The First Xbox 720 Advertisement

We were all a little surprised by what we saw when we watched the trailer for Real Steel, the futuristic movie about a boxing robot starring Hugh Jackman. I mean, who would have thought it would be Microsoft’s first advertisement for the next-generation Xbox?

That’s right: In the trailer, you will see advertisements lining the boxing arena. One of the ads says “XBox 720“–so, Microsoft seems set on the name; and that makes us wonder, when we will finally get to see this bad boy?

The first thing we researched: when is Real Steel set? 2020. That leaves nine years for the Xbox 720 to come out; by then, they may already be working on the next console. We–and many developers for Microsoft Xbox 720, including several LinkedIn profiles which claim to have worked on the next-gen platform–believe the Xbox 720 will release before the end of 2013, with a 60% chance in 2012.

Another thing: we’ve heard the Xbox 720 will run off of a Windows 8-based OS. Since Windows 8 comes out during the middle of next year, we can start setting aside some funds to pre-order this baby.

Here’s the trailer. Pause the video at :46 seconds and you’ll see it!