Yes I know cheeky thread title but interesting article. Although a lot of it is trying to get devs to trip over themselves and reveal something they shouldn't. Nice attempt at least on the part of EDGE. And I thought they had a solid source for news of this machine? From the tone of this article that source must have dried up.
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-long-silence-why-microsoft-needs-to-reveals-its-next-xbox-and-quickly/
Patrick Bach, executive producer, DICE
Can you talk about the two next-gen consoles?
No.
Amid a torrent of damaging rumour and speculation around its next console, someone, somewhere at Microsoft is calm. They insist that they wont be rushed into revealing their plans for 360s successor; that its all under control. Well show it off when were ready, they say. Having their hand forced by Sonys PS4 event would be a sign of weakness. Its good to keep people waiting. It builds anticipation.
Theyre wrong. The messaging that Microsoft usually seeks to control so tightly has taken on a life of its own in the last few months. Instead, our next Xbox story and a multitude of leaks and sources reported across the games media have filled that void and the picture being built of the next Xbox in the minds of the games-playing public is a poisonous one.
Jade Raymond, managing director, Ubisoft Toronto
Do you think Microsoft need to get a move on and confirm their next console?
Are they working on a new console? [laughs]
This silence is it frustrating?
Its funny because you know the last generation we were working on Assassins Creed 1 and I remember we were talking about it like three years before we got the consoles and everything. So I guess its a different approach this time, but in some ways its good because in games were always excited by the next tech. Theres still a lot of innovation happening on the current consoles and theres a lot of innovation happening on different platforms, so its nice weve had a bit more time to focus on stuff thats still coming out on the platforms that we currently have.
Marcin Iwinski, co-founder and joint CEO, CD Projekt
The Witcher 3 has been confirmed for PS4 and PC, but weve got a situation where no-ones allowed to talk about what Microsofts doing next
Do we? Is there something coming? [laughs]
I assume youve signed NDAs and so on is it frustrating that you cant talk openly about this?
Weve signed NDAs so we cant talk about the NDAs! [laughs].
We ran a story in February saying the next Xbox was always on, always connected and might not play secondhand games. Does that affect development of The Witcher 3 at all?
Obviously we havent shared anything we know, and I have no knowledge of anything like that well wait and see and as it is with every platform itll be [revealed] step by step, bit by bit. Definitely what is happening and again we dont have any confirmed information on it but it all goes this way: its the digital revolution. More downloads and streaming.
One has to wonder how long Microsoft is going to allow this to continue. The latest of many rumours suggests itll be at least another month; another month of escalating negativity, another month of leaks, another month of awkward interviews with game developers skilfully dodging questions under NDA.
Another month in which editorials like this will be written by increasingly frustrated journalists who just want this ludicrous shadow-chasing to stop. The next Xbox exists, and its not the disaster the internet thinks it is Microsoft just needs to show it to us to make all this go away.
http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-long-silence-why-microsoft-needs-to-reveals-its-next-xbox-and-quickly/