MS is still going to use some sort of DVD based optical drive. BD drive is not an option for them. I wouldn't be surprised if they went all in on DD and only offer gold membership. Eliminating silver (useless anyways). There current business model is offering basic free gaming services and converting them into paid services (exmp:accessing netflix).

1.7 million in north american sales december isn't a desperate need for a new console. Well not as desperately as that site needs hits anyhow.

lmao they need a new console just becuase of the disc format? the same disc format which fits almost every game but a select few, prob less than 20 out of the hundreds of games....and yeah it may not be "as powerful" as the ps3 but for being a year older it holds up very well, esp considering most multi plats look and perform better on 360.

this guy just seems like another flamer, neither the ps3 or the 360 needs another console for at least another year, triple a game , after triple a game proves my point there and this year looks to be no different. when the new hardware comes out, for once im sticking with the "old gen" until games get good enough to compare, my first year with my 360 or ps3 was pretty slim and pointless. show me the "next gen" games and other than graphics, prove to me from a gameplay perspective why we need a new console otherwise stop with these nonsense articles

I woud love to see a new xbox but i dont see them doing one for another 12 to 18 months as the 360 is selling very well. And the new dash and kinect update has given the 360 new life. Gaes are now coming quick and fast from 3rd party developers which means they can make some money back from a bad gen for some and ms keep giving its fans the exclusive games they want yes not as many as ps3 but look at the difference in sales numbers.

I dont think ms or sony need a new console just yeat as they are both doing well at the moment.

both Sony and MS desperately need new consoles, why do any of you here care about sales, i dont own stock in either company, the ps2 was selling GREAT when the ps3 came out, it's sales were actually the best ever the year the ps3 came out and it's second best year was 2007. but really, who gives a rats a$$

what matters to me is the games look 7 years old (because they are) they are sub-hd, same engines over and over, uncharted 3 actually looked WORSE than uncharted 2, anyone who is unbiased would tell you that.

even worse than the sub hd and jaggies, the games are now begining to run terribly (skyrim., dark souls, batman ac, parts of assassins creed rev, dead island was also awful with the framerate), everytime you swung your weapon it dropped into the teens.

the games are approaching unplayable (skyrim ps3), many of you are used to it, because you do not also game on pc, if you played games on pc, you would notice the staggering inefficiencies in ps3/360.

let me tell you from a neutral standpoint, owning all consoles and a pc,

WE NEED NEW CONSOLES HORRIBLY!!

360 just needs a new disc drive badly, be it be Bluray or something else. Something better then DVD, I like how people bring up PC keeps using DVD.

Yes, because it is PC and 360 isn't a PC (Something most people don't seem to get).

I can hold out a few more years until the new xbox and PlayStation. If they get announced either this year or next, I won't be buying either until they release the slim versions. I'll make the most out of the 7th gen while it last. By the time the 720 and PS4 comes out, I'll slow down on gaming, I'll be at the point of my life where I got to put down the controller and work towards my future so I am going to wait next gen out. As for the Wii U, my brother's buying on day one so I'll play his, I am dying for Pikmin 3 and I don't want to miss out on that, future success or not.

MS needs a new console to rack in even more sales.

the reason the 360 is selling soo much is that people with the old p.o.s ones are switching up and getting the new xbox360 s. people who want wifi in the console, people who console died from heat, new comers, microsoft will most likely sell a new 360 to all the people who mabe already had one and love it just because the new box is more sexy more reliable and has more features. when the ps3 sli was launched yes some people upgraded but all two of the systems was still the exact same thing out of the box.

WE DO NOT NEED NEW CONSOLES YET, holiday 2013 or early 2014

The new appointment is concerning!

I stopped reading that site years ago, it kinda went looney.

For the 9 millionth time Xbox is dead. They are acting like no company ever has had people retire or resign

Fuck them both.

-Everyone

I was asking AIs to draw me the Shy Guy from Mario Kart without shoes and failed. Then this report with this image appeared.

I disagree. Xbox died 6 months ago when they became a third party publisher. They also quietly withdrew from hardware manufacturing then, they just didn’t announce it.

I mean with halo , gears and Forza on ps5 it’s pretty much a wrap no ?

its definitely on more shaky grounds than ever.

I wait for the day that Microsoft announces that's it, no more Xbox console. Pop your games onto the PC, PS5 and Switch 2, then wait for PS6 and Switch 3. It makes sense, it's going to make them more money. I remember the generation that had 4 consoles, Dreamcast, PS2, Xbox and GameCube, also the PC. We're never going to see a single format, although consoles these days are just PCs. Looking at the cost of the PS5 Pro, how much is the PS6 going to set us back? One less console is better for everyone's pocket.

If there's still a console called Xbox and all the IPs are still there, then there's no doubt that Xbox is alive. I don't care who runs it or how... as long as I like their IPs and they're high quality. Of course the fanboys will suffer, but that's an EGO problem, not a specific experience problem on a preferred platform. It's simply rebranded to Microsoft Gaming and can still be experienced through Xbox.

Everything is going to crap 💩 Hope we can come out of this but the things aren’t looking great

With most of their popular exclusives releasing on their rival console which is PS it's basically a wrap for the XB platform, now they're basically a 3rd party video game developer & publisher