According to sources speaking to Edge, the Xbox Next/720 will be launched in 2012 in order to beat out rivals Nintendo and Sony.
Furthermore, a few other major developers, like EA, also have the units.
The "target boxes" are PCs with components about equal to the specs of the upcoming console. AMD is said to be providing the GPU.
If accurate, the sources say Microsoft will make some announcements at CES in January for the game console launching in late 2012.












