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Tezcatlipoca · 01-06-2004, 22:33

If M$ follow the same sort of schedule they did with XBox1, then the XBox2 release should be sometime in 2005 (for the US) I think.

I think a "hybrid" XBox2 could be very good, but I think it would fail if that was the only version they launched. They would lose out on all the people who only want a games console, nothing fancy, & who aren't willing to spend that much. I think M$ must know this, so if they do release some sort of super-duper XBox2 it would surely be in addition to a "normal" XBox2.

Also, after what they learnt from the launch of XBox1, I think they would be unlikely to launch XBox2 at such a stupidly high price as they did with XBox1.

And backwards compatibility with XBox1....Doubtful, I think.

01-06-2004, 22:33	#15
Tezcatlipoca Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Cambridge Posts: 16,760	Re: Xbox 2 to sport Three 64-bit IBM chips, ATI R500 If M$ follow the same sort of schedule they did with XBox1, then the XBox2 release should be sometime in 2005 (for the US) I think. I think a "hybrid" XBox2 could be very good, but I think it would fail if that was the only version they launched. They would lose out on all the people who only want a games console, nothing fancy, & who aren't willing to spend that much. I think M$ must know this, so if they do release some sort of super-duper XBox2 it would surely be in addition to a "normal" XBox2. Also, after what they learnt from the launch of XBox1, I think they would be unlikely to launch XBox2 at such a stupidly high price as they did with XBox1. And backwards compatibility with XBox1....Doubtful, I think.