Microsoft could be getting ready for a reveal of the Xbox 720 at next month’s Electronics Entertainment Expo (E3). Â Up until now, all we have heard out of Microsoft is that it’s very comfortable with the success it’s having with the Kinect and Xbox 360 Slim models. Â The company has experienced industry leading sales at retailers, but new rumors suggest that Microsoft has development units already sent out to developers and publishers. Â More specifically, the source of the rumor suggests that EA has one of these developement units in hand, housed in a PC shell.
While EA is getting comfortable with the new technology, convention-goers may get their first hint at Microsoft’s next generation console at Microsoft’s press event, to be held on June 6th. Â Market forces may be pushing Microsoft to make a reveal this year, and a console release in holiday 2012, if the rumor turns out to be true. Â Nintendo’s next generation console is slated to be shown off at the convention, and Microsoft may be getting jitters thinking about allowing Nintendo to have such a large headstart in the next generation.
