XBOX 2 - kommer sent detta år (!)(?)(rykte)

Här e ett trevligt rykte man gärna vill tro på:

SPOnG can today exclusively blow the lid on Electronic Arts’ next Need for Speed game, detailing the company’s thinking on the leading franchise update for the first time.

Most Wanted will be available for [i]Xbox 2[/i], Xbox, PlayStation 2, GameCube, PC, PSP and “Game Boy Advance or Nintendo DS.” A pleasant added value news snippet details a “…simultaneous ship, with the Xbox2 platform", which indicates a late 2005 release for Xbox2 too.

http://news.spong.com/detail/news.asp?prid=8229

För den optimistiske finns det fler rykten som säger 2005.

Tex WarDevil-trailern:
The next generation consoles have been painstakingly shrouded in mystery by their respective companies, but as the next generation quickly approaches some details are finally beginning to trickle out. Well, today some of those details may finally be unshrouded thanks to the good people at Digi-Guys, makers of the Xbox-2 launch game War-Devil which was recently and announced along with a trailer and screens. Besides the fact that the trailer looks absolutely incredible, it also features a nice little tidbit in the form of the three simple words towards the end: Coming in 2005. As an Xbox-2 launch title, it can probably be deduced that this means that Xbox-2 will in fact be released in 2005… or not. Only time will tell, but for now at least the rumor mills will keep their doors open for yet another month.

Sen kan man ju sätta hoppet till IGN:s påstådda insiderinfo:
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/577/577402p1.html

2008:D

Jag tror faktiskt det är rätt sannolkt att XBOX2 kommer lagom till julrushen. Det skulle ge Microsoft den xtra boost de behöver i konsolkriget att ligga långt före PS3. Och inte lär de ha brist på pengar att pumpa in i projektet för att snabba upp det hela.

Också CNET sällar sig till optimisterna:
http://news.com.com/Xbox+2+signs+pile+up/2061-1043_3-5542397....

Xbox 2 signs pile up
January 19, 2005, 2:46 PM PST

Clues continue to dribble out regarding the release of the next version of Microsoft's Xbox video game console, all supporting predictions from analysts and others that Xbox 2 will be the hot item for this year's holiday shopping season.

For the record, here's our projected Xbox 2 schedule for 2005, based on comments from analysts, game developers and other folks good at collecting clues:
• Official announcement in late March at the Game Developers Conference, the same venue at which Gates unveiled the original Xbox.
• Working prototypes at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) trade show in May.
• Actual product on store shelves shortly after Thanksgiving.