Responding to reports that first surfaced in the Wall Street Journal, Dell issued a statement late Tuesday night regarding the future of the XPS line of gaming systems. While the WSJ indicated that Dell would be dumping the XPS line in favor of systems developed by Alienware, which Dell purchased in 2006, Dell denied this was the case - although the company did say that Alienware would get the lion's share of resources.

I have to admit, when Dell bought Alienware in 2006, bringing a premier line of gaming PCs into the fold, the move didn't seem to make all that much sense, as Dell already had its XPS gaming PC line. Now it seems that Dell agrees that it doesn't need both lines.