XBOX 1 first to go? and sooner than expected?

[swlovinist]

Xbox has been sucking in Japan for days. No big deal

The Xbox in the US is kicking, and I give the good ol box another year of good 3rd party support. Games like Battlefield 2, Battlefront 2, among some other games should make people happy for awhile. Heck, I went online to play Crimson Skies and was delighted to see that many were on playing!

[MegaDrive20XX]

This does not surprise me at all. Why? It's Mircosoft people, they drop anything at the sound of a dime (or millions in this case)

Didn't they already claim that the Xbox production (console itself) will cease after the Xbox 360 release?

Mircosoft always forces the consumer to move, with or without you...

[Joker T]

"Microsoft thinks it can drop a system like that and everyone will run out for a 360 and the 360 looks cool but I hate how they think that they can kill it and everyone will upgrade "

When did MS state that? And the Xbox isn't dead yet despite what's being said in this thread.

I know I made a thread about it.........

but 1st party support is dead, at E3 05 the only game MS showed was Conker. I think the Xbox has some great games coming out just none by Microsoft

[Leo_A]

"Didn't they already claim that the Xbox production (console itself) will cease after the Xbox 360 release?"

Nope, they've stopped buying a certain chip used in the console. How long they have supplies for isn't known, and I'm sure they could always purchase more if need be. But no such announcement was ever made.

"but 1st party support is dead, at E3 05 the only game MS showed was Conker. I think the Xbox has some great games coming out just none by Microsoft"

That's pretty normal, with the exception of the Atari 2600. Microsoft is moving on, makes sense for them to put their resources into their next console.

[devilman]

Of course XBox is getting dropped. Microsoft has to pay royalties on each console produced, they've been losing money from the get go. Stop production on the Xbox, lose no more money, concentrate more on the 360. Simple as that.

Out of interest, will they actually make money on the 360 or will they make a loss on console sales again?

[CYRiX]

I saw in a mag somewhere they stopped producing the xbox in like July...Their are still some on the shelves though just because they produced soo much.

[sabre2922]

I noticed that there were no Xboxs at my local Hastings and only ONE at the Wal-mart.

I was hoping to pick up a new Xbox for $99 after the price drop Microsoft has GOT to have more units to sell ....dont they?

[evildead2099]

From Gamespot:

Although there were a fair number of games for the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Nintendo GameCube, the Microsoft Xbox made almost no appearance whatsoever.

Hmmm ALMOST NO APPEARANCE WHATSOEVER?

This shouldnt surprise me but it actually does I mean shit Microsoft is dropping the freakin Xbox 1 like a bad habit.

Hell the Xbox is the newest system out of the current 3 and it will be gone before both the PS2 and Gamecube.

The Xbox will have the shortest life-span of the 3 current gen machines by far.

I mean this is the same Xbox that has sold very well in the U.S. and certain parts of Europe right?

Then again they couldnt give the system away in Japan

But still M$ I think is burning all the Xbox gamers out there.

Reminds me of what Sega pulled with the Saturn when it was all gung-ho about the Dreamcast.[/b]

Grr.... I sympathize with you on many points.

I just hope that my Xbox gets treated to a Castlevania before the system becomes a "classic" system.