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    Strangelove: Phew. I'm looking forward to the next generation, but I also have about 500 Rock Band songs (between RB1, RB2, RBACDC, and DLC) on my 360 that I'm wor... more »
    bobtheduck in Korea: If this is true, my respect for Microsoft just went up a little. Not much, but a little. *thumbs up* So how will Nintendo and Sony do with this? Let's... more »
    gojirah: I don't think either MS or Sony can justify to investors the cost for the R&D of a next next generation. more »
    EnigmaNemesis: Well Mr. Bach. You guys shortened last generation. Hopefully you live to your word. Well the PS2 still is/was going strong. So last generation coul... more »
    FunkmasterC: Let's not forget the 12 year reign of the TurboGrafX-16/PC Engine. more »
    Foxstar is in love with Kotaku's two Brians.: Sony will be the first, at the least, the second to upgrade. The PS2 had a complete death grip on the market at this point and time and by hanging ont... more »
    excaliburps: From what he said I have to say that the PS2 still had some juice left. It's just that the 360 was already on the market and Sony can't really just le... more »
    Numanoid: The Wii's hardware specs won't last that long to remain at all appealing with the hardcore. more »
    Soldier_CLE says DON'T STOP AT THE STAR! REVOKE THE WHOLE DAMN THING, OWEN!!!: It makes sense that the next XBox is not "currently planned", but with the "WiiHD" (or whatever it will be called), that may come within a couple of y... more »
    EderC: With the Wii, I really think Nintendo set a new precedent/ fully enforced their philosophy as to what we should expect from a new console generation. ... more »
    Omnimon: Fahey, in your opinion, why isn't a 10-year cycle viable? I would have agreed with that until this generation, but at this point, with the technology ... more »
    Ashurahori: I'd wait a decade, to be honest. There's too much "MORE GRAPHICS, MORE IMPRESSIVE HARDWARE" nowadays, and not as much game enhancing. The PS2 continue... more »
    uppitycracker: can we really wait for the next big thing? my answer? yes. yes i can. give my wallet a break folks, stop making me pump so much money on 2 new console... more »
    exkon: Console gamers laugh at PC gamers ritual of updating their hardware nearly every year, yet do we really want console games with a cycle of 6-7 years? more »
    dae_giovanni: Well, the PS3 is supposed to have a 10-year cycle, isn't it? more »
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    Robbie Bach: Next Xbox Still Quite A Ways Away

    After the first-generation came and went in a relative blink of an eye, Microsoft's Robbie Bach says that the company isn't in quite as much of a hurry to upgrade the Xbox 360. More »