XBOX 360 to have support till 2013

Well folks, I received some news today while searching Shacknews. It appears that my worst fear regarding gaming consoles has received some GOOD news in a way. Microsoft confirms that it will support the console until 2013; so the new console won't appear until 2012 at the latest. The thing is i'm not "thrilled" when I invest four-hundred dollars into a console when a new one suddenly comes five years later. But considering a 360 replacement won't appear until six years after the 360's release and the continued support for even longer is comforting, that's plenty of time to enjoy this system. And with the amazing barrage of games in the last year, i'm ready for more. But damn, six to nine more years! that's impressive backing. And i'm counting up to 2015 since the lead team of the game "Too Human" says they're supporting 360 for the remainder of its trilogy which is suppost to last till 2015.

I find this an interesting study because I have concluded that in the future we can just buy the games without the case or CD in the future, they've made it possible on the Xbox Live Store with Halo and some classic titles. So no drive and the continued increase in performance in a smaller size brings an interesting proposition. Why not make it an upgrade on the 360 where you send yours in and have it gutted of its mechanicals to fit the new hardware?

That would save design costs and so many other things for Microsoft, but another reason for it is so we don't have old systems sitting around our house. If you have friends who are still playing Halo 2 and can't afford an Xbox 360 its probably saddened you. Well that might happen with some of your friends right now should they not buy Xbox 720. LOL, whatever it's named. For the upgrade to the new "version" for the new era, you'll save on materials, you'll still be able to chat with your friends on live unlike the small barriers between Xbox and the Xbox 360 live differences since your pretty much on the same system. And you'll probably pay less to upgrade it by at most fifty dollars. And with all the investments in the plug-in play technology accessories for the 360 now, they have to be supported with such a universal input, and keeping the current system would help that. Especially in many cases where people have bought the wireless networking adaptor that attaches to the back of the 360.

With the stupid mistakes of the past like the Atari 5200, the Sega CD and 32x, and the Sega Neptune. This would cause less headaches.