A new rumor has surfaced that sheds some light on Microsoft’s immediate plans for their next console, and it’s probably not what you’re hoping for. Â According to MS Nerd over on Reddit, the next Xbox console won’t be a next generation console at all, but it will be ‘stripped down version of the current Xbox’.
According to an anonymous leaker on Reddit, the “Xbox Lite” will arrive a significantly lower price point of $100 and in the late part of 2013.
“At some point after [the Xbox Lite], we’ll see a Xbox Next, a true successor to the 360… Details about it are very hazy, except that, like the 360, it will do games for core-audiences and the same media apps as the other device, also with Kinect.”
Microsoft recently dispelled rumors that they would be showing a next generation console at E3 2012, so this new timeline seems to fall in line with what’s coming out of Washington. Â However, these details are only speculation at this point, as this information comes from anonymous and unverified sources.
