Xbox 360 life span?

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millrat1030

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With the 360 being only 1.5 years old and we are already getting a upgraded elite how long before a new xbox?
I'm hoping this is not going to become the trend like it has become in game development. If a game has problems or they want to upgrade it a little they now send out a patch over the network. The problem with hardware is we have to fork out the money for a whole new console. I understand companies have made upgrades and different versions for a long time now, but this seems a little early in the 360's life. I understand that the games will play the same on which ever one you have, I just would like to have the bigger hard drive. Which brings me to the price of this 120gb hd, is it just me or does it seem outrageous that they're charging $180 just for the hd? That's almost half the price of the 360! That just doesn't make sense to me. With all the new movies and tv programming that you can download, doesn't seem that you need a bigger hd? I would think with the money that Microsoft has to gain from this that they would want people to have the space for it. Just my opinion.
OK, now that I'm off my rant let me get back to the reason I made this post. I'm curious if anyone has heard, or has any feelings on, when we're going to see the real next Microsoft console.
 
All they did was try and make it more close to a PS3. It's the same games, so nothing is changing.
I just get to buy a black wireless controller :D

But seriously, 2011, 2012 is when we'll see more consoles. These things only last 5,6, 7 years :(
 
I expect we will begin hearing about new consoles in 2010. Probably a launch for fall of 2011 however. It mostly depends on if anyone dominates this round or not. If no one has total control of the console market then MS will probably launch before Sony again.
 
[quote name='Indiana']I expect we will begin hearing about new consoles in 2010. Probably a launch for fall of 2011 however. It mostly depends on if anyone dominates this round or not. If no one has total control of the console market then MS will probably launch before Sony again.[/QUOTE]

I think that's about on target, but I'd actually speed it up a year -- announce in 2009, launch in 2010. Tech evolves way too rapidly and MS in particular is pushing too much for PC-360 convergence for a console's lifespan to exceed 5 years.
 
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