Re: [Xbox] Next Xbox?

only read your first paragraph, and stopped, since MS already said they are working on that.  so i assume the rest of your email is a useless as the first paragraph.

Alex Atkin wrote:

Microsoft need to step up their game plan for sure.  I love the 360 dashboard  but with each update so far they are making it more and more  complicated/annoying to use.  By comparison the PS3 is plain sailing.  The 360 was originally a very easy dashboard to operate, but there's just too  much content now - not even counting marketplace itself which is plain  terrible.  De-listing Arcade game is not going to solve that problem.  Another thing that annoys me as you already know, the noise level.  The 360 is  a VERY noisy HD-DVD player and when playing on low volume its very annoying  indeed.  If you have a home cinema you are all set, but my room is nothing  close to that size and I have to keep the volume sane so can never drown out  the noise of the 360 fans.  In many ways its easier to ignore during games as  you are concentrating harder, but even then its annoying as the DVD-ROM drive  makes it even worse.  The PS3?  From what I hear its next to silent playing games or Blu-ray movies.   So even if we get a 360 Blu-ray drive I think I will get a PS3 instead.   Ideally I would kinda prefer a combo drive so I don't need the 360 noise for  HD-DVD either, but apparently they are no longer manufacturing those plus  they are too expensive.  If I am going to spend £300 I want a games console  thrown in especially as I can always throw Linux on it too and there is  Playstation Home which I admit appeals to me, if it ever launches.  Alex.  On Tuesday 24 June 2008 23:56:10 PRoPHeTiZeR wrote:   

lol, ps3 is a POS, man, don't think so  PogoWolf wrote:     

At this point none of that matters.  The issue that M$ is faceing is the fact that even though the PS3 is a POS.. it is a really cheap (like cheapest) Blu-ray player. and now that the 360 is pretty much past it's prime, and losing sales because it's no longer 'new', the PS3 sales are going to jump.. and jump quickly (like they are in Europe) This will in turn give the PS3 more market share and 'force' 3rd party developers to figure out the hardware and make some games for the system.  Right now the only things the 360 has going for it is a large established user base, easy to program hardware, and a networking system that works most of the time.  But nothing 'new'.  If M$ wants to keep up the pressure on Sony they need to release the next version sooner rather then later.  Right now we know that M$ has ordered blu-ray drives, and we know they are working on a Wii style of remote.   We also know they dropped this years spring up date to 'work on other things'  So here's the idea.. M$ creates a new 360, with blu-ray support, and the 'Wiimote' looking thing. updates the hardware to allow for DVR capablites and a MUCH bigger drive, removes the DNR BS from movies to allow a direct connection into someones home network, and updates LIVE to allow for Streaming Movies (Via NetFlicks) , TV (MSNBC?), and Audio (URGE).  they don't need really to update the graphics at this point, because it's still going to be a few years until anyone really figures out the hardware of the PS3 and then figures out that it doesn't matter because the PS3 can't push the polys.  now the audio because pretty much sound is sound at this point.  and it puts a new Xbox in front of the people to keep the brand going until they can release the next-gen version of the xbox in a few years.        On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:52 AM, PSCG Cleveland <pscgcleveland@gmail.com <mailto:pscgcleveland@gmail.com>> wrote:      But... that'd still be the 360, no? Sounded like he was asking     about the     mysterious 720 that I agree with Nelson is a few years off.     They're riding     high on things right now and the PS3 doesn't have enough of any     edge to     it to cause them to search for better GPU's.      Not to mention if AMD doesn't kill themselves the 360's AMD/ATI loaded and those nutballs are working on a new gen of all-in-one chip that'd give     any '720' game console the ability to be triple-core CPU, triple     GPU in the     same space. Right now it's tri-core, single ATI GPU. But they're     at least     a year from perfecting it, producing it and letting it test out on     PC's and     laptops before MS would want to get tangled up with it. They just     payed     through the nose on this screw-up, they're going to want     time-tested before     doing it again, wouldn't you think?        On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 8:33 AM, PogoWolf <pogowolf@gmail.com      <mailto:pogowolf%40gmail.com>> wrote:     > I'm thinking late next year (2009)..     > Pretty much it'll be an Xbox 360 with better networkign support,      Blu-ray      > support, and 100% BC to the 360. kinda like a 'Media edition'      version of      > the 360. and yes, I'll argue my reasons for the thought to      anyone that      > gives a poop. LOL     >     >     > On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 7:30 AM, Nelson (nelzp)      <nelson@nelzp.com <mailto:nelson%40nelzp.com>> wrote:     >> I think we still have a few more years to go on the current one.     >> thanks,     >> Nelson     >>     >>     >> From: David     >> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:57 PM     >> To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Xbox%40yahoogroups.com>     >> Subject: [Xbox] Next Xbox?     >> any idea when the next xbox is coming out?     >>     >>     >> ------------------------------------     >>     >> ____________________________________________________     >> Yahoo! Xbox Group Contents and Images (c) All rights reserved. No     >>     >> reproduction or replication in any form, including posts/pics,      w/out express      >> written permissision is permitted. Unsolicited 'harvesting' of      our Members      >> e-mail addresses is illegal and all available recourse will be      taken. 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