"Indeed, I couldn't even get him to speculate about moving the 360 forward to a more modern chip technology. This would reduce the Xbox's manufacturing cost and also produce a console that generated less heat and cost less to run -- benefits that have already accrued to Sony with the launch of the PS3 Slim. It should also be more reliable."<p>You have to take news about future versions of existing consoles with enormous grains of salt. The last few updates have been announced as quietly as possible, as close to the actual release as possible, because they don't want people to hold off purchasing a console while waiting for the new revision. If they are planning on sticking with the current XBox 360 platform for another 2 years, I'm sure we'll get a new chipset iteration. Why? Because there's no way they'll pass all the savings on to the consumer, so they'll make more money. But don't expect them to announce it years in advance; expect something more like "weeks".<p>Besides, it's not as if they are still shipping the original design: <a href="http://kotaku.com/305370/xbox-360-falcon-chips-have-landed" rel="nofollow">http://kotaku.com/305370/xbox-360-falcon-chips-have-landed</a>