Xbox 720 rumors abound

<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;"><img class&equals;"aligncenter" src&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thetechlabs&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2012&sol;01&sol;Xbox-720&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Xbox 720" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"325" &sol;>There have been a lot of rumors about the Xbox 720&semi; some stating it will feature a Blu-ray drive&comma; others that were found this morning on the UK-based MCV site state that the next Xbox will launch in 2013&comma; without a disk drive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">The site states that Microsoft has been briefing various partners using &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the strictest NDA &lpar;Non-Disclosure&period; Agreement&rpar;&period;” This probably means that Microsoft is finally ready to embrace the next generation with its third iteration of the successful Xbox console&period; According to GVC&comma; this NDA is &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the strictest they have encountered&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">MCV goes on to state that the next Xbox will &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;offer compatibility with some sort of interchangeable solid-state card storage&comma; although it is not known whether this will be proprietary or a more standard format such as SD&period;” This move makes sense&comma; especially if the Xbox 720 utilizes some form of a Cloud-based storage for Xbox Live members in addition to using SD&sol;USB storage devices &lpar;which is already being used on the Xbox 360&rpar;&period; Using a standard format for the sake of convenience is a convenient for consumers&comma; but may not be in the best interest of Microsoft&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">Microsoft’s response to the MCV report is a typical response from developers&colon; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Xbox 360 has found new ways to extend its lifecycle like introducing the world to controller-free experiences with Kinect and re-inventing the console with a new dashboard and new entertainment content partnerships&period; We are always thinking about what is next for our platform and how to continue to defy the lifecycle convention&period; Beyond that we do not comment on Rumors or speculation&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; left&semi;">It seems we will have to wait for E3 this summer and the second half of 2012 for more information&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lbrack;via <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;gamefreaks365&period;com&sol;newsarticle&period;php&quest;sid&equals;4398">Game Freaks 365<&sol;a>&rsqb;<&sol;p>&NewLine;