New Xbox to be always online

NEW XBOX TO BE ALWAYS ONLINE, NO SECOND-HAND GAMES PLAYABLE

Rumours about the new Xbox have struck the Internet once again, and this time they reveal some less appealing news.

The rumours state that the Xbox 720 will be required to be online at all times, and does not support second-hand games..

Sources who are said to be working on the console revealed the features stated above to Edge. According to the sources even physical copies of games will require an Internet connection in order to be played.

Another thing to note is that gamers who buy physical copies will receive an activation code that will only work on their account. Due to this, trading and lending games will be impossible.

Hardware

The new Xbox is also said to support Blu-ray, something that was bound to happen, due to the increased and still increasing size of games, that comes with improved graphical detail and game complexity. Furthermore the new Xbox is said to have an AMD x64 CPU with eight cores at 1.6 GHz clock speed, a D3D11.x 800MHz graphics card and 8 GB DDR3 RAM. It is also said that Kinect is built in the new Xbox, and that the system is improved overall.

More and more information is starting to leak about the next-gen consoles, as we presumably approach their reveal. Sony might reveal their console on a pres conference on February 20th, whereas Microsoft is most likely to reveal their new Xbox around E3.