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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Re:Good ole monopolistic competition.

[zulux]

How was the Xbox 1 late!!?!!?!

All it was was an Intel/Windows 2000 PC with some custom DRM and an advanced Nvidia GPU. Time to market should have been measured in months.

What the hell took Microsoft so long?

Were they doing 16 months of research on the Hand Hurt(tm) controllers?

Were they taking their time on designing the Ugly Box(tm) case / coffee-table?

Getting the proper pitch on the Noisy Fan (tm)?

?!?!? How do you screw up a launch when you have billions, and all you're doing just shipping PC's in an ugly box?