The new Xbox has been announced and if you missed the announcement here is a roundup of what transpired during the Microsoft Conference.
Replay of the Conference
Breakdown of the event
- New version of Kinect with updated sensing technology
- Built in voice functionality. You can turn on the the system with your voice.
- You can use voice functionality to switch to live TV instantly as well as browse through an interactive TV guide.
- Voice commands can also be used to switch to games and music instantly.
- There are gestures built into the system.
- You can pinch in with both hands to go to zoom out to your home screen and then you can do the oppoisite to return the program into a full screen focus.
- All in one system
- Xbox One can act as a DVR for games
- The Controller will have 15% better feedback
- The System will be launched later this year
- Hardware specs:
- USB 3.0
- Blu Ray Drive
- 8GB Ram
- 8 Core CPU
- 500GB HDD
- 3 operating systems
- Xbox
- Windows Kernel
- Another OS to tie the two together
Other Announcements
- Forza Motorsport 5 from Microsoft Studios
- Quantum Break from Remedy
- Live Action Halo TV show by Steven Spielberg
- New EA Sports games will be on a new Engine called Ignite
- Call of Duty: Ghosts will have Timed Exclusive content for the Xbox One
Trailers
-Xbox One Reveal
-Halo TV Show
-Forza Motorsport 5 from Microsoft Studios
-Quantum Break from Remedy
-Call of Duty: Ghosts
-EA Sports Ignite Engine Trailer
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I can’t say that I am enthused about the name and look of the new system, but it could be worse. While watching the conference, I did like how you could seamlessly switch from playing a game, watching TV, playing music, etc. However, I felt there was a lack of nostalgia that I got with the PS4 conference. They really didn’t focus on games the way Sony did so that could be one of the reasons. Overall, I felt Sony’s conference was a bit better, but it could always flip when E3 rolls around in two weeks.
Yeah, perhaps they are holding back since they revealed it so close to E3. However, they really need to bring more of their A game and show some more games this June otherwise the system could be viewed as more of a cable box then a console.
None of this TV stuff they went on about will be in the non-american versions. Usually this is the case anyway. I like NFL and would love to see that kind of service, like likely to happen though lol.
It will not be backwards compatible, can’t really fault them too much for it I guess, architecture differences and what-not.
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/21/4350662/new-xbox-has-no-backwards-compatibilty