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Games for first-gen Xbox to 2007
Industry News :: 12th April, 2005
Reuters - NEW games for Microsoft's current Xbox video game console
will continue to be published through until 2007, Microsoft said as
it prepares for the release of an Xbox successor.
While Microsoft has not committed to a release date for the new
console, code-named "Xenon," the industry universally expects it
sometime at the end of 2005.
In a release detailing developers that will make games for that
next-generation hardware, the company said: "Microsoft is fully
committed to this (current) generation and gamers can expect an
amazing pipeline of titles into 2007."
A Microsoft spokeswoman said that 2007 was not a "hard stop", but
rather a guideline for the last releases of new games developed for
the Xbox. Microsoft has not said whether its next console will be
compatible with the current Xbox.
New games for Sony's PlayStation continued to come out until late
2004, even though the successor PlayStation 2 made its debut in
late 2000. The PS2 is backward compatible with the PSOne.
Microsoft said every major name in the publishing and development
industries has committed to make games for the new console. More
details are expected next month at E3, the industry trade show in
Los Angeles.
