Xbox 2 to come late this year - Update: available Sept/Oct this year in NA

[bluetroll]

hum.... this will be the question.... ps3 or xbox2????..... i can only imagine what GT5 will look like?

[dvdvideo]

Just like this generation, the answer is both! (if you can sqeeze the cash)

I'm leaning more to xbox 2, simply because xbox live is a superior online platform.
Well that and I'm still bitter at sony for releasing crappy hardware for the PS2.

[scottyb]

I went with the PS2 for the last 3 years, up till a month ago when I bought an XBOX, man it is so much better than the PS2!!! For me, it will be XBOX 2 for sure. Any ideas of the release price??

[_pOtEnZa_]

/me wonders what it will look like








probably more like this :

[sfu_lifer]

Haha, that last pic is great.
I'm leaning to PS3 this gen. I got all 3 consoles this round plus the DS, GBA (and soon the PSP) and just way too much games (yes much, not many )
I'm gonna stick to one and just borrow a friend's when I wanna play the exclusives. I'm leaning to PS3 but I'll wait till 2006 before I jump. Hopefully by then I can catch up on all the AAA titles that's on my list to pass.

[doc_ock]

Xbox 2 in Fall
Terren Tong - Monday, February 14th, 2005 | 11:07AM (PST)

More exact timeframe cited

GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Xbox 2 is being readied for this fall and has a more definite window than just 4Q or fall -

While internet news sources today have reported that Microsoft is readying to launch its next generation Xbox hardware in America and Europe in the fourth quarter of this year, Eurogamer has learnt that the specific timing for the machine's roll-out is late October or early November, and merely weeks after the US launch. The exact date is yet to be solidified.

It sounds like the European launch will be October/November while the North American launch may be September/October if the report is correct. Should be very interesting to see what MS and ATI have in store - R520 class hardware will be close to top of the line PC hardware and the PowerPC processor should be a pretty strong pairing as well.

Here's the link.

[jb22]

None of the above is true.

Microsoft has confirmed, though, that the next XBox will be based on the (Apple) G5 technology. So in effect the XBox will be a souped up/stripped down--depending on how you look at it--Mac. This is actually very old news.

Actually the X-Box is running on IBM's PowerPC CPU (the 770 I think), which is what they have in common with Macs but I don't think I'd relate the next X-Box to a Mac.

Any way, am I the only one curious to know what will happen to X-Box Live? Will your current account apply and be transfered to the new console? Will it cost the same, will it even be available at launch? If the next X-Box can play current X-Box games, will Live owrk for them as well?

[Yesdear]

This will probably be the first time a console is being replaced before it hit it's prime. Look at any other system in the past and what the quality of the titles were like the first few years. Then look at what developers were able to squeeze out of the system near the end of it's life. We won't see that with the XBOX because attention will now be on the new hardware. I would guess you will still see new titles for a while but don't expect that to last too long.

[poppa]

This will probably be the first time a console is being replaced before it hit it's prime. Look at any other system in the past and what the quality of the titles were like the first few years. Then look at what developers were able to squeeze out of the system near the end of it's life. We won't see that with the XBOX because attention will now be on the new hardware. I would guess you will still see new titles for a while but don't expect that to last too long.

I think the Xbox has passed it's prime. 2004 was the year with a bunch of great titles.

[Suresh]

lol, I love rumours.

This is what i know, FROM work

Xbox will house 3 procs. 2 for the main pipelines and 1 for the video.
They EXPECT to ship NOVEMBER, but will MOST likely be delayed into 2006