Xbox 2 to Release in Fall of This Year

GamesIndustry.biz has the news that the Xbox 2 will be launched sometime in late fall of this year. With EA games already working on Xbox 2 titles and rumors of a name for the console in circulation, it looks like the first of the next-gen consoles will be here soon. From the article: "Many have expressed concern that Microsoft is forcing the next generation of console hardware too early, and that the current generation still has much to achieve. The most famous example of this came from then Nintendo of Europe MD David Gosen speaking at an ELSPA summit in London last October, where he lambasted Microsoft for pushing a next generation machine to market in 2005, and even went so far as to question Microsoft's motivation as profit." Additionally, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer has Balmer saying that they will "blow by Sony" with their next console.

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but

[TedCheshireAcad]

BUT does it run LINUX?

oh, wait...

Adblock satisfaction...

[hedgehog2097]

Thanks for that Zonk... The first GamesIndustry.biz link kept me happy with Adblock for a good few minutes.

I'd dread to think what it looks like in IE.

Re:According to "sources".

[Golias]

"Wah wah! Those big meanies are advancing the technology expectations of customers too fast! No fair!"

I hate MS as much as the next guy, but I can't possibly find fault with a company for releasing a cool new console too soon. (Unless I'm a competitor, anyway.)

Re:Huh?

[Golias]

I was responding to your comment, merely piling on and joining your glorious chorus of cynicism. This is a flimsy story to support flimsy criticisms.

Not everybody who relies in your thread is doing so to disagree.