Go to your kitchen cupboard right now. Pull out that big salt container and empty as much of it as you can into your hands, as you’ll need to take this with far more than just a pinch of salt.
According to an anonymous source speaking to Gamereactor, Microsoft may be about to delay their next generation console into next year, giving the PS4 a mighty head start, meaning that it may not release until March due to January and February being unlikely release periods.
They “have no further information on what the cause of the delay is, whether there are issues with manufacturing or whether Microsoft are making last minute alterations” so it’s pretty clear that this probably isn’t at all true, despite their source telling them so.
The Xbox One is set to release in November.
Gaztee
Calling BS on this one. The ONLY way this is right, is if the other rumours that MS were 6 months behind Sony with the software development is true. Then it would fit the time scale. Or maybe the first 20 off the production line all had RRoD?? :D
TheShepanator
I don’t think they’d delay the release at this point, even if it meant only releasing with a few tens of thousands of units
The Von Braun
Some epic chin stroking going on here.
MS know only too well just how important getting (any) sort of head start over your rival is, in this industry.The original Xbox could do little to put a dent into the huge PS2 userbase,as by time it launched, PS2 had steam rollered over all in it’s path, the 360 was off to a flying start, but once Sony removed it’s corporate head from it’s own backside, PS3 sales ramped up to point where the 360 was no longer the dominant console, games started being developed on PS3, rather than 360 with PS3 version getting best fit port.
Changing specs this late in the day? just not going to happen, lead time on manufacturing, getting stock levels high enough, sheer cost involved etc, i just cannot see it.
More likely chip yields just are’nt high enough to meet demand or possibly they are indeed looking to launch a budget model Xbox One, no Kinect..to compete with PS4 pricing, but then they’d be faced with exactly same issue Kinect was on 360, if it’s not going to be running on every Xbox One out there, why should developers devote resources to using it in games?.
Only reason i could see for a delay is for Ms to cram in yet more U-turns.I’ve never seen a console change so much from original vision to actual product in such a short space of time.
cam the man
Aaron Greenberg, chief of staff for Devices and Studios Group at Microsoft has tweeted:
@SimoneAzzarello Ha, don’t believe everything you read! We will share more details at Gamescom.