Is Microsoft Already Manufacturing the Next Xbox?

[Zappykins]

Adinnieken said:

That will never happen because of the Osborne Effect.

You won't hear about the next Xbox before E3 2013.

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I don't think they will or should announce a new console, until it is a few months from launch.  Look at how the rumors on the new 3DS hurt sales when the North America launch of the DSXL.  Why buy something that is going to be 'old gen' a few months (on in this case, about a year) later?

I think it will also depend on how well the rumored X360/Kinect at $99 will sell. (And those saying it's a bad value - I agree - but the same with leasing a car (in most cases) and plenty of people lease cars.))

These sounds like test/dev kits, and I just hope the 16 core CPU rumors are true.  I would really like to see a huge jump in the next gen.