superchunk said:
Persistantthug said:
I keep hearing that from people who likely were young and/or weren't really paying attention to gaming news back in 2003'ish time.
We knew about the XBOX 360 (XBOX 2) well before Microsoft's official announcement at E3 2005. For example, in 2003, We knew AMD were doing the GPU because they announced it, and Microsoft followed it up a few days later. My point is, is there's always a lead time before a home console launch....no less than a year of lead time in fact.
"Known during development as Xbox Next, Xenon, Xbox 2, Xbox FS or NextBox,[21] the Xbox 360 was conceived in early 2003.[22] In February 2003, planning for the Xenon software platform began, and was headed by Microsoft's Vice President J Allard.[22] That month, Microsoft held an event for 400 developers in Bellevue, Washington to recruit support for the system.[22] Also that month, Peter Moore, former president of Sega of America, joined Microsoft. On August 12, 2003, ATI signed on to produce the graphic processing unit for the new console, a deal which was publicly announced two days later."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360
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Are you serious???? We know every company is making somethign years before its announced. Fucking stupidist shit I've ever heard. So what 720 is considered officially known since 2007 then???
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Here maybe you need more.....This is MICROSOFT confirming XBOX 2 is on the way in August 2003. Smoking guns like this can't be discounted....not even by you, superchunk.
"We selected ATI after reviewing the top graphics technologies in development and determining that ATI's technical vision fits perfectly with the future direction of Xbox," Robbie Bach, senior vice president of Microsoft's home and entertainment division, said in a statement.http://news.cnet.com/2100-1043_3-5063661.html
Again....when console developers are truly ready to bring consoles, we always know about it......always.
