Microsoft No-Comments On Next-Gen Console Plans

In a humbling example of in what manner a rumor can develop a life of its possess Microsoft bucked the conventional wisdom by means of avoiding the subject of its next-generation solace at the opening of the Game Developer conversation Instead, as mentioned already, Microsoft first appearanceed its new XNA unified unravelling system, and showed technology demo powered through relatively contemporary technology.

The fresh XNA Frequently Asked Questions document does briefly address the control of next-generation consoles, however. citationed for your edification:

"It's too early to announce future-generation Xbox cropss That said, Microsoft XNA drive forwards us ahead of Sony in the next-generation games race because the futurity of gaming is in software, not hardware. At GDC you are seeing a certain number of of the early possibilities of what the coming time will bring. Everything that draw nears to Windows and Xbox in the years to tend hitherward is only going to obtain better and better in our never-ending search to meet customer expectations and bridge the gap with developer realities."

Next-generation solaces remain the hottest of topics, however, and we'll infallibly continue to deliver whatever of recent origins of them we can find.

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