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That is a good point :-? And i never was a big fan of the PS3 :-? Yer XBOX FTW!

yeah my ps3 has been offline for quite sometime it had been relegated to a blu ray player long before then but with all the streaming services no need for that. I do still think it's graphics are better but the Xbox service can not be beat and if your a online multiplayer guy Xbox all the way ps3 is more of a single player console

"The xbox is on a 10 year life cycle" - wow, I didn't realize this, that's pretty amazing when you think about how often the next best computer comes out, do you have a source that there won't be a new xbox till 2014?

I binged it to confirm before posting and read an Engadget article, but I had remembered it from the Microsoft keynote at E3

Remember that the PS2 had a long life cycle too. This doesn't mean that the next gen console won't be out at the same time. It means that even when the next gen console comes out, you still may see new games, new form factors (Xbox 360 slim 2?), and new accessories. The two life cycles can overlap!

True but that's Sony Microsoft pretty much killed the original Xbox after the 360 3rd parties may have still Microsoft some energy but I didn't notice much from microsoft. Either way I'd say it's still 2013 at minimum this years over and not even a rumor of a new one that pretty mu h scratches any possibility between now and 2nd quarter I don't see them updating windows to a major release and doing a big windows phone and a new Xbox all at the same time and of course Xbox will launch just as holiday buying get heavy so that pretty much wipes out 2012 next time round would be holiday 2013 having one at this point would allow them to finish off the 360 respectfully with its 10 year cycle even this early still give plenty of life before a new one is possible but I personally think there declaration of 10 years mean they intend Intel ride it out as long as they can so unless there is some new major innovation it a competitor really come out with something to worry about I would count on a new Xbox for at least 2 year possible the full 4 that the 360 is to live I say 2-3 is most plausible

Yeah that's a good point with the pre-post holiday buying schedule. There are always offers coming out around this time so that would make a lot of sense. And of course money is tight, money is always tight these days :))