If you still didn't believe the claims that the current generation of consoles would last longer than previous ones, new evidence has surfaced that would suggest it's going to be several more years before we the successor to the Xbox 360.JobpostingsonLinkedInseeking candidates for engineering positions have been discovered which refer to Microsoft's"next generation console."
The listings,discoveredby a poster on the Beyond3D forums, are for positions in the Interactive Entertainment Business division, which the Xbox falls under. More specifically, they are looking to hire new members to the Xbox Console Architecture team."The team is responsible for defining and delivering next generation console architectures from conception through implementation,"one of the postings reads.
Beyond that, there's little informatino that's of interest unless you're looking to land a new job. What is noteworthy, however, is that it would seem Microsoft is fairly early in the planning stages on its follow-up to the Xbox 360. With pre-production taking place now, it seems unlikely that we'll be seeing Xbox 3/720/Revolution, or whatever it might be called, prior to late 2013, if it even comesthatsoon.
The Xbox 360 has been out for nearly five-and-a-half years now, having released in November 2005. Microsoft beat both Sony and Nintendo to market by about a year, and given how that extra time on the market -- Red Ring of Death aside -- helped to give the 360 a sales cushion over the PS3, it could look to recreate that by being the first out of the gate once again with the next generation of consoles.
Source:Eurogamer
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