| Libara said: I'm patient enough to wait for MS to take their time with the next Xbox. It's all rumours at the moment. |
That's kind of the point of the article.
Assuming a November 21 launch for Durango, this will be a very short time between announcement and release, which (it is hypothesised by the author) means that it will be the console unprepared for launch.
Tim ebetween launch and release:
Durango - 6 months
360 - 6 months
PS4 - 9 months
PS2 12 months
Wii - 14 months
PS3 - 18 months
WiiU - 19 months
Xbox - 21 months
Now, the early release of the 360 is often cited as why RROD was such a big thing, and we have no idea whether the PS4 will have launch games, so I think it is very significant that there is so little time between launch and release.
However, that is far from saying that Durango is doomed. WiiU has had only 2 significant games since launch (both at launch) and yet by it's 2nd Christmas it is likely to have a lot and be selling quite well, so even if Durango launches with no big games that'll only be a short term thing - the games will be there in late 2014 and if another RROD sized bug occurs, MS has the cash to extend the warranty like they did with RROD.
