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Xbox 360 Confirmed For November
Gamespot has word that indeed, the Xbox 360 is finally confirmed for a release this year. What's more, the 360 will probably be released this November. The MTV 360 preview scheduled for later this month has literature which reveals the exact month of the new console's release. From the article: "The listing appears to cement suspicions that the next Xbox will launch on the fourth anniversary of the original Xbox's release in mid-November 2001. However, despite the clear wording of the MTV listing, Microsoft representatives said they could not comment on it for the time being."
What a brilliant concept. Because it did wonders for the Dreamcast... I mean, they're even lining it up with the Xbox's release... WHICH ONLY HAPPENED FOUR YEARS AGO. It's as if they don't even notice their own words. They should know full well that four years isn't NEARLY long enough for a console generation. Don't get me wrong, I wish the 360 full and complete sucess in it's online multiplayer niche market, but I just don't appreciate these companies constantly pushing generations shorter and shorter while at the same time making smaller and smaller leaps in technology. I was fully prepared for Christmas '06 or '07 to buy three new consoles. This, however, is just way too soon.
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..."What's more, the 360 will probably be released this November.
Hmmmmmm.......looks like the Slashdot editors are just making stuff up now!
Digital Sailor
Actually, if you're interested in modding, the earlier versions of consoles are much easier to mod. By the time a year or two has gone by, M$ has updated the console and made it harder. For example, all the mod chips for Xbox work on version 1.0 (release) xboxes, while only a select few work on the latest version (1.6).