This doesn't surprise me at all. In fact I believe I said their was a 75% chance that Nex-Box would launch in 2012 alongside WiiU. In the end I am guessing Microsoft is revealing it at CES to get a jump on Sony and have a chance to announce the platform without competing for air waves with Nintendo. Also it is in line with the many rumors that studios have had dev kits for a while now and the fact that in 2008 Microsoft had begun hiring next generation software developers.
Everything suggested a 2012 release date, I will go further and say I strongly suggest that Halo 4 will be a launch title. I think the lack of screens and video and concrete info about 360 version gives credence to the fact that it is a next generation title. 343 is the company that began hiring next generation software developers so early and I doubt very much that they would start the next trilogy on the old 360! I'd say I think theirs an equal 75% chance that Halo 4 will be a launch title!
-JC7
"In God We Trust - In Games We Play " - Joel Reimer
