New Xbox on the way

CONFIRMED RUMOUR: Yusuf Mehdi (left), chief marketing officer for Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment, being interviewed at the Microsoft Xbox E3 2012 media briefing in Los Angeles on June 4, 2012. A perfectly normal discussion about the merits of Hotmail’s relaunched service contained the first public confirmation that a new Xbox is on the way. - Relaxnews 2012

A perfectly normal discussion about the merits of Hotmail’s relaunched service contained the first public confirmation that a new Xbox is on the way.

Speaking on the The Verge’s August 3 podcast, general manager Brian Hall said that Hotmail’s transition into Outlook.com came “right in time for the new wave of products that we have coming out, with Windows 8, with the new version of Office, with the new Windows Phone and the new Xbox.”