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thekitchensink on 12 July 2008

I can't even begin to fathom how wrong people are taking this. First, Microsoft has said MANY times that they are taking the 360 to at least a six or seven-year life-cycle, which means we won't know anything about its' successor until at least year five or six. They may as well kiss the industry goodbye if they give us another so soon.

There may, in fact, be developers currently working on games for Microsoft's next-next-gen specs, but guess what that proves. Nothing. Development for the current generation of consoles takes about three years if you don't have an engine already. I SHUDDER to think how long it'll take next generation--five years, perhaps? That's about how long it'll be before the next consoles even BEGIN to surface.



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Galaki on 12 July 2008

It's called Xbox 12960! The numbers go up by 360 times each gen.



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SamuelRSmith on 12 July 2008

I just had a thought, what if Microsoft went for a two-tier market, the Xbox for "gamers", and then a completly different line of consoles for "casuals" (man, I hate using that term).



BenKenobi88 on 12 July 2008

I find it funny yet depressing that people are responding as if Microsoft already made the announcement. They won't, and I'll bet money on that.



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JaggedSac on 12 July 2008

Yeah I doubt that M$ will announce a new console. I do, however, believe that the damn iPhone ad will startle me again momentarily.



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Kasz216 on 12 July 2008

Shouldn't Phoenix be reserved for something that was once on top?

Seems like a bad play on the RROD... except from Microsfot? what?



GranTurismoHelperMax on 12 July 2008

Good lesson learned for Microsoft, start early and take your time to gradually build the next system.



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BottledSpringWater on 13 July 2008

Bullsh*t x 1000



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Nickelbackro on 13 July 2008

If true this would completely destroy consumer confidence in the brand.

People will NOT pay $350 for 4 years of games.

10 to 1 this is just the codename for the new 360 slimline or the whole thing is BS.



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FaRmLaNd on 13 July 2008

All 3 console manufacturers would be designing their new systems. They might not be very far along but these things take years to plan.

 

EDIT BTW I don't think microsoft will announce a new console this early. I mean they sell over 1 million games a week and the sales are up year on year. Not to mention the XBL gold membership revenue. They would be stupid to kill of the 360 this early now that its making money each quarter. They simple wont.