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Quote: Originally Posted by DaveDQ

Major Nelson posted this today about the new longevity in consoles the 360 has created. http://majornelson.com/2011/06/03/a-...-head-into-e3/ "Today we announced that by extending the capabilities of the Xbox platform with Kinect and Xbox LIVE, Microsoft has “changed the tail” of the typical console lifecycle, showing dramatic gains in the fifth and sixth years of this generation." Putting this up right before E3 obviously has an intention to it. I see MS's theme being "You don't need a new system." With all that has been upgraded on XBL, the inclusion of Kinect, and then what they reveal next week, I see them trying to reinforce the longevity of the 360 and steering away from a new console.

An interesting, and ugly, US sales chart Major Nelson has there. It needs to indicate prices somehow, as the 360 has held at the $199/$299 pricing for 3 years now.