- The Day One console includes a commemorative controller, token code to unlock an exclusive Day One achievement, and premium packaging at no additional cost
- Microsoft announced that the Xbox One will be available in November 2013, however, a specific release date has not been communicated. The Xbox One - Day One Edition is now eligible for release day delivery
- Kinect is included with every Xbox One. Completely reengineered to be more precise, responsive and intuitive with unparalleled voice, vision and motion technology
- The console is driven by a powerful combination of CPU, GPU and 8GB of RAM, governed by an innovative OS architecture, to deliver power, speed and agility
- Only Xbox One unleashes the vast and scalable power of the cloud for your games, entertainment and apps with Xbox Live
- With Xbox One, you can quickly jump from TV to movies to music to a game
Friday, June 28, 2013
This item will be released on November 27, 2013.
New Kinect
As mentioned above, a new kinect comes with the Xbox One, complete with improved accuracy. It has a 1080p camera, Skype connectivity, and understanding of rotational movement in a structure like a skeleton. Microsoft even claims the new Kinect can read your heartbeat. It can also recognize your controller, not just your hands -- suggesting uses that sound a little like the ones for PlayStation Move's wand.
As mentioned above, a new kinect comes with the Xbox One, complete with improved accuracy. It has a 1080p camera, Skype connectivity, and understanding of rotational movement in a structure like a skeleton. Microsoft even claims the new Kinect can read your heartbeat. It can also recognize your controller, not just your hands -- suggesting uses that sound a little like the ones for PlayStation Move's wand.
The Xbox One's Kinect.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Xbox One release date
The official Xbox One release date is November 2013 for the US and UK and 19 other territories, slap bang at the start of the Christmas silly season.
There was a rumour which touted November 27th as the Xbox One release date but Microsoft has said this is not accurate. No official release date has been revealed.
Xbox One games
Microsoft announced back in February that its own games studios will release 15 games in the first year of the Xbox One's life cycle. Other than that, we also know that FIFA 14 will launch on the console with exclusive content, and the new COD game, Call of Duty: Ghosts, will also have exclusive content on the Xbox.
The confirmed exclusive titles are Forza Motorsport 5, Quantum Break,Halo 5 and Ryse. Many other cross platform titles have also been confirmed and you can get the full lowdown on them all over on OXM's Xbox one games page.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Design on xbox one
It’s big. Monolithic, even. Microsoft wouldn’t detail dimensions, and I forgot my tape measure, but the Xbox One’s physical form is a meaty piece of kit. It carries its heft well though, with a half-and-half design of swish ridges. Not everyone has taken to the design, but personally I rather like it. It’s almost retro, looking a bit like a VCR that’s being used in an 80s sci-fi movie as a futuristic gadget. I’m not entirely sure that was the look Microsoft was going for, but it has a certain appeal. The glowing white Xbox logo on a minimalist fascia lends some elegance too. A grower.
Controller
Now this was a real winner. An almost unqualified improvement over the already excellent 360 controller. The d-pad is vastly improved and the analogue sticks are less rubbery, coming with a neat dip that your thumb can rest in comfortably. The sticks are a little smaller, which may cause issues for people with big hands. However, it’s the triggers that perhaps impress the most, with contoured edges that your forefingers can curl around. There’s also haptic feedback, with the triggers rumbling and resisting when appropriate. Great for driving games like Forza, and potentially interesting for use in action and horror games. One area of concern, though, is that the distance between the triggers and the shoulder buttons is quite large.
images by www.techradar.com
It’s big. Monolithic, even. Microsoft wouldn’t detail dimensions, and I forgot my tape measure, but the Xbox One’s physical form is a meaty piece of kit. It carries its heft well though, with a half-and-half design of swish ridges. Not everyone has taken to the design, but personally I rather like it. It’s almost retro, looking a bit like a VCR that’s being used in an 80s sci-fi movie as a futuristic gadget. I’m not entirely sure that was the look Microsoft was going for, but it has a certain appeal. The glowing white Xbox logo on a minimalist fascia lends some elegance too. A grower.
Controller
Now this was a real winner. An almost unqualified improvement over the already excellent 360 controller. The d-pad is vastly improved and the analogue sticks are less rubbery, coming with a neat dip that your thumb can rest in comfortably. The sticks are a little smaller, which may cause issues for people with big hands. However, it’s the triggers that perhaps impress the most, with contoured edges that your forefingers can curl around. There’s also haptic feedback, with the triggers rumbling and resisting when appropriate. Great for driving games like Forza, and potentially interesting for use in action and horror games. One area of concern, though, is that the distance between the triggers and the shoulder buttons is quite large.
images by www.techradar.com
Friday, June 21, 2013
Microsoft has confirmed that a day one update will be required for Xbox one.“There was always going to be a day one update on the console, and that’s frankly just a difference in manufacturing schedules versus software schedules,” Whitten told IGN. “We just wanted to be clear that that hasn’t changed, that you have to go online to get the software update for day one, then you wouldn’t have to be connected after that.”
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