Microsoft will continue to support Xbox 360 for three years
Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi said at the Citi Global Technology Conference yesterday: "If you look at Xbox 360 that platform [has] lasted for seven to eight years and it's going to go for another three years. It's incredibly profitable now in the tail."
Mehdi went on to assure consumers not yet ready to jump on the next-gen bandwagon that there will be plenty of new games released for Xbox 360.
"We are going to continue to invest in Xbox 360 and the two devices can work in concert," he said. "So it isn't just like the day we ship Xbox One, Xbox 360 won't work, we will continue to support it. In fact, we are going to ship over 100 new games on Xbox 360, so you will still be able to play your games, just not on the same exact box."
Mehdi also said Xbox One is currently in full production after Microsoft boosted the system's CPU from 1.6 GHz to 1.75 GHz.
Xbox One will launch in 13 markets this November priced at £430 / €500 / $500. The Xbox One release date will be announced later today, a pair of UK retailers suggested this morning.
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KatsumiPosted:
Dr-JBeet Sony still supports the PS2 lol. FIFA 14 PS2 FTW!
And who buys it?
1 person FTW!
I would think that a decent amount of people would be purchasing it as it's the last game to be ever made for the PS2.
KatsumiPosted:
DawWoobie 3 years.. they still make PS2 games. enough said.
They do ? They don't even sell PS2 or PS2 games at my local Gamestop.
They are still selling pre-owned PS2 games and consoles ins ome locations, as for the still making PS2 games it's true, i think FIFA 14 will be the last though
MentalistPosted:
xBosworthFeels Yup, and this why I'm not buying the next-gen consoles straight away. In 3 years time, they would have reduced the price drastically, more games will have been released and I guarantee there'll be a package that doesn't include the Kinect camera.
Exactly what I was thinking
Same here, Feels summed up all of my thoughts but I'm getting the PS4 at the beggining of 2014.
DawPosted:
Woobie 3 years.. they still make PS2 games. enough said.
They do ? They don't even sell PS2 or PS2 games at my local Gamestop.
KurumuPosted:
Woobie 3 years.. they still make PS2 games. enough said.
Okay well I don't see the point in supporting a console that has lived a long full life, maybe that's what is wrong with sony they waste money on their PS2 when they could put money into things like good security for their members/console.
ZigsPosted:
3 years is plenty of you ask me. The price of the one will be like a current Xbox most likely anyways
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