Rumored Xbox Durango development kit sells for $20,100 on eBay
Could be legit?
A supposed next generation Xbox development kit has sold on eBay for $20,100, which could be interesting if true.
The "Microsoft Xbox Durango Development Kit" is one of two prototype units whose existence was leaked in previous weeks, and now it has been sold by its owner. Both machines belong to a man known as "DaE," who posted photos and specifications of one devkit and even what will be possible with Kinect 2.0. The seller confirmed on his Twitter account that the devkit sold on eBay was his and that he has another in his home.
The spare Xbox Durango devkit was sold because DaE did not want to keep it around as a "leg rest" anymore. Eighteen bidders placed 43 total bids on the unit, with the winner coming in to jump the bid from $16,000 to $20,000 USD. That bid was matched, so an extra $100 was added for the final purchase price of $20,100.
The winner is remaining anonymous, although there can be plenty of speculation on just who it was. It could be a random person with an extra 20 grand lying around or possibly Microsoft themselves. The sale of an Xbox Durango devkit, even one that may not be legit, probably would not sit well with the tech giant.
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Either way, hopefully Microsoft didn't just bid on this supposedly rogue unit and pick it up, would be interesting to get a look at the internals/some verification on whether its actually real or not from a trustworthy source.
*Another thing, wouldn't you expect Sony to have expressed interest in buying it if it were legitimate, boosting the price far higher than this? Unless they already have inside knowledge of Durango's components... so many theories...
Though there were also rumors when this guy first leaked it that the thing was running 12Gb RAM an Nvidia GPU and an Intel CPU of some description, this was also apparently backed up by an unknown source at IGN (possibly another developer). There are many ways Sony could find out what is in that case without buying it I'm sure.
The devkit would need more I guess, but I'm think that if it really does have 12GB, the kit is probably for more than just testing/debugging games. It probably has some programs on it for actually producing and rendering games. Can't really explain it having 12GB of ram otherwise.
On the other hand, if those CPU and GPU brand rumors are true, then it stands to reason the next X-box will have a CPU and GPU by the same companies.
From what I read the reason Microsoft changed from Nvidia to ATi from Xbox to Xbox 360 was because Nvidia wanted too much money, I assume if Microsoft have gone back to Nvidia it's because the dispute has been cleared, or Sony have opted for an all AMD system next gen and Nvidia feel they need to be in a console of some form so PC ports aren't completely AMD optimized.
Though as we know it's all rumor and speculation as to what hardware and in what form it will take in the next gen hardware.
To me it would seem the only way to keep him or her out of legal trouble if MS ever learns who DaE is.