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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PathosPosted:
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.
TomorrowLandPosted:
It should be made to about 5 due to games such as GTA 5 only confirmed to come on the current gen...
Dr-PonyfilePosted:
3 years in enough imo, As others have said the 360 is still making a hell of a lot of money and will continue to do so for a while yet. I am interested in seeing what they plan to do with the 360 once the Xbox One is out.
DawPosted:
KatsumiLightyearDr-JKatsumiVishera As they should.
The 360 will still be making shed loads of money.
The Xbox 360 will continue to be a great console even after the Xbox One is released, i look forward to what they are planning to do with it
I bet people will still offline game when the servers are down in 5-10 years
I don't thik they''ll keep playing for that long, since they will stop making games for th 360 I believe.
You would be surprised, many people are still playing the PS2 despite it being insanely old. Hopefully people continue to play it far into the future
Exactly. I sometimes play san andreas even though its been out forever.
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