Xbox2 in 2005, but is it a mistake?
Microsoft is hoping to get a jump on Sony and Nintendo by introducing the next generation Xbox in 2005, well ahead of plans for the Playstation 3 (2006 or maybe 2007). However, they may be making a mistake as an article at Gameindustry points out. If they were the current industry leader, the move might be good, but since they are not, they may find several developers aren't ready to spend the time developing for the new console just yet. A bigger issue in my mind is backwards compatibility. If they want to win over new users to the Xbox2, they had better make sure the old games keep playing on it. Most developers say that isn't going to be the case, and I'd suspect nobody will want to write games that run on PS2, Gamecube, Xbox AND Xbox2.