xbox 360

Although unconfirmed by Microsoft, a recent report revealed that the next generation Microsoft machine will not include a disc drive.  Developers were put under “the strictest non disclosure agreement” to protect the news… lol.  Microsoft’s only comment regarded their quest to provide equipment that “[defies] the lifecycle convention”.

Other rumors reveal that the system will include some type of removable solid state media drive, likely as a substitute for the media drive.  A release date has finally been confirmed for 2013, but their announcement of the system is still in limbo.