Xbox 2 Plans on Schedule

Thanks to GamesIndustry.biz for their article regarding the manufacturing plans for the Xbox 2. "Speaking at a press conference, senior vice president Kenneth Kin said that ... manufacturing plans for Xbox 2 chips is 'proceeding according to plan,' scotching recent murmuring about a possible further delay to Microsoft's schedule for the system."

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[StocDred]

This is modded Troll? He's making a point about the press release war. Nintendo reveals the DS, Sony immediately reveals the PStwo... and Microsoft has jack shit, so the best they can come up with is "Chip production is on schedule."

Chip production is on schedule! Get me to the fanboy forums immediately! OMG!

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[unclethursday]

You do realize that Sony hasn't even had a prototype Cell chip made yet, right? And they don't expect the first prototype CHIPS to be ready until late this year or early next year.

Even considering they get the prototype chips ready by say November, they won't have final versions and manufacturing ready until early next year at the earliest, which means developers won't be able to get development kits until after that.

Sorry, there's no way in hell that sony is going to launch in 2005 with the PS3, provided it uses the Cell chip. Or, if it does, it'll have to survive for a good long time on PS2 games while developers learn the new chipset and architecture. In other words, if they launched at the end of 2005, their launch games would be worse than their PS2 launch games.

As for Nintendo, we don't know if they have sent out development kits or not, yet. They may have, but have the companies under a strict NDA until they unveil the console publically.