Security gets tight at Microsoft’s Xbox headquarters
Sep 28, 2012, 12:24 PM | Updated: 1:44 pm
Security is getting tighter at Microsoft in the buildings where the Xbox console is developed. (AP Photo/File)
(AP Photo/File)
Security is getting tighter at Microsoft and speculations about the locked doors revolve around a new Xbox.
What was once an open door policy is now closed as only specific employees can now enter the buildings where the Xbox is developed.
“They’re distinguishing among their employees to make sure the plans for the next Xbox stay secret,” speculates Todd Bishop with GeekWire.
It’s a different policy for Microsoft’s nearly 90,000 employees, who are usually trusted to wander campus. Bishop says as they start testing the new hardware inside these specific buildings, it will hopefully prevent “office buddies” with loose lips from letting secrets go.
“There was a giant document that came out earlier this year that purported to have a bunch of details about the next version of the console,” said Bishop. Microsoft never confirmed if the document was legit.
The timing with the Xbox building lockdown adds up, according to Bishop. Rumors are circulating that Microsoft would like to release the newest Xbox next year, and testing now means it may be out just in time for the 2013 holidays.
