Wonder if pricing and the Hard Drive / backwards compatibility issues will be talked about?
http://spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8075
http://spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8075
spong said:Although all attendees will be NDAd up to their eyeballs, expect a good trickle of information right here in the days following the 17th.
E.X.C.I.T.I.N.G.It is expected that some sort of launch line-up will be offered, as well as a breakdown of the next-generation Xboxs primary unique selling points.
Do The Mario said:*waits for people to bitch about how the Xbox 2 is coming out too soon, but its ok for the PS3 to come out 90ish days latter.
Panajev2001a said:This would be a fun joke hadn't the PlayStation 2 come out almost 1.5 years earlier than the Xbox and the GameCube.
Nice try.
Do The Mario said:Irrelevant the next gen is starting at the end of next year, it has nothing to do with when M$s last console came out in the previous gen.
There is nothing wrong with M$ want to be in at the ground floor next gen, (unless youre a Sony fanboy)
Panajev2001a said:It does have to do with it, it is the whole point.
Nothing ? Oh... you need to be a Sony fanboy... yeah right... no sane Xbox owner would mind that the life-cycle of his/her Xbox has been cut shorter :rolleyes.
Nobody is saying "Xbox 2 is D0000M33333D", I am just saying that if you own an Xbox and are even mildly upset that the Xbox 2 will launch "a year early" (cutting the life cycle of the console to 4 years) then you have some kind of point... especially if the Xbox 2/Xenon is not backward-compatible with the Xbox.
Do The Mario said:Would you be happy if M$ from now on releases every console 1.5 years after Sony so they can give there fans the exact same console lifespan?
Panajev2001a said:I cannot ask this of them, it would not make business sense to release their hardware again one year later (if Sony decides to release their console in 2005-2006) being the new player in the market they have to create a similarly massive brand-power as the PlayStation brand has.
You have to ask yourself this though: would PlayStation 3 release later or not if the Xbox 2 launch hadn't always been set around late 2005 ? Say Microsoft always hinted at late 2006 and were making active plans for it.
Something tells me that Sony would have not jumped the gun too much as they could have gained by letting PlayStation 2 and PSP bring money home for a longer period of time.
What I would not like to see is launching early + no backward-compatibility and I don't think I am the only one that has this feeling.
Also, I would not like for Xbox 3 to be released in late 2009 or late 2008... I do not look towards the shortening of consoles' life span.
Pug said:mashoutposse, lets be honest most causal gamers have no idea the Xbox is more powerful than the PS2. In fact many people on here regularly reckon the games look the same or better on the PS2. And thats when a machine is released 1.5 years after the other. The PS3 will release 3-6 months after Xbox2, probably 4 if they go for March 2006. The graphical differences between the machines will be negligible and more than likely impossible to tell the difference. Now you have a point on who's going to pick up the Exclusives and its interesting to see MS making good friends with EA. Lets be honest its focus is going to be the US and Europe and EA is the most important publisher by far, if they can pick up timed exclusives for Xbox 2, it will sell fine.
That's actually false. XBox was always very heavily advertised as the most powerfull hw on the market, and casuals are just as susceptible to what advertisment tells them as anyone else (or even more).mashoutposse, lets be honest most causal gamers have no idea the Xbox is more powerful than the PS2.
joshschw said:Why would anyone be pissed about the next Xbox coming out 'only 4 years' after the first one. Its not as if the Xbox is just picking up steam and got its first good games. There are tons of great games of for it, which is the only reason whyu the early launch will, or seems likely, to work.
gamergirly said:They would if they just bought a Xbox within the last 2 years. Not too many people have the cash to fork over money for a new system every 2 years. Xbox 2 is going to likely cost more than Xbox did(unless they DONT include the hard drive, etc.).
Redbeard said:If you're the type to wait a year or two to buy a console after it launches, then you're not going to be buying an Xbox 2 at launch anyway. And what about all the people who just bought a PS2? They'll only get 1 1/2 to 2 years on it before PS3 is out.
Launches are for the early adopters.
gamergirly said:Exactly, and MOST people dont buy a console at launch(obviously, bc there's only a limited amount). It's just that while some gamers will be buying or thinking about getting a Xbox 2, the PS3(and perhaps Revolution) hype will start up. Especially when there are still many "big" exclusive games to be released on PS2, Gamecube, and Xbox.
Redbeard said:Okay, but again, if most people don't buy a console at launch, why would the PS3's launch hype effect people wanting to buy an Xbox 2 (which will then have been out for a year, have a decent library of games, and may even have a price cut already)?