Xbox 720 Set for Two Versions, 2013 Release, E3 Reveal

Posted by newbie Tuesday, January 31, 2012 0 comments

Microsoft France has revealed that there are no plans to release a brand new Xbox inside 2012, saying that they�re not �convinced� that the device we�ve been calling the Xbox 720 will be happening this year.

This information comes from the marketing director for Microsoft in France Cedrick Delmas interviewing with Lepoint and brought to us by Eurogamer. Delmas notes that the proof of this notion comes in the lack of a price drop in the Xbox 360 thus far, he then noting that the life cycle for the Xbox 360 is far from over.

In regards to how they plan on countering the oncoming release of the next generation Nintendo Wii console, still tentatively called Wii U, Delmas said that they weren�t there to fight Nintendo, and that they were simply on a different cycle from the other manufacturers. There�s nothing like a good console war, but it�s simply not time for a new Xbox to be released, basically. His translated words read like this:

�We�re in an industry that talks a lot, that likes telling stories. I am not convinced that things will happen this year. The Xbox 360's cycle is not over at all. The proof is that we haven�t price cut this year. Afterward, what will happen at E3, it�s still too early to say. What�s certain is that there will be nothing new in 2012. If we wanted to counter Nintendo, we would have to be in a position to release something immediately, and that is not at all the case.� � Delmas