I følge flere kilder på nett er det stor sannsynlighet for at Xbox 2, eller Xenon som den også kalles, vil lanseres i løpet av sommeren 2005.
Ryktet stammer fra BusinessWeek og er gjengitt hos nettsiden Gamerfeed. Her er et utdrag fra teksten:
BusinessWeek today claims that they have learned that Microsoft plans on launching their next generation console during the holiday season 2005. The new console, code named Xenon, would break the typical five-year life cycle that console typically follow. According to Sony, PlayStation3 (PS3) is scheduled to launch around the same time, however, Sony has not really finalized key technical details. Game developers claim that without those details they can not begin making games, which takes at least 18 months. For this reason game developer believe that Sony plans on launching the PS3 in Japan during the Spring of 2006 and approximately six months after in North America. This would give Microsoft a year lead on it's biggest rival, Sony.
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