Microsoft already developing Xbox 3

regulus · 2 Jan 2007 at 10:22

http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=83956

http://dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=4606

regulus · 2 Jan 2007 at 10:42

dustiestrat said:
i think the ppl on this forum been drinking to much caffeine just because m$ release news on talking about designs for the new box doesnt mean 360 has a short shelf life just means there smart in business .
think of it this way 360 been outt a yr and has a good catalogue of games.
ps3 not out and talks of putting europe release dates to sept .
m$ release news of starting designing new box ppl think why wait half yr for overpriced ps3 buy 360 make do with it.xbox3 will be along in 2 yrs.

I can assure you that you won't see Xbox 3 in two years from now. I reckon sometime 2011 or beyond

regulus · 2 Jan 2007 at 10:57

dirtydog said:
Hmm if MS do the same as with the 360, they will leave a four year gap between consoles so the new one will come out around 2009.

If I was them i'd milk the 360 for all its worth. No point spending (and losing) billions only to render your product obsolete in 2 years from now. They have the head start they want on Sony. Even on the software side, game engines that make total use of more than one core aren't even on the horizon yet. I'm not talking about offloading some functions to a second core, I'm talking about total use of all available cores.

Personally I'd like to see a new console soon, realistically, I'm sure we won't.

regulus · 2 Jan 2007 at 11:13

Chrisss said:
I think the 360 will be around longer than the original Xbox.

The Xbox was always fighting a losing battle against Sony. This time MS seem to have got it right and may even do better than Sony.

Agreed.