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Microsoft Confirms Work Begun on Next Xbox

Via 1up, an interview with Chris Lewis, head of Xbox Development in Europe. Along with some interesting discussion of X06 and aiming games at European markets, Lewis confirms what most people could reasonably expect: Microsoft is already hard at work on the next Xbox system. From the 1up article: "'You can't sit back on your laurels in this business - the consumer won't let you, the developers certainly won't let us. So that's happening right now,' ... In order to remain competitive, hardware manufacturers have to start thinking about the next cycle the moment work finishes on the current one. Ideas for the following generation were likely generated during the development of Xbox 360, and you can surely bet the same situations cropped up in the R&D rooms of Sony and Nintendo while working on PlayStation 3 and Wii."

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  1. Re:So ... by Clever7Devil · · Score: 5, Funny

    No no no, it was only the "360" so that they could have that crucial number "3" to compete with PlayStation's.

    Next generation gaming, welcome the "XBox 420" no next-gen console will be more fully-loaded. They've got real high hopes.

    Even better news: In reponse to the backlash on DRM, the XBox 420 will support ripping.

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  2. Re:Of course... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    we refer to my friends xbox soley as a halo machine.

  3. Re:So ... by frosty_tsm · · Score: 2, Funny

    So this explains the smoke coming from my power supply!

  4. Here we go... by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Badly-done photoshop mockups of the "really real new leaked Xbox design" in 3..2..1..

  5. Portable XBOX under development by patrixmyth · · Score: 3, Funny

    They are working with SUN to develop a portable XBOX to compete with PSP. If you look a few stories earlier you can find the prototype, codenamed "Blackbox".

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  6. Re:So ... by Hogwash+McFly · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes, that was the joke.

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  7. Re:So ... by twistedsymphony · · Score: 2, Funny

    go easy on him, he just found out that the snozzberries taste like snozzberries.

  8. Xbox 720? by mbrubeck · · Score: 2, Funny
    This is Microsoft, so the names will progress in a nice, predictable fashion:
    • Xbox
    • Xbox 360
    • Xbox 2009
    • Xbox TQ
    • Xbox Sky
    • Xbox Server 2017 Professional Media Pro Edition
  9. The only thing they could do to improve by mrjimorg · · Score: 2, Funny

    I heard that its going to have a Wiimote... I mean Xmote controller whos position and direction can be accurately detected. And it will have a killer game called The Lengend of X-elda.

  10. Re:So ... by dlim · · Score: 2, Funny

    If they want to keep the youth market, they're going to need back-to-back Xbox 1080s, at least.

  11. Re:So ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This statement is completely ignorant of the concept of an embedded platform. And even if there weren't embedded platforms it'd still be completely ignorant.