Today on Headline
RePLAY: Yet more rumors about the next Xbox, Sony wants first dibs on marketing
their next-gen console and Capcom responds to Better Business Bureau complaints
about Street Fighter X Tekken.
Not to be outdone by
the wave of PlayStation 4 (a.k.a. the “Orbis”) news, new but contradictory
details about the next Xbox have emerged:
In contradiction to
recent reports that Microsoft’s next-gen console is going digital, VG247 claims
that it will have a Blu-ray drive. Despite the inclusion of a Blu-ray drive,
however, the console will require a constant internet connection.
According to VG247,
the specs of the machine include two GPUs. One of VG247’s sources said, “It’s
like two PCs taped together.”
Additionally, it will
have “four or six” cores to its CPU: one reserved for the built-in Kinect and
another for the console’s OS.
*Source: VG247
Hot off the heels of all
the PlayStation 4 coverage last week, rumors suggest that Sony is seeking to beat
Microsoft to the punch in marketing the next-gen console.
“Sony [is] completely
in the belief that they have the jump on Microsoft this time,” sources told
VG247. “You should be watching the timing of next year’s E3 keynotes, and who’s
going to go first.”
One such source tells
VG247 that Sony is “confident” that it “will have the console at market ahead
of the next generation Xbox next Christmas.”
*Source: VG247
The Street Fighter X Tekken on-disc DLC
drama continues: after receiving complaints from consumers via the Better
Business Bureau, Capcom responds that they see little difference in the medium
that DLC is delivered.
Capcom recites their
official stance that the company believes on-disc DLC provides “more flexible”
and “efficient gameplay” for the game’s lifecycle. However, the kicker comes in
when Capcom observes there is no distinction between on-disc DLC and DLC
delivered later as a download:
“There is effectively
no distinction between the DLC being “locked” behind the disc and available for
unlocking at a later date, or being available through a full download at a
later date, other than delivery mechanism.”
Apparently, to Capcom,
completed content that is on disc is equivalent to content released post-launch
received through a server, which begs the question: what is legitimate DLC and
what was content cut from games to be released at a later date?
*Source: Gaming BLEND
