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Xbox 2 to Release in Fall of This Year

Posted by Zonk on from the that-was-quick dept.

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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  1. Even went so far? by truesaer · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Even went so far as to question their motive as profit? Does this moron not understand the concept of a business? OF COURSE their motive is profit!

  2. Profit? Of course! by ERJ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    and even went so far as to question Microsoft's motivation as profit.

    Of course their motivation is profit. It might not be immediate profit but long term squeezing out competition is Microsoft's way of making profit.

    I guess I see the guys point but I am pretty sure that profit is the long term goal of Microsoft with the XBox.

  3. A company doing business for profit? How dare they by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "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."

    Can anyone name a single company on the face of the planet that isn't motivated explicitly by profit?

    And Nintendo isn't making video games for profit? Could have fooled me when they were charging 70 bucks a cartidge monopolizing the industry in the 80s.

  4. So... by aprilsound · · Score: 0, Redundant
    1. Release next-gen console ahead of competitors.
    2. ????
    3. Profit!
    But seriously,
    David Gosen ... 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.
    Of course it's profit! Is Nintendo not in business to make money? I know some programmers will work for 'shrooms, but honestly...
    1. Re:So... by Psykus · · Score: -1, Redundant

      "# Release next-gen console ahead of competitors.
      # ????
      # Profit!"

      Yup, that strategy worked wonders for Sega....(Dreamcast)

  5. yes, for profit by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant
    Unbelievable. What a concept. Release worldwide, for, no-way-oh-my-god Profit. Whoa, the sky is blue.

    I can't help but wonder if the folks writing this article have a reality check on the motivations behind the release of anything. Folks, here's a cluestick: Consumer products are made for profit. It drives everything. It drives Microsoft, a for-profit, public company in the form of revenue. It drives the game developers, also corporations. It drives the programmer working at EA developing new software, in the form of his/her wages. No kidding, and I hope you weren't surprised.

    When the communist-leaning self-absorbed slashdot geek types will realize profit is the core of the current world, and not some neo-hippie desire to revolutionize humanity with technology, that is when Microsoft will have a worthy challenger in the workstation OS arena. They already have one in the console space--Sony--who are very much also profit oriented.

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