continue rumor about Microsoft and Xbox: after a series of rumors about possible titles in development at the House of Redmond, arrive today some interesting information on strategy and short and long term the team of Phil Spencer with a hint of new à arriving even next week.

The rumor, always and strictly unofficial, comes this time from one of the administrators of the famous ResetEra forum (the new "soul" of the now desert NeoGAF), insider ZhugeEx, which he outlined in a post those it knows to be Microsoft projects for Xbox.

ZhugeEx explains that the Xbox team is currently working on the budget at its disposal in three main areas:

• Microsoft Games Publishing
• Digital Ecosystem
• Integration between Windows 10 and Xbox

Insider pressed that most of the investments mentioned, beginning in 2017, will produce their fruit progressively over time which goes from here to next cycle hardware, so we should not expect "much too soon". This is also the case with the recently rumoreggiato new Fable and other securities whose production began recently. However, any initiative we will see from Microsoft this or next year will be an indication of what is planned for the "next generation" (a term probably improper, since Microsoft has stated several times not to join the generational model for hardware console).

With regard to the first point, Microsoft Games Publishing , this represents investment in new titles, both first party that of external studies, to carry on the Xbox. ZugeEx explains that, although there will be some surprises in recent years, most recently put in the pipeline projects will see the light afterwards.

Investment in the digital ecosystem are all services like Xbox Live, Xbox Game Pass, Mixer and so on. Microsoft will push even more the accelerator on this type of services to create a single interconnected ecosystem at the service of the players. And speaking of which, the insider revealed that next week there will be a big announcement just in relation to these services, something that " will give us an idea of how Microsoft intends to process digital games from now on ." This cryptic phrase in particular is very interesting and has led some to think novelty as a return of the resale system of digital games initially planned on the console, but it could also be related to something else, for example to a few Game Pass service expansion or simply type the already rumoreggiato career system Live.

With regard to the integration between Windows 10 and Xbox , finally, ZhugeEx explains that Microsoft is investing with ever greater conviction to create a "unified platform Xbox". The first step of this was the program Xbox Play Anywhere , but it seems that the integration between the two platforms will be even deeper in the future.

The insider confirms that all these investments will give life to a slow process of evolution, whose first results will see them this and next year, but we will proceed until the next console. It is still true that the future of Xbox they face more and more interesting, and we look forward to learning more from the announcement scheduled for next week. Stay with us to keep up with all the news!