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xboxevolved.e-mpire.com - 10/15/2008
Xbox 720 and Xbox 360 News, Reviews, Previews, and more at Xbox Evolved
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Xbox Evolved has been known for posting some outlandish rumors in the past. After all back in early 2004 at the end of a rumor-smashing article, we published our own information about the next Xbox (later named Xbox 360 of course) having a hard drive as an option. GameSpy later confirmed that ...

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Gizmodo:  Next Xbox Will Upgrade Xbox 360 Games to Look Amazing, Use New Controller Features [Big Fat Rumor]

CrunchGear:  And what a rumor! Microsoft’s next console to be forwards compatible

SlashGear:  Xbox 360 games to be ‘forward-compatible’ with next-gen console?

xbitlabs.com - 10/8/2008
Microsoft Preps External Blu-Ray Disc Optical Drive for Xbox 360
— xbitlabs.com — Microsoft Has Blu-Ray Drive for Xbox 360 Ready, Release Date Under Consideration (more) Microsoft Preps External Blu-Ray Disc Optical Drive for ...

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System Use - Enjoy the New Xbox Experience and Xbox LIVE!
xbox.com - 10/14/2008
System Use - Enjoy the New Xbox Experience and Xbox LIVE!
— xbox.com — Find more entertainment at your fingertips than any other device connected to your TV, instantly streaming movies from Netflix*, downloadingthe latest high-def TV shows and Hollywood hits**, or playing Arcade classics like PAC-MAN , Galaga Legions , ... (more) System Use - Enjoy the New Xbox Experience and Xbox LIVE!

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Next Xbox Will Upgrade Xbox 360 Games to Look Amazing, Use New Controller Features [Big Fat Rumor]
Gizmodo — ... I don't even know how this would work, but Xbox Evolved says that the next Xbox (720 or Next, whatever) won't just be backward-compatible with games, it'll be forward-compatible. What the hell does that mean? Forward-compatibility would mean that games made for the 360 will be able to take full advantage of the next Xbox's muscle to look more amazing and like that generaation—not just cleaner textures and higher resolutions, but better frame rate, draw distance, the whole deal. Also, it would mean features in the 720's controller would be used in the game as ...

And what a rumor! Microsoft’s next console to be forwards compatible
CrunchGear — ... Backwards compatibility, schmackwards compatibility. If we’re to believe this hot little number, Microsoft may well be working on future compatibility. ...

Xbox 360 games to be ‘forward-compatible’ with next-gen console?
SlashGear — ... Latest Microsoft gaming rumor on the block is the surprising idea that the company is planning forward-compatibility for Xbox 360 games played on the third-generation Xbox.  Where backward-compatibility is a console’s ability to play titles from a previous generation of hardware (e.g. original Xbox games played on the Xbox 360, either through hardware or software emulation), forward-compatibility would be gameplay, graphics, control and other features of a title “unlocked” by virtue of the next-gen console’s improved abilities. ...

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