EA's COO Peter Moore has stated that Microsoft needs to "cough up" the Xbox One's release date, VG24/7 reports, leaving gamers wondering if the console's release date will be announced later this week.

Speaking with GI.biz, Moore discussed the fact that competing formats have never released so close before, given that PS4 will drop in North America on November 15, and that Xbox One is also pegged for a November launch, VG24/7 also reports.

Kotaku also announced that the Xbox One might have a November 8 release date earlier this week, but the website announced the launch date isn't true since a Microsoft official confirmed the rumor's falsity.

"Yesterday, we heard from a source at a marketing company who had seen documentation pencilling the Xbox One in for a tentative, unconfirmed November 8 launch. Today, a source close to Microsoft tells us that's not the case," the website writes.

"The source says to expect the console at a date later than November 8, though obviously still in the month of November, as that's the release window Microsoft has promised for some time."

But the Xbox One launch date was supposedly leaked on Amazon, as a combination of release dates all seem to sync up on November 27, the Inquisitr reports.

The release date all these things have in common may only be a placeholder at this point, as other games such as Call of Duty: Ghosts have a November 5 release date, or it could be that these items will be sold on that day but all shipped the same day as the console, the Inquisitr also reports.