Re: New console frenzy looms next year !

OK.  Here's the deal.  Video game consoles *never* come out on time. 
For them to launch ahead of time is unheard of.  An impossibility.

I am personally not expecting the Xbox 2 or Playstation 3 before 2006,
here in the U.S. at least.

"graveyard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> So says this article, but I don't believe it.
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> http://www.mcvuk.com/html/news/story.jsp?newsId=1926268
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> New console frenzy looms
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> 28 November 2003 By Lisa Byron
> 2004 could well be a bumper year for the global interactive entertainment
> industry, with senior sources suggesting that up to four new formats could
> be introduced within the next 12 months.
> Rumours about the arrival of the Gen3 console platforms have been rife for
> some time, with many predicting a 2005/2006 roll-out for new systems from
> Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo.
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> But this week two major publisher bosses and a development head all hinted
> to MCV that new consoles from both Microsoft and Nintendo will be launched
> next year, with a new Game Boy also set to emerge early in the New Year to
> counter the arrival of Sony's PSP in the fourth quarter.
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> Microsoft
> It has long been acknowledged that Microsoft will not give Sony a lead in
> the next round of the console battle, with Xbox's Euro launch having been a
> year and a half after the arrival of PS2. But if rumours are to be believed,
> Xbox 2 looks set to have a significant headstart on PS3, with the launch
> tipped for 2004.
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> Some news sites have suggested that Xbox 2 will be unveiled at the Game
> Developer Conference in March, although it is unlikely that the machine will
> be launched until later in the year at the earliest.
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> Nintendo
> A major internal conference of Nintendo bigwigs from across the globe is
> believed to be taking place in early December, to give territory bosses a
> heads-up on forthcoming announcements. And a full rundown of the games giant
> 's next home console is expected to be top of the agenda.
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> Meanwhile, Nintendo's senior MD Yoshihiro Mori earlier this month confirmed
> to a news conference that the firm will be unveiling a new machine at E3 in
> May next year, with the hope of a roll-out in Japan at least by the end of
> the year.
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> Reports are claiming that the E3 announcement will not be a successor to
> GameCube or Game Boy Advance. However, MCV understands that both a home
> console and a new handheld are in the pipeline, with the handheld set to
> launch early in the year - ahead of Sony's PSP - and the static console
> following in Q4.
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> Sony
> The firm may well be pipped to the post in both the static and handheld
> console sectors - but at least as far as the PSP is concerned, Sony is
> aiming for a market much greater than the traditional gaming audience. And
> the mooted £250 price point for the PSP - which is tipped to feature music
> and video playback, as well as gaming functionality - gives Sony's unit a
> clear advantage over the likes of the Apple iPod and the Archos AV300
> movie/music player. The PSP is set for launch in Q4.
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> Meanwhile, Sony is rumoured to be lining up a conference to reveal
> PlayStation 3 at E3.
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> Again, i don't believe this.   i think that article is made of bullshit.
> they're grasping at straws, extracting things that probably are not there.
> but whatever.