A major software company that is already developing software for Microsoft"s "Xbox 2" stated that Microsoft: "definitely aims to launch the console in North America for Christmas 2005." If this report comes out to be true then Microsoft"s Xbox 2 will beat the PS3 and Nintendo"s next gaming console to the market. Microsoft might just have enough time to get a good amount of market share.
It appears that Microsoft, which launched Xbox in late 2001 after Sony"s PlayStation 2 and Nintendo"s GameCube consoles, will be the first company to unleash its next-generation home console. The tentatively codenamed "Xbox 2," set to receive a name revision before its release because Microsoft doesn"t want consumers to assume it"s inferior to PlayStation 3 based on end numerals, hasn"t yet been given an official release date. But just because Microsoft isn"t yet talking doesn"t mean developers working on early "Xbox 2" development setups are so keen to keep quiet.
A major software company already prototyping software for Microsoft"s "Xbox 2" told IGN today that the publisher "definitely aims to launch the console in North America for Christmas 2005." A November time frame was given. A European release will follow in 2006, said the source. IGN contacted another software firm currently working working on "Xbox 2" software, who seconded the news. "Let"s put it this way: a lot of developers crunching to get their games ready for a 2005 launch will be really pissed if Microsoft doesn"t get it out by then."