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Home News 343i's Frank O'Connor Believes The Xbox 360 Isn't At The End Of Its Life Cycle

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343i's Frank O'Connor Believes The Xbox 360 Isn't At The End Of Its Life Cycle

Posted on Thursday, October 4 @ 09:26:35 Eastern by Alex_Osborn


A holiday 2013 release for the Xbox 360's successor seems like a given at this point, but according to 343 Industries' Frank O'Connor, Microsoft's current gaming box still has plenty of life left in it. 

In an interview with GamesIndustry, the franchise development director pointed to Halo 4 as a testament to the fact that the Xbox 360 can still offer up new and technologically impressive experiences. “The reason that Halo 4 looks good is that that machine has an awful lot of untapped power still and it’s going to continue to," O'Connor explained.

"I think that looking forward into the future I can see years from now, even after next-gen platforms are out, that you’ll have lower priced versions of the existing consoles happily living side by side and serving really valuable functions,” he added.

The 343i director even went so far as to say that because of this, it stands to reason that the Xbox 360 isn't dying out any time soon. "I would actually strongly contest the fact that the Xbox 360 is at the end of its life cycle. This has already been one of the longest generations and there’s a really good reason for it, which is that current consoles are incredibly flexible and still really powerful.”

Do you agree with O'Connor, or do you think he's full of it and is trying to throw us off the Xbox 720's scent? Let us know in the comments below.
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Tags:   Xbox 360, 343 Industries


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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2012 at 10:41 am
    I am getting real sick of these statements supporting 360. The Xbox is out of date. No matter how many game discs you give me for one title I still think you're ****ed up.
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  • napsterxxl
    napsterxxl
    Joined: Mar 2006
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2012 at 10:56 am
    As much as I like x360, people need the new generation. the reason they managed to get H4 to look (apparently) so good on X360 is couse its developed [u]exclusively[/u] for it, meaning thy dont have to worry about how it will look on different types of hardware and allowing them to truly focus on squeezing it for all its worth
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2012 at 12:50 pm
    These statements mean absolutely nothing, and I have no idea why news outlets keep posting these articles. The original Nintendo still has life in it, as homebrewers are still producing games. If you go even further on this retarded philosophy that Frank O'Connor and other simpletons believe, the Atari 2600 still has life in it. Atari 2600 still has games coming out for it, and look even better than some released back in the 80's. WOW!
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  • xDUMPWEEDx
    xDUMPWEEDx
    Joined: Jan 2012
    Posted: Oct 4th, 2012 at 5:05 pm
    I just wanted to say that I'm not blaming GR for posting these empty headed lifeless comments from this nobody. I know GR has a lot of bills to pay in order to keep the site running and pay the staff and I fully agree with everything done to pay the bills.
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