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Xbox 2 Announcement Expected at CES

Posted by Zonk on from the next-next-generation-console dept.

BlueMoon writes "On January 5th at 6.30pm PST, the night before the opening of the CES 2005 event, Bill Gates will give a pre-show keynote speech in Las Vegas. A public announcement of Microsoft's next generation Xbox is widely expected."

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  1. Best Be Backward Compatible... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Or I won't be buying one for a long, long time.

    I mean, it's only now, years after initial launch, that we're starting to see some really good games for the console coming out. It takes a long time for developers to find the best way to optimize on a platform, and just when they hit their collective strides... Poof! New hardware again...

    M$, if you are listening, take a lesson from the success of the PSII -- make sure XBox 2 is backward compatible. If not, BIG MISTAKE!

  2. XBox2 by TJ_Phazerhacki · · Score: 2, Insightful
    I am really growing somewhat tired of corporations trying to shove the "New-and-not-so-significantly-improved" versions of products down our throats. All consoles are guilty - Nintendo for the deluge of gameboys in recent years, Sony for the special editions and hardware add-ons, and MS for rushing the XBox 2.

    Seriously, I would hate to be a game coder right now. Id be sitting between platforms, with a really difficult choice - do you make it good, and for the last gen - see FFIX! - or Rush it and use the "New" technology - Most of the original X-Box releases.

    Will I buy one? Yes. Should I have to? No.

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