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Some have pointed to this month’s Game Developers Conference as the place where Microsoft will unveil the Xbox 2 specifications. Even ex-Xbox team member Kevin Bachus, now an Infinium Labs executive, said in an interview, “I know that Microsoft will announce Xbox 2 at GDC.”
To throw more fuel to the fire Microsoft Japan's Asako Miyata told Bloomberg that Robbie Bach will be on stage to talk about Xbox 2 and officially announce the hardware specs.
Today we point towards information that seems to confirm that there won’t be any announcement regarding final hardware specifications at the Game Developers Conference and, contrary to what others say, this is not a consequence of a “waiting-for-Sony” game. Microsoft is not waiting for what Sony does or does not announce. More than likely, it is as simply that the hardware specs are not yet finalized because some parts are still in development. This time Microsoft isn’t using broadly off-the-shelf parts, instead most of the Xbox 2 components are proprietary, which means they are not available in the market. So the development process will take time and we still have a year to go. But the big question is:
Is there going to be any Xbox 2 stuff at GDC?
Well, it has been said that an image is worth a thousand words...you can start coming up with some now:
This image is an ad in the pages of the last issue of Game Developers magazine and it shows a film noir-like girl inviting you to meet at main and unexpected. Then you have the following quote:
“Are you ready to do things you’ve never done before? What’s coming up will take you places you never believed possible. Come hear about the software for the next generation of gaming and you’ll never look back”
Pay close attention to mention of “software for the next generation,” as that’s the key to what you can expect to be unveiled at the Game Developers Conference.
What we can confirm to you, and we have this ad to back us up, is that there will be Xbox 2 related info at the Game Developers Conference, but it will most likely be showcased as “next-generation” demonstrations. What Microsoft plans to showcase during the expo days are technical demos. But this time there won’t be mousetraps loaded with ping-pong balls…
The next generation of graphics is all about realistic characters, brought to life by complex vertex shaders, state of the art lighting and shadowing models. Characters with realistic skin, hair and eyebrows interacting in life-like environments filled with photorealistic water, fire and wind. You have seen some tidbits in the Half Life 2 demo and the nVIDIA’s Dawm GeForce FX demos, but this stuff promises to go far beyond that.
