360 to refer to Microsoft's as-yet unnamed Xbox successor video game console. It is expected to be released late 2005 in USA and the launch in Europe is only expected a few weeks later.

In March 2004, Microsoft announced a new software game development strategy, dubbed "XNA", relevant to the Xbox Next.

The Xbox Next will compete for marketshare with the Playstation 3 and Nintendo's Project Revolution.

Rumors

  • In a Q&A with the development community, Pete Isensee, Development Lead, Xbox Advanced Technology Group, detailed the Xbox Next's specifications. The console is powered by a customized 3.0 GHz CPU, based on the IBM PowerPC 970 processor. The GPU is a custom 500 MHz ATI chip, which is rumored to be a generation ahead of the X800 series. The console has 256 MB of unified memory.

The CPU includes either two or three independent processors (cores) on a single die. Each core runs at 3.0 GHz. The Xenon CPU can issue two instructions per clock cycle per core. The CPU peaks at approximately 72 GFLOPS.

  • Unlike the Xbox, the basic version of the Xbox Next is rumored not to have a hard disk.
  • In November 2004, The Inquirer reported that three separate versions of the Xbox Next may be released: a standard Xbox Next, the Xbox Next HD with a built-in hard drive and additional multimeda functionality, and the Xbox Next PC which would incorporate an entry-level PC, a CD burner, a wireless keyboard and mouse, and a special multimedia edition of Windows XP.
  • If the Xbox Next does come in a version with a hard drive, Halo "2.5" will be a launch title.

Xbox 2 and "Halo 2.5"

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