wazoo11
Footballguy
link
In an interview with Eurogamer published earlier today, Xbox and Entertainment Director Stephen McGill confirmed that Microsoft has no plans for a new Xbox console. Instead, the company will be focusing their efforts on supporting Kinect. "We'll continue to evolve those gaming and entertainment experiences through the power of software updates, rather than new chipsets and plastic," McGill said. (Source)
This statement should not come as a surprise by any means. Microsoft executives have routinely denied any plans for an "Xbox 720" for years, vehemently insisting that the Xbox 360's lifecycle was merely at the halfway point with another five years left in the tank. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even referred to Kinect as the "new generation Xbox 360" during a speech at the London School of Economics last month. It is clear then that Kinect is supposed to be the Xbox 720.
With a marketing budget of half a billion dollars, Microsoft is banking on Kinect's success. But is it a smart move on Microsoft's part to consider a motion sensing periperhal as the next generation Xbox? If early software review scores on launch titles are any indication, it is still up in the air whether or not Kinect will be a success in today's world of video games let alone against the future generation of beefed up consoles. Could the Xbox 360 with Kinect really compete with a "PlayStation 4" and "Wii 2" if/when they are released in the future? Hopefully they are at least working on a new Xbox in secret.
Microsoft, you are really digging a hole for yourselves by thinking that Kinect should be the "Xbox 720".
In an interview with Eurogamer published earlier today, Xbox and Entertainment Director Stephen McGill confirmed that Microsoft has no plans for a new Xbox console. Instead, the company will be focusing their efforts on supporting Kinect. "We'll continue to evolve those gaming and entertainment experiences through the power of software updates, rather than new chipsets and plastic," McGill said. (Source)
This statement should not come as a surprise by any means. Microsoft executives have routinely denied any plans for an "Xbox 720" for years, vehemently insisting that the Xbox 360's lifecycle was merely at the halfway point with another five years left in the tank. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer even referred to Kinect as the "new generation Xbox 360" during a speech at the London School of Economics last month. It is clear then that Kinect is supposed to be the Xbox 720.
With a marketing budget of half a billion dollars, Microsoft is banking on Kinect's success. But is it a smart move on Microsoft's part to consider a motion sensing periperhal as the next generation Xbox? If early software review scores on launch titles are any indication, it is still up in the air whether or not Kinect will be a success in today's world of video games let alone against the future generation of beefed up consoles. Could the Xbox 360 with Kinect really compete with a "PlayStation 4" and "Wii 2" if/when they are released in the future? Hopefully they are at least working on a new Xbox in secret.
Microsoft, you are really digging a hole for yourselves by thinking that Kinect should be the "Xbox 720".
Last edited by a moderator: