Microsoft Confirms Original Xbox Support

Posted by Zonk on Wednesday January 25, 2006 @10:08AM from the not-fading-that-quickly dept.

GamesIndustry.biz reports that, despite rumours to the contrary, Microsoft is continuing support for their original console through the end of this year. From the article: "While we do not have other titles to announce at this time, we are committed to providing existing Xbox customers with exciting gaming experiences in 2006. There are 200 Xbox titles expected to ship this year. It is the responsibility of the first party to create genre-defining games for its platform and we are taking that stance with both Xbox and Xbox 360. We feel we have an amazing ecosystem with third parties providing content to Xbox at this time."

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Price by sidb · 2006-01-25 10:43 · Score: 2, Insightful

I wish this meant that XBox 1 would become MS's value console (like PS1 did a few years ago), and it would get a price cut. But as far as I know, they still couldn't make a profit on it at US$99, partly due to the way they licensed the chips.

I was hoping the price would fall, allowing me to complete the current-gen console trio, but I can't see any signs of that, and I'm a cheap bastard. I bought a PS2 last January when it slimmed down and hit $150, but I can't justify that price for an enormous machine that's quickly becoming obsolete.