A job vacancy for a senior role at Microsoft's entertainment division has suggested that the next generation Xbox will be released before 2014.
The advert, seeking a Central Marketing Group director, claims that "over the next eighteen months Microsoft will release new versions of all of our most significant products including Windows (Client, Server, Phone and Azure), Office and Xbox, along with completely new offerings like Microsoft Surface".
The statement suggests that Microsoft will launch the next Xbox before 2014. CVG sources have previously suggested the system's release date will likely fall in the latter half of 2013. Development kits were issued to several third party studios in the UK at the start of 2012, the sources have said.
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But, Microsoft is definately in a great place between releasing W8, Surface, the Dash Smart Glass, and ultimately the 720.
The system will definately show at E3..but if Wii-u doesnt dominate this year then it remains to be seen what'll happen.
They are poised for a great Fall and Holiday..but next year is also going to be huge.
You are talking about Halo 4 and Call of Duty being relavant all through 2013.
Then you are talking about a year that will be dominated by the release of GTA V.
Then you have heavy hitters like the Gears of War prequel and the Bungie exclusive shooter.
Not to mention Bioshock: Infinite,
Battlefield 4 vs. Modern Warfare 4..just to name a few.
That keeps the 360 relevant for another year..the E3 reveal and some next gen game trailers will keep gamers at bay through the release of the new system and it also allows Turn 10, Rare, Epic, CryteK, Rare, EA, Ubisoft and the rest another entire year with the kits.
2014 makes sense for price of console, launch of games, and impact as the games at that point will clearly be heads and tails over the current gen and maybe even the Wii-u as well.
But time will tell..there will be a billion articles on the subject all year long
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This console will have some impressive features no doubt. It will be heavily media focused, and M$ already has kits out there. This means the launch games will be there in spades.
A new xbox will not mean support for 360 stops upon release.
Edit: k-dillinger you are trolling; angry for no good reason; making no sense with your rant; and wrong. That is all I would say to you.
would throw the industry for a loop.
I'm always an early adopter but this time I'm content to sit back and watch for a year to make sure they iron out all the bugs. And that, prudent as it is given my experiences with the 360 hardware, sucks all the anticipation out of a new console launch for me.
Welcome to 5 years ago. A fresh trolling idea, would be at least original I would think.
Isn't exactly known to be a pro Xbox 360 and more like the opposite, so I wouldn't really expect you to be excited about the next Xbox.
However, I'm sure you didn't mind PSN after it was hacked.
darkride66 isn't exactly wrong for being cautious of the next Xbox due to potential hardware issues. People should be cautious of all consoles having potential hardware issues next gen. It's no different than people being cautious of buying a game day one due to potential DLC milking or GOTY editions. Not that rational thinking matters or anything.
No way does Microsoft even wait for E3 to reveal it, I'm sure we'll get a reveal in March or so. E3 doesn't allow enough time to intro a new console and games. The first Xbox and the Xbox 360 were both introduced by Microsoft at their own shows.
Then come E3 they are talking games and feature of the system that will certainly take the wind out of Nintendo's sails considerably.
The interesting party in all of this to me is Sony... what will they be doing next year? We know Nintendo for sure and while not official by any stretch we know pretty much 2013 will be MS's next xbox timeframe. So...what does Sony do? Do they just announce like they did this gen and wait a full year? And lets not forget Ouya and Onlive... Ouya should be out (according to them) and Onlive really will need to make a major move with Steam growing the way they are and new console hardware coming that will be pushing into the cloud and streaming for sure. 2013 shall be quite the chess game for the industry.
Besides, there's no way M$ would let Nintendo have a 1 year advantage over them--regardless of specs.
The next major game Gears Of War in March. AAA arcade games coming out next year as well. So that leads me to believe that next gen will be revealed next year, most definitely.
Its getting closer and closer people.
Sounds way more like Sonys current financial portfolio. Nice troll attempt though, but you were blocked by thier current hardships, which you just tripped over and fell flat on your face.
Also, I'd say Microsoft has probably learned their lesson from the major shitstorm that was generated by the x360's failrate and all the money it costed them.
MSFT has Nothing? They have more games this holiday for everybody in many genres, than anybody else LOL. I'm assuming you're talking about MSFT not having games they boast about that never really come out?
Everybody knows MSFT doesn't announce games 3 to 5 years before they're ready. Mostly a year by year notice/announcement
Plus with cod being the biggest thing in console gaming right now it would make sense from a business standpoint to release next gen alongside the first next gen cod, ie november (Cod's annual release schedule). That way they can guarantee maximum release day sales of the console.
I also think the chances of the nextbox being at next years e3 is as much a sure thing as the sun rising in the morning.
Activision will just port the 360 version of COD over to the 720 next year with a little more shine. I expect a lot of this to be happening in the first 6 months of the 720 lifespan.
You can't drive a car with 3 wheels can you?
And consoles won't be late 2014-15 ,and please spare with this WII-U crap that it will take the lead Nintendo is history .So chill out play you're current consoles and relax let them do the work and reveal when they are ready
I personally can wait another 6 years =D
does anyone else feel this way?