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superchunk on 01 February 2012
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Persistantthug said:
superchunk said:
I like that article. It proves my point that I've been lambasting about endlessly.

My favorite quotable, "...the presence of the PS4 and next Xbox will be felt at some point this year, and that the intention of those reveals will be to allow their respective companies to hit the ground running next January, to start the lead up to a 2013 release."

While I still think there is a chance on a 2012 release for neXtBox, 2013 is a definite for both as far as I'm concerned.


There is absolutely ZERO chance for a 2012 release.

 

 

2013 isn't even guaranteed at this point.  Why?  Because XBOX 360 and Kinects are still selling like hot cakes.

1) MS won't really want Nintendo to have too much of a head start as they know how much it helped the 360.
2) MS will want a head start on Sony as they know how much it helped the 360. A mild surprise launch in 2012 in NA only confirmed at this years E3, is exactly that and would a major tactical advantage to MS over Sony.
3) If they started building final dev kids in December 2011, its guaranteed internal devs and close partners already had early dev kits for a great part of 2011.
4) #3 says they are already building a library to go with a launch.
5) A north american launch is all MS would need (as that's their primary market) and that would only require a few million units. Easily doable based on very strong rumor final dev kits being produced since December 2011.

Those 5 items clearly give me a solid chance at a late 2012 release in NA. I know E3 will cement this one way or the other.