The new Xbox: 6 times more powerful than the old? - Credits: Microsoft

The first concrete details emerge about the next console from Microsoft: yes, we are still at the stage of rumors of an anonymous source, but if they are unbalanced in publications such as IGN , the feeling is that there is substance beneath. Here then in summary, the juicy part: Xbox 720 (Let's call it that) will be released in late October or early November of 2013 and will be six times more powerful than the current console, in anticipation, about 20% higher than U Wii .

From what transpired, the mass production of the GPU (graphics microprocessor MP) will begin at the end of 2012, it would be a derivation of the 6000 series from AMD, and specifically similar to Radeon HD 6670, already available for PC from 'Last year at a price around 70-80 euro.

Nothing new, much less the state of the art - the computer game fans are accustomed to a very different - but we must take into account two factors:
1) Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 have done wonders with the old technology that is found, the console machines are perfected and targeted exclusively for the game, then "settle" for less bombastic specific
2) the goal of manufacturers is to create powerful console, above all, reliable and affordable in cost, and so obviously can not compare to the PC attitude.

In the coming months, it seems to August, the developers can get their hands on development kit with the final configuration, and then we will know what really beats beneath the body of the new Xbox (unless you think the first few announcements from Microsoft).