Xbox 720
Earlier this year, Microsoft unveiled a new subscription plan for purchasing the Xbox 360.
Xbox has been cemented itself as one of the best-selling video game machines in history.
Gaming website Trusted Reviews reports that a fall 2013 release date for the Xbox 720 is most likely.
A new Microsoft Research project has created Digits, a type of wireless, hand gesture-recognizing controller that doesn't even require you to be in the same room.
A few weeks back, rumors surfaced of Microsoft working on a wearable controller. The rumors can now cease as Microsoft showed off a prototype wristwatch controller on Wednesday.
Wedbush Morgan Securities Analyst Michael Pachter believes that only the enxt generation consoles can save the game industry.
The Xbox 720 is still years away, but that does not mean that games are not currently in development for the console.
Microsoft is abandoning its point-based purchase system with Windows 8, potentially signaling the first phase in a Microsoft Marketplace redesign that may sweep over the Xbox 360 during the fall dashboard update, and will more than likely be the Redmond-based company's new universal standard by the time the Xbox 720 launches.
In just a few weeks, Nintendo releases its latest console the Nintendo Wii. The Wii hopes to introduce new gaming concepts and create new experiences in the living room for gamers and their families. But is the Wii U slated for a similar fate to Nintendo's Wii?
Don't expect to see a new Xbox or PlayStation anytime soon - Microsoft and Sony and developers feel confident there's still juice left in the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.
An interesting phenomenon seems to be occurring in the gaming industry. The Nintendo Wii U is slated for release in just weeks and third party publishers are already jumping on the Big N's bandwagon. This had never happened before, but with the market expanding into mobile technology, third party develops simply don't have the luxury of ignoring any hardware manufacturer. Or do they?
A Grand Theft Auto game on a Nintendo home console would be great - but will it happen?
Sony complains it has trouble developing the PS3 and PS4. Microsoft, on the other hand, just added more security to its Xbox 720 base.
Sony plans to continue supporting the PlayStation 3 in the continuing years, pointing a more relaxed approach to releasing the PlayStation 4.
With the Wii U launch window just around the corner, the industry is starting to shift its attention to what Microsoft and Sony have in store for their next consoles. The big story seems be Microsoft's next controller which reports claim will be wearable.
