Microsoft: Xbox 360 Support Until 2013
Microsoft has gone on record to say that it plans to support the Xbox 360 hardware until at least 2013. This comes from comments made by Microsoft Game Studios VP Shane Kim.
“We said from the beginning that we expect the Xbox 360 to have a long tail,” he told CVG. “Admittedly, we don’t have any experience doing this, but we’re pretty confident.”
He also stressed the fact that the console would be around until the conclusion of the action-RPG trilogy Too Human, the first of which is yet to be released.
The original Xbox, which launched in 2001, was replaced by the Xbox 360 in 2005. The four-year support was a “strategic decision” as revealed by Kim.
February 28th, 2009 at 4:43 am
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March 20th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
My xbox 360 is 13 months old and i have had the red ring of death a few weeks ago. i fixed the issue by useing a couple of towels now the cd drive is failing and will not red discs. i called microsofts xbox customer support and was told tough shit pay us and we will fix it. if the 360 is here for the long haul it should last but the truth is it is a pandoras box. that is rite the stupid microsoft desginers created a modern nightmare. it gets to hot and fries the componets that they stuffed into the small area. as a computer tech with no collage experiance i could have desgined this thing better. now the loyal customers who are haveing this issue need to take action. we need to make the comapny take responsibility for there mistake. E-mail me at Dreaconus@yahoo.com if you want to join with the hundreds of others who are sick of being ripped off by this company. We plan to file a law sute for customer fraud. Gamers unite against ower commen enemy. as customers we should be taken seriously not swept under the rug. OWER VOICES WILL NOTICED!!!!!!!!