Update: Xbox Lite on the Way

<p><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;allthingsd&period;com&sol;files&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;Xbox360Logo&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Xbox Logo" width&equals;"480" height&equals;"272" &sol;><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>If you have been paying attention to the rumor mill lately&comma; you have no doubt hear rumors of a new xbox being revealed sometime next year&period; The rumors have started to take a different form lately&period; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;rumor-xbox-lite-unveiled-e3&sol;">As we reported earlier <&sol;a>the next Xbox hardware may not be the massive generational leap people have been expecting&comma; according to anonymous blogger MS Nerd&comma; who posted some information on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;reddit&period;com&sol;r&sol;casualiama&sol;comments&sol;r4q5l&sol;iama&lowbar;someone&lowbar;who&lowbar;leaks&lowbar;information&lowbar;about&sol;&quest;sort&equals;new">Reddit<&sol;a>&period; The new rumor is that the next console will be a stripped down version of the current Xbox&comma; which will concentrate on &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Arcade-style games” and Kinect apps&period; This is the same ARM-powered console MS Nerd <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;joystiq&period;com&sol;2011&sol;11&sol;09&sol;rumor-next-xbox-to-be-windows-powered-going-apple-route&sol;">discussed<&sol;a> in November of last year&period; The device is apparently slated for a late 2013 launch and is supposedly &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;price-competitive” with Apple TV&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;true successor” will launch sometime after&comma; with the same media apps and support for more of a core gaming experience&period; The next generation of Kinect will supposedly launch sometime in 2015&period; Current rumors of the next Xbox launch estimate a new device any time from later this year to some time in 2014 or beyond&period; Microsoft has stated that there will be no discussion of a new Xbox at this years E3&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>What are your hopes for the next generaton of consoles&quest; For all the latest information or rumors about the next generation of Xbox&comma; stay with us&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;Via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;joystiq&period;com&sol;2012&sol;03&sol;26&sol;rumor-stripped-down-xbox-planned-for-2013&sol;">Joystiq<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;