Xbox One-The Gaming Revolution

Xbox One, the successor of Xbox 360 is the upcoming video game console developed by Microsoft. It will directly compete with Sony’s PS 4 and Nintendo’s Wii U as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles. 

Xbox One will be launched this Friday, 22^nd November 2013.

HARDWARE:

Xbox One looks like a VCR or a set-top cable box but Microsoft says it’s a complete entertainment box. Its exterior casing consist of a two-tone “liquid black” finish with half in matte gray and other half in glossier black. It is powered by an AMD “Jaguar” Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) with two quad-core modules totaling eight x86-64 cores clocked at 1.75 GHz, and 8 GB of DDR3 RAM having memory bandwidth of about 68.3 GB/s.

It has an additional 32 GB of embedded static RAM or ESRAM with memory bandwidth of 109 GB/s.

CONTROLLER 

The Xbox One’s controller maintains the overall layout of Xbox 360’s design. The directional pad has been changed in a four-way design and the battery compartment is slimmer. The rear triggers and shoulder buttons are bigger and more accommodating.

KINECT   

Xbox One has an updated version of Kinect for voice recognition and motion tracking. The new Kinect uses a 1080p wide-angle time-of flight camera and processes 2 gigabits of data per second to read its environment.

In 2014, a Windows compatible version of the new Kinect will be released.

SOFTWARE AND SERVICES:

OPERATING SYSTEM

The device will run three Operating system: Xbox OS, an OS based on Windows Kernel, and another OS that will allow the other two operating systems to communicate by Virtualization.

MEDIA INTERCONNECTIVITY

Xbox One can snap applications at the side of the screen as a form of multitasking. It serves as a pass-through for an existing television set-top box over HDMI.

VOICE CONTROL

              It has rich set of voice control features than those found in first generation of Kinect. All voice control will be coordinated through the KInect and with this ability Skype will also become a function of the new Xbox.

GAMES:

   Microsoft has just made a handful of games for the users. Some of them are:

• Ryse: Son Of Rome

• Forza

• Killer Instinct

• Crimson Dragon

• Loco Cycle

All these games will be distributed on Blue-ray Disc and digitally through Xbox Games Stores. Xbox will not have backward compatibility with Xbox 360 games.

PRICE:

Xbox One is priced at $499.

VERDICT:

The Xbox has some areas to work out with its system software and voice recognition systems. And will definitely take some time to come out with more interesting games.

Anyways, Microsoft has produced a console which is worth buying and these devices are definitely going to be more popular in near future.

Also see :  Gamers, PS-4 Time !

 Author : Iman Majeed                                                                

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