There's an old saying that goes like this "Loose lips, sink ships" and while we're not dealing with ships here, but next-generation video game consoles, Adam Orth, formerly of Microsoft, learned the hard way that speaking your mind on social network sites isn't always the best policy.
Orth's resignation [or was he pushed?] from Microsoft this week comes after last week he told the internet to "Deal with it" over rumours that the next Xbox console would require an always-on internet connection.
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LOL... let me sum up MS's response the title of this article:
NO
and...."We do not comment on rumor or speculation. We value our loyal fans so the moment we have something to announce we will make sure the gaming community is made aware."
They've had a countdown on major nelson's website for over 3 months now, so you can pretty much guess when they'll be announcing it.
MS knows how to build hype, everyone wants to know about the 720 and the PS4 is already getting less articles for it when its been announced.
At this point, whether they wanted to and especially or not, They're going to have to address the always online issue during their main E3 presentation if they don't have an event before.
Just got off the phone withh Microsoft head office, the next XboX is a tablet/handheld.
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