No official announcement from Microsoft. This article like most of the others are vague. Meant to drum up hits. Is it a possibility? Yes, Microsoft have penchant for doing stupid things. Anyone that even follows the internet, badly. Can tell that the general consensus is not going to go in favor of Microsoft. They like any other business want to keep their bottom lines nice and fat.
Microsoft also has a bad habit of shorting their systems. These would need a humongous hard drive. There is no way you could do one time installs and keep the memory requirements down. Due to people who buy tons of games, by the end of the consoles life cycle I'm not sure 2 terabytes would be close to enough. This in turn drives the consoles price up. Heaven forbid the drive fail, or system for that matter.
I equate Microsoft as "that kid in school". The one that thought it would be cool to have 4 friends push him down the school halls on the nurses stretcher. After reaching a good speed forgets that there is a 45 degree 4 ft incline that ends in a brick wall. Sure seemed like a good idea at the time though. Not so much the paste eating retard sitting in the corner by the electrical outlet with a screw driver.
The torches are prepped. The pitch forks sharpened. All it will take is an official announcement to decide whether we can breathe a sigh of relief or we march on like the angry boycotting mob we should be.
On a side note. I am about to sound like a complete dick. There are 3 or 4 topics on this already. We really didn't need a new one that does nothing to shed any more light on the subject. I'm sorry dude, but that's just my opinion.
On another side note. Before anyone thinks it. Yes, the school thing did happen. He broke his arm, a leg, 3 ribs, and got a nasty concussion out of it. Sure seemed like a good idea at the time though.