Microsoft's next console is coming... but not for a while.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/microsoft-seeking-staff-for-next-gen-xbox

Microsoft advertising for staff to design their next system. If they are only at this stage now, we still have quite a long wait I think....

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

I just hope the rest of this gen isn't filled with sequels and HD remakes. Some new core IP's would be nice, not necessarily just from MS.

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

VensInferno

Im sure they've been working internally on the next xbox for a while, they're probably just beginning to assemble a team to begin the ramp up. Im talking out of my a$$ but I cant imagine them just now saying, "ya know maybe we should get on that whole new xbox thing". MS is smarter than the ilk around here wants you to believe.

Damn! was about to make a thread like this! beat me to it.

Anyways, I guess we shouldn't expect their console for 2-3 more years, which is around 2013/14. same for Sony. Nintendo is coming out late 1012.

Ok, now I am going PC at the end of this year FOR 100% SURE, the tech is just way too damn far ahead of the ancient 360 and PS3 to resist anymore.

This gen is going on way too long. AAllxxjjnn

[QUOTE="AAllxxjjnn"]This gen is going on way too long. Stevo_the_gamer

if its ms it will be done by this christmas time they rushed the 360 in 05 just like this gen to beat the ps3 by a year... remember everyone having RROD? look for more failure problems :P

if its ms it will be done by this christmas time they rushed the 360 in 05 just like this gen to beat the ps3 by a year... remember everyone having RROD? look for more failure problems :P

dkdrumin

They need to make a Windows Winbox that works alongside the PC.

And then MS needs to go give some money to their old devs to make some new PC/Winbox titles. They've already got AoEO, and MS Flight coming. Perhaps another Zoo Tycoon, and Mech Warrior are in order.

Games like Crysis 2 and Battlefield 3 are starting to put consoles to shame.-RocBoys9489-

2014 confirmed???

It could be ready by 2013, but do you truly expect it by then? I suspect that Nintendo won't provide enough competition in the Wii successor and that Sony is even further behind on next-gen development, so surely MS will iron out all of the kinks and provide a cheaper/more powerful console with a kickass launch line-up.

[QUOTE="VensInferno"]

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

BedBugMan

It'll be called Xbox Renaissance. Trust me ;)

2013 the consoles are going to be very outdated (they already are now too). I used to think 2012 max but now with 2012 getting some great games why release a new console then?

[QUOTE="-RocBoys9489-"]Games like Crysis 2 and Battlefield 3 are starting to put consoles to shame.Stevo_the_gamer

"However, the most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production we appear to be - far earlier than many had suspected. " That's very good news. Give this generation more longevity.Stevo_the_gamer

that's not up to microsoft.

can't wait for this thing!!

lets hope that RPGs / platformers make a comeback :-D

oh, and enough of the frickin sequels, people... this gen had way too many.

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

VensInferno

lol, yeah... they won't.

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]"However, the most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production we appear to be - far earlier than many had suspected. " That's very good news. Give this generation more longevity.theuncharted34

that's not up to microsoft.

Good, I'd prefer the gen last longer.

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]"However, the most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production we appear to be - far earlier than many had suspected. " That's very good news. Give this generation more longevity.theuncharted34

that's not up to microsoft.

Sony needs this gen to last longer than anyone else so I don't see what you're getting at. Nintendo will probably make a new console first but will probably still cater to casuals with a wii remote.

lol!

By 2014 PS3/360's are going to look like Atari 2600's compared to the PC's of that day.

sigh at "gamers" wanting tech to stagnate for nearly a decade...

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]"However, the most intriguing element of the story is just how early on in production we appear to be - far earlier than many had suspected. " That's very good news. Give this generation more longevity.theuncharted34

that's not up to microsoft.

lol!

By 2014 PS3/360's are going to look like Atari 2600's compared to the PC's of that day.

sigh at "gamers" wanting tech to stagnate for nearly a decade...

gensigns

Trying to understand this concept melted my brain.

If I were a console gamer I would be asking for upgradeable memory/HD/video card/CPU, not begging for a 15 year console cycle.

Ok, now I am going PC at the end of this year FOR 100% SURE, the tech is just way too damn far ahead of the ancient 360 and PS3 to resist anymore.

-RocBoys9489-

heh- bout time ;) its been far ahead for years now.

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

VensInferno

how about Xbox 420? :P

I will say around 2013 or 2014. That's fine by me, but I hope they don't rush the console to the market like they did with the 360. Why? So that the first year of games isn't just figuring out the hardware. Give the devs more time. Rushing it to the market absolutely murdered sports games the first two years, especially Madden.

I would like to make a suggestion to the pro Xbox demographic. Send e-mails to, I don't know, major Nelson and implore him to ensure there's backwards compatibility.AncientDozer

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I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

BedBugMan

Won't happen, as Kinect won't have much of a big impact for next gen like it did for this gen. Also, I doubt they'll go with that name. It doesn't make any sense & it sounds pretty dumb to me.

[QUOTE="BedBugMan"][QUOTE="VensInferno"]

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

AdobeArtist

It'll be called Xbox Renaissance. Trust me ;)

Renaissance as a standalone has a nice ring to it. Similar feel to "dreamcast."

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

[QUOTE="BedBugMan"] I expect a Kinect related name... maybe the KineX Box. lol. hakanakumono

It'll be called Xbox Renaissance. Trust me ;)

Renaissance as a standalone has a nice ring to it. Similar feel to "dreamcast."

This gen is going on way too long. AAllxxjjnn

not really, we are in a recession, no one is trying to dish out big bucks for a new system....well the majority isnt trying to. I still feel that the next playstation can be around 2014 if they play there cards right....but im just guessing

It's great news.

Now I want the Backwards/forwards compatibility they promised. If they don't deliver I will not be buying any more consoles. I'm not spending my money to throw away my games.

Hope they also don't go the Wii way and just pump out a slightly more powerful Xbox... Because I will not buy it.

8 years... Better = 24-32 times more powerful then 360.

I want my Blu Ray too and HDD standard.

You do this MS... I will buy.

This gen is going on way too long. AAllxxjjnn

I hope they dont name is Xbox 720...

VensInferno

[QUOTE="hakanakumono"]

[QUOTE="AdobeArtist"]

It'll be called Xbox Renaissance. Trust me ;)

Locutus_Picard

Renaissance as a standalone has a nice ring to it. Similar feel to "dreamcast."

haha, very funny :P

But seriously, Renaissance meant "rebirth". It was an age of the rebirth of mankind, when new ideas were being born, when art and science came together (just look at what DaVinci accomplished as both artist & inventor as an example). Thus my matching slogan "IDEAS TAKE SHAPE".

I'm figuring a bunch of the umm, ground work has already been done and MS now knows how it wants to proceed so I don't think a Nov. 2012 launch is out of the question at all and in fact hope next gen starts by then or not too much later - I'm so ready to rush out and nab a next gen console, unpack and try it all out for the first time and be like blown away.. there's just nothin like a brand spanking new state of the art Toy to go gaga over. :P

It's great news.

Now I want the Backwards/forwards compatibility they promised. If they don't deliver I will not be buying any more consoles. I'm not spending my money to throw away my games.

Hope they also don't go the Wii way and just pump out a slightly more powerful Xbox... Because I will not buy it.

8 years... Better = 24-32 times more powerful then 360.

I want my Blu Ray too and HDD standard.

You do this MS... I will buy.

Truth_Hurts_U

Pretty much this, but I would also like the hard drives to NOT be incased in some plastic so I can go to Future Shop and buy a regular PC hard drive (like the PS3)

Other things include keeping the controller design the way it is, maybe just a little smaller.

On Xbox LIVE, I need to keep the achievements, and motto and all that stuff. But get rid of the stupid reputation and gamerzone, which don't affect anything.

Pretty much this, but I would also like the hard drives to NOT be incased in some plastic so I can go to Future Shop and buy a regular PC hard drive (like the PS3)

Other things include keeping the controller design the way it is, maybe just a little smaller.

EliteM0nk3y

Yeah, and fix the damn dpad.

[QUOTE="EliteM0nk3y"]

Pretty much this, but I would also like the hard drives to NOT be incased in some plastic so I can go to Future Shop and buy a regular PC hard drive (like the PS3)

Other things include keeping the controller design the way it is, maybe just a little smaller.

waltefmoney

Yeah, and fix the damn dpad.

Honestly, I have gotten so used to it, that I kind of like it. Of course that took playing Fallout 3 for over 300 hrs.