Michael Pachter, a research analyst for Wedbush Morgan Securities appeared as a special guest on last weeks episode of the Bonus Round, a gaming round-table talkshow on Gametrailers.com hosted by Geoff Keighley.

In the final segment of the post-E3 special episode which aired on Sunday, Pachter predicted that Microsoft would not release an "Xbox 720" (a nickname for the next Xbox) for at least five years.

"I don't think there's any reason for another Xbox until we test the limits of these boxes," Pachter said on the show. "We're not there yet. They can keep improving this thing."

Pachter's statement came in light of a discussion about Project Natal, the newly announced full-body motion sensor with voice recognition Microsoft unveiled at E3. Natal presents a whole new way for 360 users to play games and could give game developers a new medium. Pachter said he believes that the announcement of Natal was Microsoft making a statement that they are committed to the Xbox 360 which is great news for 360 users whether they are interested in Natal or not.

When asked about a possible 720 Pachter responded, "2013 if we're lucky I'm stickin' with. If ever." If Pachter's prediction that the next console not being released for another five years comes true, it would mark the eighth year of the Xbox 360's life, close to the ten-year plan that their rival Sony boasted for the Playstation 3.

Source-------> http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-13078-Rochester-Xbox-360-Examiner~y2009m6d8-Pachter-No-New-Xbox-for-5-years

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Michael Pachter's predictions often fail in the timeframe of months, weeks or days. Heck, sometimes he fails at getting the facts of the present or past.

That tells you much I care about his predictions for several years beyond.

The ps3 will be in PRODUCTION for ten years like the ps2. MS also said the Xbox 360 will be in production for at least ten year, but I think we'll see a Xbox 720 (or whatever it's called) before 2013. I think 2011 sounds like a good time to release their new Xbox. A new Xbox will release in two years, three at the most.

is this the guy that said sony was going to release a ps3 without a blu-ray drive?

I don't think so, but I don't see a big problem with that prediction. Aren't we seeing a PSP without UMD now?

^^LoooooL

He also said the ps3 would outsell the Wii (in total sales) by summer of '08. He also said the Wii was a fad.

woow :O, but Microsoft don't said that we will not see a new xbox until 2015? So, that's obvious..............

Microsoft stated that the 360 will be around as long as the PS3 is around.