BTFeather55 said:
When did you know that the 360 was coming out? Most people didn't know before GDC 2005 or the MTV Special a couple of months later. I don't remember there being any mention of a new xbox in any publications that I read that were talking about games like Stranger's Wrath or Jade Empire when they were first released. And there was no information about a year earlier when Halo 2 released in November of 2004. The biggest XBox news that I remember from that time was that Halo 2 was releasing and that Ninja Gaiden Black and Half-Life 2 were coming to the original xbox in '05. |
HappySquurriel is correct. We would definitely know about the 360-2 by now if it is coming out in 2010. We knew of the 360 design specs as early as June 2004 (see below link). And way before this we knew MS was planning a new box when they officially commissioned ATI to design the 360 graphic chip. This was in 2003 I believe.
http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/15862/Leaked-XBox-Next-Specs
And we all knew Sony was in a joint venture with IBM and Toshiba to develop the CELL for PS3 around 2003 as well. So developers would know about the estimated specs of a new machine about 20-30 months before anticipated release. And soon after that, the general public would know due to developer leaks.
