XBox 2, PS3 set for 2006 battle

[modmyxbox]

From theinquirer.net:
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GAMES MAKER THQ has its nose to the grindstone readying games for the next generation of consoles heading for a high street battle in 2006, CEO Brian Farrell said.

In a conference call to discuss THQ's latest quarterly results, Farrell said the company's Rainbow and Volition studios were already working on ideas for the consoles. "We still believe that the next generation will launch in 2006. That's our best guess as of today's date," Farrell said. But he added that he couldn't rule out an earlier launch date for either one, or both of the consoles. "We're certainly preparing in the event that there is a 2005 launch," he said.
Having carved itself out a niche in the maket dominated by Sony, Microsoft will live or die in the next round of the battle which has seen the Vole squeeze into Nintendo's shoes as the number two contender, Sega having given up the hardware ghost some time ago.
The big two are likely to go head to head within weeks of each other, in a battle for the hearts and minds of nimble-thumbed youngsters everywhere.

Posted by:: XanTium
October 21 15:46 CEST

[pEEpiNg toM]

all i can say and hope is "go xbox"

[modmyxbox]

behold the power of X

[xeno]

Gonna be a very interesting battle

[gantorris]

I'd better start saving up some cash now

[tk375]

Let's give them both a chance..Ps3 might be better

[gantorris]

I'll probably get both but I will favor the one that has better overall quality

[skuper]

MY CONSPIRACY THEROY:
M$ is all about the money. M$ owns bungie, bungie makes halo, halo makes bungie a lot of money, i think M$ times it all, once halo sales slow down, they release halo PC, halo pc slows down, they release halo 2, so the money keeps coming. I think once halo 2 slows down, start looking for xbox 2, and a perfect game to come out with xbox 2 would be halo 3. Think about it, we fought on a neuteral planet in halo, earth in halo 2, now the covenants planet in halo 3....but then again i could be totaly wrong and nothing like that happens.

[maquereautin]

to sum up that whole long thing skuper(not to say it was bad or any thig) ms is out to take over the world, plain and simple. i cant wait for the world to go to linux, or macs. ms went down hill with the 98 OS, and this hill is never ending, except for the gaming console.

[StaticSniperX]

Behold the power of X, but this will be some battle when both consoles are released.