wraggster
January 10th, 2007, 17:46
via cvg (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=154266)
Microsoft game developer group boss Chris Satchell has addressed recent rumours of revised HDMI-enabled Xbox 360 hardware, saying that the remixed console is simply an "experimentation".
Photographs of the new hardware appeared on the internet at the end of last week, showing an additional HDMI port on the rear of the console - there was also talk of a 120GB HDD being on the cards.
"At the moment, everything you might have seen is just looking at our experimentation back in Redmond, not really a product that we're thinking about announcing," Satchell told Gamespot.
But while the new hardware might be off the cards, Satchell didn't rule out the possibility of a bumped-up hard disk, saying "if we see an increase in pressure that's something that will be interesting to look at, but there isn't any announcement today about any new configuration that may or may not be happening."
Which might be useful when the recently announced Xbox 360 IPTV service arrives, which Satchell says he hopes to integrate via a dashboard update, rather than a disc install. "Obviously our preference normally is to do everything online because that's where people are at," he said.
Microsoft plans to launch the Xbox 360 IPTV - which, in a nutshell, allows you to stream TV through your 360 (the cost of which Microsoft is apparently leaving up to its partners) - "by holiday 2007".
Microsoft game developer group boss Chris Satchell has addressed recent rumours of revised HDMI-enabled Xbox 360 hardware, saying that the remixed console is simply an "experimentation".
Photographs of the new hardware appeared on the internet at the end of last week, showing an additional HDMI port on the rear of the console - there was also talk of a 120GB HDD being on the cards.
"At the moment, everything you might have seen is just looking at our experimentation back in Redmond, not really a product that we're thinking about announcing," Satchell told Gamespot.
But while the new hardware might be off the cards, Satchell didn't rule out the possibility of a bumped-up hard disk, saying "if we see an increase in pressure that's something that will be interesting to look at, but there isn't any announcement today about any new configuration that may or may not be happening."
Which might be useful when the recently announced Xbox 360 IPTV service arrives, which Satchell says he hopes to integrate via a dashboard update, rather than a disc install. "Obviously our preference normally is to do everything online because that's where people are at," he said.
Microsoft plans to launch the Xbox 360 IPTV - which, in a nutshell, allows you to stream TV through your 360 (the cost of which Microsoft is apparently leaving up to its partners) - "by holiday 2007".