Microsoft has always announced something Xbox related at CES, and the heavy rumor this time is that they will come out and unveil the next Xbox this time at CES at their keynote presentation, in exactly two hours from now.But why would they announce a games console at a general electronics show? Why not hold it back till E3, which isa games related event?Because if recent rumors are to be believed, the next Xbox isn't a games machine... it's the living room equivalent of a tablet, a full fledged multimedia box that also incidentally does games, by the way.In two hours, we shall know for sure. Microsoft's presentation is at 6.30pm PT, 8.30PM CT and 9.30PM ET.Stay tuned, because I will keep this thread updated with all the news and rumors.CURRENT RUMORS:Xbox next to have 6 core CPU, 2GB DDR3 System RAM, two AMD GPUs with unknown amount of VRAMXbox next is called Xbox Infinity, in keeping with Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8 (turn 8 sideways and it becomes infinity)Xbox Next uses some form of tablet interactionXbox Next is integrated with a better KinectXbox Next is a a full fledged multimedia machine, with apps, videos, music, movies, on demand TV, web browsing, and more. All of this is via the heavily integrated Xbox Live ecosystem.WATCH THE LIVE STREAM HEREDON'T USE GOOGLE CHROME FOR THE STREAMAlternately, this link WORKS with Chrome:http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/events/ces/liveevent.aspx
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