Durango Leak Reveals Mandatory Installation, Always Online

<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;vgleaks&period;com&sol;durango-xdk&sol;">VGLeaks<&sol;a> has posted a number of screenshots of the Next Xbox&sol;Durango&&num;8217&semi;s Development Kit installation software&comma; as well as documentation that contains an overview of the hardware&period; The site&comma; in the past&comma; has talked at length about the hardware&comma; but decided to move on to the software that actually powers the system&period; The aforementioned hardware overview details several features of the Durango&comma; such as an always-online connection&comma; a Blu-Ray disc drive&comma; and mandatory game installations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;The Durango will implement different power states so that it can always be powered on&comma; but will draw minimal electricity when not in use&period; The console will be ready instantly when users want to play&comma; and will always maintain a network connection so that console software and games are always current&period; With this &&num;8216&semi;Always On&comma; Always Connected&&num;8217&semi; design&comma; users will quickly and easily enjoy their connected entertainment experiences&comma; with no waiting for the console to restart or install updates&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Every Durango console will have a hard drive&comma; although it&&num;8217&semi;s exact capacity has not been chosen&comma; it will be large enough&comma; however&comma;  to hold a large number of games&period; All games will be installed on the hard drive&period; Play from the optical disc will not be supported&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The overview continues to note how the Durango will contain an installation system that will allow players to play their game while it is being installed to the hard drive&comma; as opposed to waiting for the install to finish&period; A Kinect sensor will also be included with every Durango system sold&comma; and will be required for the console to operate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Microsoft is rumored to be gearing up to <a title&equals;"Microsoft To Announce Next Xbox At Newly Rumored April Event&quest;" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;microsoft-announce-xbox-newly-rumored-april-event&sol;">reveal their next-gen system in April<&sol;a>&comma; where&comma; hopefully&comma; we&&num;8217&semi;ll get some solid facts&period; Current rumors and leaks such as this don&&num;8217&semi;t leave me with a positive feeling&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;