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[Ultimate John]

Over the weekend, an alleged next-generation Xbox development kit posed for photographs and sold itself on eBay. Most of the shots were dull and boring but one included a peek at an old build of Visual Studio 2012 with Durango tools wired up. Worth noting was:

The presence of Package.appxmanifest in the solution.
The use of the Windows::ApplicationModel::Core::CoreApplication::Exit() method.

Assuming the shot is real, these nuggets lend more credibility to the rumor that the next-gen Xbox will be powered by a SKU of Windows 8 and that apps will be written to the tune of the Windows Runtime API — maybe even exclusively, scrapping Win32 access altogether. Interesting stuff.





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Edited by Ultimate John, 13 August 2012 - 11:01 AM.

[Maximum Payne]

Well they already have XBL which is almost same looking Windows 8 Metro.
So they will change tittle call it ''we have windows 8 shipping with xbox'' add 2-3 function and Voila !

Edited by Maximum Payne, 13 August 2012 - 11:39 AM.

[Villain]

i wonder if this will break compatability of the old xbox/xbox360 games?
Not like i care, about time xbox games can be made in .net... w/o XNA or such.

[FalseAgent]

...so the next Xbox will be ARM or Intel/AMD based? Because Windows 8 doesn't run on anything else other than Intel/AMD/ARM.

If it's going to run Windows Embedded, then that isn't Windows at all.

Edited by FalseAgent, 13 August 2012 - 05:59 PM.

[Darren 54]

Xbox emulator for Windows will be possible now...

[Gragier_521]

We can at least hope for cross-platform gaming.