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Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
time: 22:17
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It's that time again. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/0...3_xbox2_launch/
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MS, Sony pick 16 May for next-gen console launches
By Tony Smith
Published Monday 11th April 2005 12:42 GMT
The waiting will be over on 16 May. On that day, at 3PM PST, Sony will take the wraps off PlayStation 3. Three hours later, Microsoft will unveil Xbox 2.
Well, that's the hope. Certainly, Sony has scheduled a press event at its Culver City, Los Angeles Sony Pictures facility on that date and time. Microsoft, meanwhile, has booked a venue in downtown LA with a view to a 6PM opening time, GamesIndustry.biz reports.
That either company intends to announce its next-generation console at their respective events hasn't been confirmed, but with the E3 games industry show due to kick off the day after, 17 May, it's a pretty good bet that both companies have big gaming announcements to make.
Sony spokesfolks have hinted in the past that PS3 - or whatever it will be called - will be launched ahead of E3. Past product roadmaps have pointed to an early to mid-2005 launch. The company gave the PowerPC-derived 'Cell' processor on which the new console will be based its first public outing in February. So the omens are good.
As they are on the Xbox 2 front. A memo alleged to have leaked out of games publisher Electronic Arts earlier this year pointed to a late 2005 release date for Microsoft's next console, codenamed 'Xenon'. Next month's launch notwithstanding, PS3 isn't expected to ship until Q1/Q2 2006, so Microsoft could very well want to get in ahead of its rival will a release targeting the Christmas 2005 sales season. Comment made by other industry players, including Nintendo, suggests the business believes Microsoft will try to get in early.
Having not taken the chance to launch Xbox 2 at January's Consumer Electronics Show or February's Game Developer's Conference, Microsoft has to be eyeing upcoming major games industry events of which E3 is by far the biggest and most important.
Microsoft said last week its new hardware will "deliver on the company's vision of the HD Era" by offering "high-definition graphics, extraordinary benefits of constant connectedness and exceptional personalization abilities" as it announced the initial line-up of publishers preparing Xbox 2 titles. |
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Brent
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What is better: for one company and product to have a monopoly, or for people to have a choice? Personally it would be nice if everything was available for one system.
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Verto
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Originally posted by nostromo
Btw, I heard that the Xbox 360 will be off-white. Source: a tech journalist here talked to one of his sources at Microsoft. |
I don't believe it. Maybe Nintendo, or maybe a new attempt by Apple at the console market, but for the Xbox successor to change from black to (off) white? No!
I think three consoles would be able to succeed together, but only if all of them make good business decisions. When you look the games offered, the majority of them are available on all console platforms, and PC. The only thing that differentiates them is graphics, and the occasional new level. There are only a few (important) franchises that are exclusive: Mario/Zelda/Metroid for Nintendo, Halo 2 for Xbox. GTA used to be squarely in the Playstation realm, but has been released for the Xbox, which leaves them...something to claim as their own. I think we'll see more focus on this, trying to create a fanbase around exclusive games, which will keep gamers loyal to a console - Sony should have done everything humanly possible to keep GTA a PS2/3 only game, for instance, and gain as much a hold on the sports genre as possible.
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Asher
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Calgary, Alberta
Nov 1999
time: 22:17
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This just in: Xbox2 will actually debut on May 12th, on MTV.
http://news.com.com/Microsoft+sets+...ml?tag=nefd.top
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Microsoft sets date for Xbox 2 debut
Published: April 11, 2005, 9:27 AM PDT
By David Becker
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
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Microsoft will give the public its first glimpse of the next Xbox during a global MTV broadcast next month.
MTV outlets in North America, Europe and Asia will air a 30-minute program titled "MTV Presents: The Next Generation Xbox Revealed" on May 12 and May 13, the software giant announced Monday.
At the E3 show, Sony plans to get a 3-hour head start in the next lap of the game console race.
The successor to the current Xbox has been the subject of much anticipation and rumor over the past few years. Microsoft has filled in many technical details, such as the processor and development tools the next Xbox will utilize, but key information such as the name, price and on-sale date for the console have remained secret. Other hotly debated topics about the next Xbox include whether it will run games for the current Xbox and if it will include a hard drive.
Microsoft executives have also talked about the next Xbox in general terms. Chairman Bill Gates told CNET News.com that besides eye-popping games, the next Xbox would include an array of multimedia tools.
"We didn't do Xbox just to do a video game; we did it to be part of our vision of the digital lifestyle, and with the next generation, we really get to go there," he said. In the first generation, we had one simple goal, which was to establish credibility as a great video game platform. We've done that.
"As we go into this next generation, it's much broader," he added. "So just for the games alone you'd go, 'wow,' but the concept now of bringing in your music, your media, connecting to the PC, connecting Xbox Live to Messenger--that just makes it a very big deal."
Microsoft had been expected to save the unveiling of the next Xbox for the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show next month. But the TV event gives the company a head start of a few days and should ensure that Microsoft's news won't be lost among announcements regarding competing consoles, including the expected unveiling of Sony's PlayStation 3.
"We are ecstatic about our alliance with MTV and unveiling a video game platform in a way that has never been done," Peter Moore, vice president of worldwide marketing for the Xbox division at Microsoft, said in a statement.
The program will air at 6:30 p.m. PDT Thursday, May 12 in the United States and at various times Friday, May 13 in other parts of the world. The show will be hosted by actor Elijah Wood, best known as Frodo in the "Lord of the Rings" films. |
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