So Microsoft lied about Halo 4 being a whole new trilogy for Xbox 360 didn't they. Since they'll obviously release Halo 4 then 5 and 6 on the new xbox.

Times like these I wish I had a Time machine

But will it have enough exclusives to attract gamers? Or will they resort to paying for timed exclusives?

@Jawmuncher

Did you miss the part saying "rumor" up there?

Until Microsoft confirms, I'm still going to assume this is a 2014 release for the next xbox. In any case, Do I have to buy a new console now? I don't want to be an early adopter. I'll just wait until it gets Saints Row: WorldWide where you can go all over the world taking it over and can go into each and every building.
Or a Superhero sandbox game where you can actually customize your powers to have many different ones.
Or a zombie game that also goes around the world.

what the hell is the header from, and why does it look so familiar?

@MrSwishaTwista I'm pretty sure it's from The film Jason X.

Cue all the "IT'S TOO EARLY" comments from people that seem to forget that with a rumored 2013 release date that the 360 went 8 years and that's the longest console gap in 25 years if not in the entirety of video game history.

My body is ready.

Is anyone in fear that games for these systems will cost even more plus all have pay to play online gaming along with DLC? I know I am. I may be going back to PC gaming depending on how expensive this all is.

First thing they need to do is fix that controller, right jimmy?

@Sailorjeff

My biggest fear is that this next gen of consoles become just another stepping stone towards "OnLive gaming" where you don't actually own any gaming content, it's all just data stored on servers that you borrow the licenses for in order to play.

Horse Armor -> Map Packs -> Catwoman single player codes -> ????? -> OnLive

I only have two words.

Backwards compatible?

They waited for Sony to announce "2014" and then they was all "2013" up in this.

Jimmyx will be typing his comment with one hand, after hitting the caps lock button that is.

"Meh" for me really. I'm with Jango. Gaming is getting too big for its britches.

The only next-gen console I've got my eye on is the Wii U and if that ends up not appealing to me, then I'm definitely done with modern gaming. I'll just continue to follow news on it here on Dtoid like I do now while my PS2 and Wii (once I get one) continue to see regular play.

I'm predicting the wii u will be in the same situation the wii is in now. It will graphically inferior to its competition, and therefore, hardcore gamers won't buy games for it (except first party) and therefore, the only games made for it after the first year will be casual shovelware. I guess it will also have ports of 360 games (which will by then considered to be last gen games) buy it's not like I'm looking forward to playing ninja gaiden 3 with the battery consuming tablet with little nubs (inb4 somebody screams at me that you can also use the wii's classic controller, because the classic controller isn't a great controller regardless, and nobody is forcing devs to include classic controller support, just like how you could technically use classic controllers and gamecube controllers for wii games, but hardly anyone developers took advantage of that.)

Haha, everyone get ready for next gen rrod as MS sacrifices all quality control to saddle you sheep before Sony does.

Called it. Well, most did to be honest.

Also, I'm seriously curious how the next xbox is going to handle all of the dlc and on demand games, and basically every scrap of digital content that is tied to your gamertag. If they don't let us transfer all of those content liscenses, maybe the gaming community will seriously start to consider how fleeting content liscences can be.

Sony, Microsoft. If you make it I'll buy it. Day one. I've enjoyed both systems a lot this generation. I for one , can't wait

If the next gen systems are coming this soon then I speculate that the graphic and tech leap won't be much more than what the Wii-U is supposed to do. I mean shit can't keep getting more expensive and crazy forever.

@Cbunn
I hold the same concern! I better be able to transfer all of my stuff from the old system to the new system, keep the same email/account and all that jazz.

I don't think they would change that though, that would be horrible.

@CBunn
Exactly, backwards compatibility is my deciding factor in getting any new system. That's why I'm not getting a Wii and skipping straight to the WiiU, since I already have a Gamecube. :)

NeXtBOX.

@master snake

I don't disagree with ronin4life, it would be nice if they eschewed graphics for the sake of quality, I just don't see that happening, as if that were the case, the wii should have gotten a ton of games that put gameplay over graphics (but without graphics, the games just don't seem to get support).

@stevil: As well you should! I rented it for free back when I worked at Blockbuster in high school. I'm still ashamed to this day for wasting a perfectly good free rental on it.

I'd actually be okay with that timeframe, though I can't help but wonder about how much higher dev costs are going to climb with the next gen of graphics, and how that cost is inevitably going to be passed on to all of us.