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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GroovyPosted:
D3FEKTSmeargle So I've got 3 more years to save for an Xbox One...
600 AUD is my weekly pay lol its not that expensive.
Well it's nice to know that,
Most of the marketed players will be people under 18 meaning that a lot won't be working
This is common sense
-Ben-Posted:
XxNovaDragonXxThats exactly what i was thinking!Gossip They should have just stop it totally.
You're f*cking stupid. Everyone I know isn't getting the xbox one for atleast another year after it is made. I'm glad you have your parents money to spend 1/2k of money on a brand new console along with the 10+ games released with it.
Your opinion isn't the only one that exists.
Professor_ChaosPosted:
Gossip They should have just stop it totally.
You're f*cking stupid. Everyone I know isn't getting the xbox one for atleast another year after it is made. I'm glad you have your parents money to spend 1/2k of money on a brand new console along with the 10+ games released with it.
Your opinion isn't the only one that exists.
D3FEKTPosted:
Smeargle So I've got 3 more years to save for an Xbox One...
600 AUD is my weekly pay lol its not that expensive.
BozzzPosted:
Feels 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
Dr-JPosted:
SHEWOLF1119 that's ridiculous. If you're going to put investments into new games for 360 just to shut it down in three years, what's the point?
Where do you see the words shut down? They will support big games like cod/Titan fall for the next 3 years. After than you won't get any big releases. Servers should be up from 5-10 years
MedionPosted:
SHEWOLF1119 that's ridiculous. If you're going to put investments into new games for 360 just to shut it down in three years, what's the point?
They aren't shutting live down in 3 years.., they are supporting it with big games for the next 3 years.
SHEWOLF1119Posted:
that's ridiculous. If you're going to put investments into new games for 360 just to shut it down in three years, what's the point?
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