There's a certain time warpage here.
Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates officially announced the existence of the long-rumored Xbox gaming console in a televised news feed released Friday afternoon.
It was released tomorrow?
Scheduled for release in the fall of 2001, the console will be supported by a number of video and computer game developers and boast performance greater than any previous game system.
Considering that it's supposed to have a new (not Win9x, not WinCE) but "compatible" OS from Microsoft, that rather distant launch date seems a bit, er, speculative as is.
From the cnet article:
Microsoft's game console will be built with the same hardware that goes into PCs, but may contain a new operating system that is compatible with, but different from, current Microsoft operating systems, sources said.
As one developer close to the X-Box project said, "it won't be Windows CE and it won't be Windows 98."
Well, the way the markets work these days, I'm sure it'll be good for a pop for somebody, but again, it's a long way off.
Cheers, Dan. |
