: They are not dropping the platform any where near as quickly as the original
: Xbox. With an install base of 75+million units you would be
: IN-FUCKING-SANE to drop that. That is the reason why CoD, Assassins Creed,
: Destiny, Battlefield and countless other games will still be on 360/PS3
: this year. Also Phil Spencer said there is a huge 360 related announcement
: at E3. We will see what that is.

Huge 360 announcement? what game or hardware related?

: Um the reason why would be because Halo 4's unique player numbers numbers are
: DISMAL and they are itching to get the newest multiplayer out. I used to
: be a die hard multi player guy. Around 10,000 matches combined Halo
: 2/3/Reach and I haven't played H4 in a month. Not that it is a bad game, I
: simply have lost interest in multiplayer in general (For all games) and
: stick to single player games....Many other people have shared that
: practice and abandoned Halo 4 multi...

But its no real reason to drop Halo 4 entirely. Halo 4 needs fixing sure I can agree to that, but I don't think halo 4 having faults calls for a brand new Halo game yet.

: Forza is awesome and Dogs of Duty will be the next Nintendogs bro.

Never thought of it that way! In that case, Corgi DLC or no sale!!

: I think the 360 mini being the backwards compatibility solution is nothing
: more than a rumor. With all the incredibly negative press that came out of
: Tuesday, maybe the one thing that could have salvaged the day is MS saying
: "we have a solution to backwards compatibility, we are not ready to
: share our plans at the time but we have a way." Instead they have
: reiterated that there is no BC.

Yeah your right in a sense that it was the perfect time to tell people that 360 games would be supported somehow, but instead they called us backwards thinking for wanting it.

: As for plans with Halo...You got me. I'd love a Halo 2 Anniversary, but I'd
: also love ODST 2, Halo Wars 2, Halo Kart, or more seriously a 3rd person
: squad shooter...The possibilities are endless.

Halo Kart!! FUCK YES FUND THAT!!!

: Had you asked me a week ago whether or not I believed the Online rumors, the
: Preowned game fee rumors, the mandatory Kinect rumors, I would have
: laughed and said "No fucking way, MS would alienate the fanbase like
: that" (Not not necessarily alienate me, but a lot of the base for
: sure.)
: Now I have no fucking clue what MS is planning Halo wise. After Tuesday's
: performance they might actually be misguided enough to not launch with a
: Halo (It wouldn't be the first time).

And thats what scares me, Rushing halo for the sake of a console shouldn't be done. I didn't see Halo 3 being rushed when the xbox 360 was released.

: When all is said and done I'll be getting both the Xbox One and PS4 at
: launch. I already have a Wii U, and both Xbox and Sony have series that I
: love. Pretty disappointed by the Next Gen reveals so far. Sony had great
: Hardware but didn't show any really great games, MS has lesser Hardware
: and showed jack shit. Not the kind of Hype train I've been accustomed to
: with previous launches...Yet I remain hopeful.

Your one of the few. Can't say if I'll really get a One at launch now if these misguided problems arn't dealt with first.

: ... random thought.
: What's the feasibility of releasing a 360 accessory ? An add-on to the One
: that perhaps connects via USB, maybe LAN? May or may not include a CD
: drive. But a stripped down, small processor-packed 360 box that would
: execute its games and send the result through the One?
: Without a drive, the One could read the disc and push the data to the mini
: box, which could do all the playing - no emulator needed; and the One HD
: could be used so no included HD drive.
: With a drive, the mini box could do all the work.
: Either way, the mini box could send the output to the One (avoiding yet
: another media source to our systems), or just output from the mini box.

: Without a drive, it has no moving parts. Just the processors and architecture
: needed to run 360 games natively as they were meant to be run,
: non-emulated; and released as an exclusive add-on to the XBO for anyone
: who doesn't already have a 360 (and cheaper than the full box of course),
: which would continue to bring all 360 games to the XBO, while allowing new
: native XBO games to be released.

: Logistically, I think it's sound. :)

I believe that was the Xbox Mini rumor in a nutshell!