14 DAY TRIAL // After the major controversy surrounding the mandatory internet connection rumor for the Xbox 720, Microsoft's all-but-confirmed next generation console has continued to occupy the spotlight in the last week through all sorts of leaks, reports, and rumors.
Microsoft is still playing the waiting game with its next generation home console, the Xbox 720 (aka Durango), but this has resulted in a flurry of reports from all around the web.
Sony decided to hold a special press conference back in February just to confirm that the PlayStation 4 is real and reveal a few games for it, not even the actual device. Meanwhile, Microsoft continues to maintain its "no comment on rumors and speculation" stance.
Sadly, this isn't benefitting the actual device, as fans can't ignore the different rumors that appear almost every day concerning the next gen console, both good and bad. These can effectively change their opinion about the Xbox 720, despite the fact that it hasn't even been revealed to the world.
In order to stop rumors from further hurting the console, like what happened with the always on internet connection report from last week, Microsoft should just organize a small press gathering, even smaller than the one made by Sony, and confirm that the Xbox 720 is real, what its core features will be, and remind fans that bigger reveals will be made in the near future at conferences like E3 2013.
While this won't stop reports from continuing to appear, as PS4 rumors continue to surface even after the official reveal, it will set a baseline for the expectations Xbox fans should have and might even convince some of them to stop believing in any wild rumors that appear every day.
Sadly, at least according to recent reports, Microsoft is still trying to keep everything a mystery until the end of May, when it's going to organize a special conference.
Until then, expect lots more rumors to appear and plenty of "no comment" statements from Microsoft.