After introducing the Xbox in 2001, Microsoft released the second iteration of their wildly popular video gaming console, the Xbox 360 in 2005. In the years since, the Xbox 360 has seen several upgrades in performance and appearance in order to stay relevant and appease their global fan base. Given that a new console will always trump and updated one, many will be happy to know that reports have surfaced (pun fully intended) that Microsoft is gearing up to bring the latest edition of its gaming console in time for the 2013 holiday season.
The next edition of the device will be called Xbox 720 and Microsoft is planning to bring it to market between Thanksgiving and Christmas of 2013. This report was leaked by the ever famous “people familiar with company plans”.
One of these people shared that the Windows maker could reveal the next Xbox 720 at either the E3 event in June 2013 or that the software giant would organize its own special event for their latest gaming console. The anonymous parties, who leaked the information did not want to reveal their names given their position and relationship with Microsoft.
As news regarding the Xbox 720 has hit the internet, Microsoft has yet to spill the beans about this latest console. The company Bill built has remained tight lipped about the entire thing, but other sources like Xbox World have revealed some of the console’s specifications.
According to Xbox World, Xbox 720 will feature a Blu-Ray drive, improved controllers, Kinect 2.0 and A/V port for recording and watching broadcast TV shows on the gaming console itself.
Hopefully this new Xbox from Microsoft will remain as successful as its predecessors were. One need not look any further than Micorosoft’s Xbox sales totals, which reveal that the Windows maker had sold 70 million units of Xbox 360 as of this September and the same device has remained the best seller for 15 consecutive months.
Source: Cnet
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