Microsoft recruiting talent for next Xbox
Category: Xbox 360, Posted: 02/19/2008 at 12:09PM CST by Tim Mellish, Staff Writer
Are we really ready to start talking about the next console in the Xbox family? Seems Microsoft is, thanks to a job posting on Games on Deck. Microsoft is on the search for a new program manager to help in the creation of both the new Xbox as well as the new iteration of the Xbox Live service. Should anyone be surprised by this? Not really.
It was no secret the Xbox 360 team was already hard underway developing the next Xbox just as the 360 was hitting the store shelves. Microsoft has also found success by launching their consoles ahead of the competition so it isn't surprising to see them working hard to capitalize on this strategy a second time. They shouldn't have much trouble since both Sony and Nintendo are hoping to ride out their consoles as much as possible.
So the real question is, what type of features do we think this next Xbox will have? Top of this list should obviously be a reliable machine that doesn't break every few months, with a close second being integrated Blu-ray. With the death of the HD DVD, it makes perfect sense for Microsoft to adopt this disk format for their next console.
Developers are feeling the sting of the size data constraints of a single standard DVD; Blu Ray is a must for the next Xbox. Beyond that expect better graphics (probably a step above Crysis), a more streamlined Live experience (trying hard to figure out what this would look like), and hopefully a name which doesn't end with 720.
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It takes years to plan out a new console, let alone make it. The fact they're starting to look for people for the next one now shouldn't be that big of a surprise to anyone.
I'd call it Xbox 4D, X4D in short. Why? because the graphics should look like reality, i'm not buying a console that doesn't have better graphics.
While it'll be interesting to see what comes next, I hope the lifecycle for the 360's a bit longer than for the original XBox. It seems like the system is really hitting it's stride and definitely has at least 4 years of life left in it.
This is my last Xbox for sure.
New xbox alrewady?
x10box
The X comes from DirectX and 10 from DX10. Haha. Ok, maybe the name needs work.
Can't see this coming anytime before the End of the Mayan Calendar.
Surely they should sort the original designs first
SeXbox.