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Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 21, 2001, 04:17:50 PM
London, June 20 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. said it plans to release its Xbox video game console in the U.K. in March next year, five months after its U.S. introduction.

The world\'s largest software maker, trying to break into the game industry with the console, said in May the console will go on sale in the U.S. Nov. 8 for $299, matching the price of rival Sony Corp.\'s PlayStation 2.

Microsoft plans to sell Xbox in the U.K. ``next March, give or take a couple of weeks,\'\' said Sandy Duncan, a vice president of the home and retail division at Microsoft in the U.K., speaking at a conference organized by Beeson Gregory Plc in London.

Microsoft\'s existing relationships with U.K. retailers will help sell the consoles here, Duncan said. The company sold 15 titles of personal computer games last year in the U.K. and expects to sell 25 titles next year, he said. "
The company is already working on the next version of Xbox, Duncan said"




Not surprised, they have to in order to keep up with the competition, Heck SONY has been working on PS3 since last year.

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Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: nO-One on June 21, 2001, 04:26:15 PM
Are you saying Europe get\'s the X-Box in March?
Please say no,please say I mis-read this.Who\'s bright idea was this?
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: ddaryl on June 21, 2001, 04:28:26 PM
I think even Nintendo is working on their next machine but they won\'t release info on it.

You have to have plans for the next machine rolling at about the same time you launch the previous one. 5 Years trying to put together state of the art equipmnet is really not that much time.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: Halberto on June 21, 2001, 06:47:12 PM
Just cuz they said new ersion doesn\'t neccessarily mean  XBOX2, they might mean like PSone kinda thing.


I feel sorry for XBOX lovers in London :laughing:
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: EmperorRob on June 21, 2001, 07:05:13 PM
Development cycles can be long and they take their toll on the developer\'s personal life as well, so it\'s not a surprise to see them announce it or at least think about what may not be out for 2 or more years.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: Samwise on June 22, 2001, 12:59:32 AM
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Originally posted by nO-One
Are you saying Europe get\'s the X-Box in March?
Please say no,please say I mis-read this.Who\'s bright idea was this?
You didn\'t know that? We don\'t get it until Q1 2002. They babbled on about an Xbox plant in Hungary and whatnot. :)
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: Deadly Hamster on June 22, 2001, 03:24:22 AM
i havnt been following zbox , whats the us release date?
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: PS2_-'_'-_PS2 on June 22, 2001, 03:55:16 AM
:nut:yeah they might say they r working on it but this will just be 2 stop people buing PS3 or the PS2:nut:
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: nO-One on June 22, 2001, 04:29:03 AM
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Originally posted by Samwise
You didn\'t know that? We don\'t get it until Q1 2002. They babbled on about an Xbox plant in Hungary and whatnot. :)


I think I\'ll go and kick Billy boy in the beanbag now.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: Stupid Mop on June 22, 2001, 05:04:46 AM
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Originally posted by PS2_-\'_\'-_PS2
:nut:yeah they might say they r working on it but this will just be 2 stop people buing PS3 or the PS2:nut:


And how is that going to stop them? :confused:
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 22, 2001, 11:10:14 AM
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yeah they might say they r working on it but this will just be 2 stop people buing PS3 or the PS2


LOL, sure thing buddy. Listen the sooner they start the better, MS will have some tight ass competetion in game HArdware next gen, so they better get to the drawing board.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 08:55:10 PM
Just to make it clear, TheOGodlyThing seems like a X-Box fanbot always protecting it and bashing the ps2. But i really do feel sorry for those in europe.  :laughing: :laughing:
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 08:56:21 PM
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X-Box fanbot


Ok whatever that is. I\'m a robot now
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 08:59:23 PM
typo............fanboy*
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:02:06 PM
typo......Cry baby who will beg mommy and daddy when Xbox is released, seeing the mistake he made blowing all his allowence on cough a Sony Product. If you really want to kick yourself in the butt I dare you to buy a SONY reciever.

LOL, this is fun.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 09:07:05 PM
ill get it so i an hit it with a sledgehammer.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:09:18 PM
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ill get it so i an hit it with a sledgehammer


Fine by me, your loss and stupidity. I would never harm my PS2, even though it\'s main purpose now is to hold my books up.

PS. \'ill get it so i an hit it with a sledgehammer.
Words of a cough..FanboT...opps typo fanboy
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 09:13:09 PM
lol, id never harm my PS2 either. Did i say i would?
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:15:58 PM
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lol, id never harm my PS2 either. Did i say i would?






LOL, can you read??? go back and read it again.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 09:18:52 PM
k did it, whats so different?
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:24:53 PM
maybe this might help explain

"lol, id never harm my PS2 either. Did i say i would?"

Did I say you would bash your PS2 no, You mentioned that you would buy the XBOX just to smash it with a hammer, so I then responded with this

"Fine by me, your loss and stupidity. I would never harm my PS2, even though it\'s main purpose now is to hold my books up.

So as you can see, my point was that even though I don\'t use my (and this one\'s for you) PlayedStation2, my mentality is not screwed enough for me to take a Hammer and bash it.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 09:26:52 PM
Ya, im sure you are not damging your PS2 but putting books on it.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:30:44 PM
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Ya, im sure you are not damging your PS2 but putting books on it


LMAO, I said I was using it to Hold my books up.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 09:34:48 PM
wait, you mean you putting it next to books to keep em from fall over or putting books on it?
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:37:10 PM
Yes, I have over 750 books, All of them top quality. I feel it\'s important to be educated in in regard to our environmental surroundings--THE WORLD, consciousness, the cosmos, etc.. Knowledge is power, but I think of it like a journey.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: cloud345 on June 23, 2001, 09:44:03 PM
Well, if you will excuse me i have to go get farther in Dark Cloud.
Title: Microsoft already working on XBOX2
Post by: TheOgodlyThing on June 23, 2001, 09:49:01 PM
Understood, and may I say this has been a fun hour. It\'s like we were talking in a chat room, as soon as I posted seconds later you responded. Very fun indeed.