Next-Gen Xbox Not Arriving This Year, Confirms Microsoft France

The eagerly-awaited launch of the new Xbox 720 console will not now take place until 2013. So says a Microsoft bigwig in France, anyway.   News that Microsoft’s upcoming next-generation Xbox not arriving in 2012 has been a no-brainer for a while now, especially after learning that software studios — whether it’s for gaming or other multimedia applications – won’t even receive development kits (SDKs) until April. But now a Microsoft executive has stepped forward to resolve any lingering rumors that gamers may see the entertainment system by the 2012 holiday season.   In short, nothing new this year.   “We’re in an industry that talks a lot, that likes to tell stories,” said Cedrick Delmax, marketing