Today, Microsoft's European head made a fairly obvious statement, though most interesting was his lack of denial that the next Xbox will be unveiled at E3 2012.
Source: http://www.metro.co.uk/tech/games/8...xbox-could-overlap-with-360s-10-year-lifespanMetro said:GameCentral: Youll be well aware that everyone thinks youre going to announce a new console at E3 next year. When you were talking about the Xbox 360 lasting 10 years did you mean 10 unbroken years without a successor or just a 10 year lifespan at retail?
Chris Lewis: Well, we think were more than halfway through but given we are still growing, we think were at a healthy part in the life cycle still because weve pumped this adrenaline into the arm of the business with Kinect and the scope and scale of what that means for publishers and developers I think is huge. And indeed with Xbox Live which does truly stand us apart from everybody else. So we think were a little over halfway with the life cycle of the console, but thats not to say there wont be an overlap
GameCentral: So those 10 years, they wont be the Xbox 360 alone? The Xbox 720, or whatever its called, will presumably be leaking into some of those 10 years?
Chris Lewis: Could possibly be the case. Im not going to announce specifically or talk about timing. But you could imagine there could be overlap, it depends. Were not being specific about the next generation at this stage. Were very fixated on what were doing right now and the success were enjoying.
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