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Xbox 2 Announcement Expected at CES
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."
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!
The XBox 2 sounds like it will be quite powerful. I don't know about backwards compatibility, but if we look at how Microsoft has worked in the past it will be.
Just think about how long they held on to Dos, and it is still supported.
I think compatibility has always been one of Microsoft's (one of the main?) assets.
Anyway, what I ask, Is how will the XBox 2 profit compared to the first one. How will MS price it in order to compare with the other next gen consoles?
Will it be again a huge money-loosing system, or are they expecting to start turning a profit now that they have made a (arguably) name for themselves among gamers.
Also to wonder is, will the XBox 2 be as mod-able as the original? I know many many people that only purchased it because it could be used for so many more purposes than originally intended. But that doesn't exactly benefit MS, since they don't get only loose money on the system sale.
We will see what Bill has to say about the future, although we all know that only time will tell the truth - and it will be very different from what He tells us.