microsoft xbox 720 news...

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  1. Antony.R

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    Whilesony already admitted to be thinking about the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo are no doubt developing a wii 2… In an interview with the head of Microsoft’s Interactive Entertainment Business division, Peter Moore, EGM magazine asked him when their next video game console would come out, and also asked if they’d drop support for the Xbox 360 like they did with the original Xbox. He said that they were going to support it “as long as it sold.” Possibly because they saw the Xbox sell well into 2007 despite not producing the console after October 2005.
    He said the production team from the Xbox 360 is working on the next Xbox 720 [our pet name], and their looking into what kind of CPUs will be available on the market in 2011-2012. That would put the Xbox 360 at a lifespan of 6 or 7 years, a far cry from the Xbox’s 4 years. After spending $1.26 billion in losses launching the Xbox 360, they’ll want to get the most out of the system by lengthening its lifespan. As the longer you get into the cycle, the more profit you can make due to stopping being a loss leader, analysts always remark.
    On June 13th, 2008, Robbie Bach — the President of Entertainment & Devices Division at Microsoft — mentioned the next Xbox by saying: “Our view is we will be selling Xbox 360 for a long time. We are always working on new technologies. We have people working on those. People ask me how many people I have working on the next generation. On the one hand, it’s everybody. On the other, it’s nobody. People are continuously working on new technology.

    We started thinking about the next generation before we shipped the Xbox 360. It doesn’t start with a date. It starts way upstream with silicon development. From that comes a series of data points. You start making early technology choices. It’s an evolving thing. Stuff doesn’t become concrete until you get inside a window of when you have to ship, more than 18 months or so out.”
     
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    I doubt we will be seeing any details on the next generation of systems for quite a while. At least not for a few years; I could be wrong though.
     
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    well there is more details about the next gen consoles , but the xbox 720 has been confirmed it was on a game website awhile back =]
     
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    I can only hope they think of another name then Xbox 720...Then we'll have Xbox 1080. Xbox 360 does make sense since it has a ring on the front, but Xbox 720 wouldn't even make sense as a name.
     
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    It's just a pet name for the console. They are not that lame to name it that...although it is Microsoft.
     
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    Slaz Roast as you make toast!

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    One thing's for sure, I'd prefer stability and reliability over anything with the next Xbox generation.
     
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    Amen to that. I'd just like to be able to keep one console for its lifetime, rather than having three over a number of years, as more than anything, it's a right pain in the ass having to send them back!
     

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