Every chance it will be supported for ten years plus. Way too many fee paying live subscribers - 40 m plus and Unlike Sony Microsoft has so much money it can keep throwing at it. That won't be a problem however as the 360 is still profitable which is another reason why it will continue to be supported. No brainer really....
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What surprises me most of all is that the 360 launched in 2005 and it's still able to pull of tricks that the other home consoles can't do. It updates lightning fast without the need to install, has cross game chat, runs the best version of many/most games (probably due to developer skills or lack of skill with other hardware). For a console that has launched almost a decade ago, it still manages to impress and learn new tricks.
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I suggest you re-read my comment 
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| BaldrSkies said: The Xbox 360 is a solid piece of hardware and I am very happy with mine. Speaking of longevity, I still have a first run 20GB pro console and the thing has never had any technical issues. |
Same with my GF's nephew except he had an Arcade launch. I got him an XBL $50 Points card for Christmas 2011 and his mom got pissed because she had to buy him an HDD for DLC.
But that sort of thing should be the norm and not the exception. I'm a big Xbox 360 fan and I've had two RRoD's (caused on myself, though) and one disc drive die out. Still, I've bought a 360 almost every year.
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More like the other guy was trying to spread the same old bullshit myth. I have a lot of friends who own a 360 and only 2 have had more than 1 replacement. My non HDMI 360 failed after 2 years and its replacement has been fine for 3 years since. If you treat your hardware like shit, don't be surprised when it breaks, which is my belief about people with 3+ 360's
| d21lewis said: What surprises me most of all is that the 360 launched in 2005 and it's still able to pull of tricks that the other home consoles can't do. It updates lightning fast without the need to install, has cross game chat, runs the best version of many/most games (probably due to developer skills or lack of skill with other hardware). For a console that has launched almost a decade ago, it still manages to impress and learn new tricks. |
yea, in retrospective Microsoft's decision to go with the all new unified shader architecture and putting in unified ram was a stroke of genius and they even managed to fit a potent scaling chip in there and all that for an affordable price - an amazing kit
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kowenicki said: No. It's is my thread and its about time on sales before successors. So your post is off topic and irrelevant. |
Ask for anybody here if I'm offtopic... you and your nonsense ideias.
Kaz is right... the PS3 have a 10+ years plan... 360 have what? I can't see MS supporting 360 after Nextbox release... so 8 or 9 years?
Well I don't care about 360.
| kowenicki said: The 360 has defied all naysayers by lasting the longest of all consoles before the official annoucement, let alone actually launch, of its successor. This is even more impressive given that it is still relevant in sales numbers each week. Regularly and consistently being the top selling home console in the US, the biggest single market. We all remember that the consensus was that the 360 would be replaced after 5 years or so and support would be dropped like a stone. Journalists said it, forums posts insited on it and even Kaz Hirai tried to score a few points on the back of it.
PS1 to PS2: 5yrs 4 mths PS2 to PS3: 6yrs 8 mths PS3 to PS4: 7yrs (assuming November 2013) Average: 6yrs 4 mths
SNES to N64: 5yrs 7 mths N64 to GC: 5 yrs 3 mths GC to Wii: 5yrs 2 mths Wii to WiiU: 6 yrs Average: 5yrs 6 mths
Xbox to 360: 4 yrs 360 to Nextbox: 7 yrs 4 mths and counting (likley to be 8 full years)
Well played MS. |
What really counts is the support it continues to get after the next-gen console releases.
| RolStoppable said: The only reason why the 360 made it this far is because Microsoft piggybacked on the PS3's success. |
What do you mean piggybacking PS3's success. What success? The PS3 has been tugging at the Xbox 360's coat tails for the last 7 years. They have just now caught up in sales.
| BaldrSkies said: The Xbox 360 is a solid piece of hardware and I am very happy with mine. Speaking of longevity, I still have a first run 20GB pro console and the thing has never had any technical issues. |
Yeah people definitely got their moneys worth out of the 360, and they're not even done with it yet. The 360 is already nearing its 8th birthday so it will easily achieve the 10 year life cycle and could even beat the PS2's 12 years. The 360 is still selling well, and if I were Microsoft I wouldn't be any hurry to release a next gen console. They might still have a few tricks up their sleeves for the 360. They designed the Xbox 360 to be future proof, so expect consoles of this gen and future gens to have a much longer shelf life. People need to come to grips with the fact that this is the end of an era of 4-5 year console life cycles. Consoles were lucky if they achieved a 6 year life cycle in the 90s.
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