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Analyst: 2012 Xbox 720 release possible |
Listed in: News, Opinions & Analysis Tags: Electronic Arts, m2 research, Microsoft
Despite Microsoft's denial that an Xbox 360 predecessor in the form of "Xbox 720" will be making its retail debut in 2012, analysts are betting their odds that it will happen.
M2 Research analyst Billy Pidgeon insists that it's not too much of a stretch considering the current state of the Xbox 360.
Talking to Industry Gamers, he shared his opinion thus: "While Xbox 360 has peaked in some respects, particularly in North America, the system is still selling strongly and penetration potential remains - in Europe overall, in and in the young end of enthusiasts as well as the mass market for an extended back half of this cycle."
He continued, "It's in a vendor's best interests to maintain a system's viability as long as possible. On the other hand, should Xbox 360 hardware sales begin to drop off automatically in Q4, or early 9n 2012 Microsoft will likely announce launch of a new system at E3 next year."
Electronic Arts has recently categorically denied the news that they already have the Xbox 720 in their possession, calling it a "total fabrcation - 100 percent not true."
Via [Industry Gamers]
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1 - Strong GPU and CPU
2 - BD
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"they cant have two consoles on market"
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are you stupid or something?
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Microsoft is planning on traveling through time? Protip: predecessor = pre+decease = something/someone that died before... or, more generally, something that preceded.
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id love to have this "720"
but i think its just a beta name like how natal was kinects beta name
i wonder what they will call it if they do change it
360 2 is just too obvious so such a nice piece of technology
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