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What’s new in Xbox One?

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gamer community awaited the launch of the new generation of Microsoft’s Xbox and finally unveiled. The name of the successor of Xbox 360 Xbox 720 was not, as speculated in the past two years, but “Xbox One” . The Redmond corporation introduced a few changes to the device, both hardware design and functions.

Then we let a summary of the highlights of Xbox One

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Design

If we seek a simple term to define the new console from Microsoft, we can say that is a box . The manufacturers put aside the curved lines of Xbox 360 and opted for a more conventional aesthetic. Not ugly but, personal taste, it is quite similar to the original PlayStation.

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One includes a new version of Kinect which is also in the lines of the console and boasts a camera capable of capturing images in 1080, and a renewed command. At first glance, the controller is similar to the Xbox 360, but Microsoft says it offers “more than 40 technical and design innovations.” Note that the control is wireless and can be synchronized with Kinect via WiFi Direct to expand the possibilities of control in games.

Hardware

In recent months there has been much speculation about the internal specifications of Xbox One and the truth that do not disappoint. These are the most important:

– 500GB HDD;

– 8GB RAM,

– eight-core AMD processor;

– Blu-ray Reader,

– input and HDMI output

– Connectivity Ethernet, WiFi, USB 3.0 and WiFi Direct .

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During the presentation made no reference to the GPU Xbox One, or processor speed. Must see if this information is revealed at E3 in June.

Software

as mentioned by Microsoft, Xbox One works with three operating systems . On one hand uses a version “cut” of Windows that handles run applications downloaded from the Xbox store (Skype, to name the most familiar example. The second OS is in charge of running the game, while the third is the intermediary between the other two.

Unfortunately for developers, applications built for Windows 8 will not be compatible with Xbox. According to Microsoft’s interested can easily modify apps to run on the console, as the operating system that runs on the console is similar to that used in computers.

Xbox One is more of a media center than a traditional console, users can browse movies and music. They may also use the ‘snap’, similar to Windows 8, to run an application on the same screen while playing or playing a video. The console will also offer integration with television and a program guide with trends in popular shows.

Voice and gesture

As mentioned above, Xbox One includes a revamped version of Kinect and emphasis on managing through voice commands and gestures . For example, to start the console users will have to say the phrase “Xbox On”, but this is not all as there must manually log and system updates are installed automatically. Several tasks can be performed by moving their hands in front of Kinect, as navigate menus, choose content, change the screen display size, etc..

Games

As far as regards titles there are good and bad news. Xbox One offer a wide range of exclusive games, but not be compatible with those created for Xbox 360 . Forza Motorsport 5 is one of the games that will debut with the new console, while various Electronic Arts titles (FIFA 14, NBA Live, UFC and Madden, among others) will arrive after launch.

Microsoft Studios announced the release of 15 exclusive games for Xbox One, which arrive during his first year on the market. Eight of these proposals will kick off new franchises. Moreover, the DLC anunción Activision Call of Duty: Ghosts come first to Xbox One

While this is not a game, it is noteworthy launching a TV series (live action) from Halo . The production will be handled by 343 Industries, will have Steven Spielberg as executive producer and will offer interactive content exclusive to Xbox One

Finally we must not forget the release of an update for Xbox Live, which from now on will be supported 300 000 servants.

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Still no official release date or price for the successor to Xbox 360. What they look like their main features? They can review the comments .

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Microsoft would launch “Xbox TV” in 2013

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Xbox 360 provides access to movies and TV series, Microsft is working on a new device just for this kind of content. This would be a low-cost decoder intended for home entertainment, whose name would Xbox TV . The presentation of it would take place in 2013, according to a report by The Verge .

specifications have not been revealed yet completely but, as far as regards software, the apparatus used major components of Windows 8. According to the report, Xbox TV would not be limited to streaming movies, TV and music. It would also allow the execution of “casual games”, but it was not his strong point.

The approach Microsoft Xbox TV would be in line with Apple TV and Google TV. Also Xbox 360 and Xbox LIVE have a high popularity in the United States, which would facilitate the arrival of the new device. The Redmond would analyze the possibility of partnerships with TV manufacturers for the distribution of the decoder.

Xbox TV is not the first device that is rumored as a “spin-off” of the video game console from Microsoft. Also recently emerged about an alleged tablet designed exclusively for Xbox gaming, but details were scarce. For now it is best to take the data with tweezers and wait for official announcements.

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Xbox decoder with access to music, movies and TV shows can be successful? We invite you to comment on reviews.

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Xbox 360 console market leader in the U.S.

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Xbox 360 reached the market seven years ago and far exceeded their original life expectancy. The video game console from Microsoft has become a true phenomenon, especially in North America. During October the console sold 270,000 units in the U.S. and extended his lead in the country to 22 consecutive months .

desktop device clearly outperformed competitors in the same generation ( PlayStation 3 and Nintendo Wii) and took the 56 percent of the market share . Microsoft also showed off a run of 20 months with over 40% of U.S. marketshare. Overwhelming numbers, no doubt.

successful trends continue in the Redmond company, Xbox 360 could reach the mark of two years of uninterrupted leadership in America. We may disagree with many aspects of Microsoft, but when it comes to the console has maintained an almost perfect work.

Over the years evolved device unmatched multimedia center . The firmware updates applied to the opening to content such as movies or TV series and the constant renewal of Xbox LIVE (who turns 10 next week), contributed significantly to this success.

The most surprising Xbox 360 sales is not abated nor with the constant rumors of the launch of a successor console. You have to see what happens in December with the arrival on the market of a new competitor: Nintendo Wii U.

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XBOX Music: Microsoft seeks his piece on the musical content in the cloud

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For those who have tried Spotify, the streaming music service (limited to some countries in Europe and America that is) will know that its mechanism is simple: listen to the music that pleases you download and share playlists listening / viewing advertising each both (with the purchase songs giving a small fee).

That idea so simple and practical to organize your music and find it unchanged on any device with Internet, a precursor dented sector as Apple’s iTunes was today and bounces in the new attempt by Microsoft to gain a piece of this cake: XBOX Music .

The concept, names, brands … nothing is new. The company famous for Windows contents bet again by following the pattern of Spotify to be able to have your music on any device, thus trying to maintain a common point in the strategy which has been unified with your gaming console and its upcoming PC operating systems, tablets and mobile phones.

What looks like first novelty is to remove everything that smacks Zune, former competitor iPod of Apple hardware in the field and then as iTunes software. Instead, Microsoft chooses to consolidate its online XBOX has found it quite profitable as bazaar or digital content market.

This is the point where we could say that the boys Redmond have understood the whole ecosystem that Apple has built from iTunes and Amazon with its Kindle to.

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turn it to the pan, turn the shrimp review: what is itself XBOX Music ? Microsoft defines it as “a before and after for the company,” but at first glance it looks valuable is the amount of content (say) offer input: 30 million titles to download and about 70 000 music videos .

will initially only game console, XBOX 360 , but then run like ants to sugar to reach Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and even iOS and Android in 2013 .

It will available on October 26 for free (with the respective advertising) and the possibility of spend almost $ 10 a month to get a premium service.

As you say analysts, is likely to not remove public input to its competitors but it was included in the new version of the most famous operating system PC and a console that has sold over 70 million units (since its launch seven years ago) assures a good slice of the sector.

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Microsoft integrates the trademark XBOX games for Windows 8

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Microsoft is the plays all facing the imminent launch of the latest version of its popular operating system, Windows 8.

For the person who still doubt it enough to see how the company disappeared in an instant convert Hotmail to Outlook now how to follow the path of integration by adding your brand video game software.
Specifically XBOX be called Windows to all that sound and dance pixels within Windows 8 starting with newer versions of Solitaire and WIN Minesweeper , classic games will also come in tablet Surface added.

The main difference (besides graphics, visual styles and other details) will be the inclusion of points and rewards for achievement or meet certain challenges. This score will be cumulative and may be configured on the same Xbox Live profile visible both within the game console and other equipment where the service is (or will be) available.

I just bought Windows 8, from next October, users are several points with a maximum of 50.

Although the keyword for all these movements is “integration,” Windows XBOX keeps his distance from the line Games for Windows Live, the independent range of Microsoft online game designed just for PC.

The name change ends up being that, a name change because the application (once renowned for strengthening the METRO system the company) has its own download center to acquire more games but that may be strengthened by the Marketplace or Xbox Live Marketplace … at least that seems most appropriate if you are talking about unification.

would interesting to see if at some future include Kinect in these plans, although in a while has been rumored about.

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[E3 2012] Microsoft introduced Xbox SmartGlass

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The most important conference game of the year is underway and Microsoft jumped into the scenario to highlight developments. During the keynote talked about games and the arrival of Internet Explorer for Xbox (including integration with Kinect), but most attention was Xbox SmartGlass .

With this new feature users can manipulate content on the console via smartphones and tablets, or share multimedia content across multiple devices, among other features. SmartGlass wants to lead the integration of gadgets to the next level.

technology that empowers SmartGlass is not new . In the promotional video can be seen very similar functions to those of Apple AirPlay or DLNA and playable features worthy of the new Nintendo Wii Remote U. Either way it remains a promising alternative.

SmartGlass Thanks to Xbox users can play movies on their tablets, smartphones or PCs and then send them to the console to enjoy from the TV . With respect to gaming, will have the option to start a game on their mobile gadgets and follow it from the desktop device.

When sending Xbox 360 games to the secondary display will offer new options to command them or create strategies (hence the similarity to Wii U). In the case of the films may browse information on the production or distribution, among other data. Best of Xbox SmartGlass is that users are not required to buy a device with Windows Phone or Windows 8.

From Microsoft promised integration with IOS and Android but did not provide many more new features. The new service will be available from the second half of the year and will be accessible from “My Xbox”. Then I leave a promotional video and a summary of the presentation at E3 2012.

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Chrome Series, special edition Xbox 360 controls

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Xbox 360 fans that already bored with traditional controls that includes the console are in luck. Microsoft announced the launch of a special-edition consists of three versions of the driver, who will give you much more brightness and color to the gaming experience for users.

The controls for The new Chrome Series are available in blue, white and red. All have a very good finish and look really nice. So far little is known regarding the official release date, but the data published so far claim that the pads will be available from mid-May.

Regarding the availability of drivers not Too much information, but is now expected to hit the market simultaneously throughout the world. In the photos of the boxes can be seen that the inscriptions are in English, French and Spanish, which makes us think from the beginning in an international release.

What it is confirmed for the new Chrome Series is the price, at least in America. The wireless controllers will be available to 54.99 dollars each . It is affordable, but will have to see how it translates into other markets.

So far there is no information, but when Microsoft delivers more details on this special edition will keep you updated. Meanwhile, you can tell us which model they prefer, I am left with the blue

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XBOX 360′s successor could drive without

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holder that opens This paper presents a somewhat outdated rumor, which has given so much back to stun as a whole confirmed news. It goes like this: Microsoft, fleeing from the DVD and going long and the Blu ray that fails to exploit its brand Sony Playstation, has decided to eliminate any optical disc drive to the successor XBOX 360 (known in the underworld with the key name Durango ).

given the alternative to use for countless discussions another arm ball rumors are not exactly like straw in the desert. The intoxicating cocktail players are looking forward to a hangover of graphics power will be a mixture of shock-streaming storage formats such as cards or cartridges, which, as noted Portaltic, continue in force in handheld but not used in the home from the time of the Nintendo 64.

Perhaps one of the essential features that Microsoft introduced its brand in the so-called video game console war was the use of the Internet . Interaction with other users, the achievements and then positioning by using your bazaar or market to distribute content are some elements that became key pieces to differentiate and not just graphics and a good catalog of hardcore games.

wheel so tightly that the fact that the company take a step forward in the distribution of the Web and is armed with a good hard drive to store and process better.

In go down this road (which is what the river brings more rocks) not only save in the process of disk duplication and would turn to piracy but the console would not need the cooling system that a player records required (and partially eliminate the problems like the three ~~fucking~~ red lights so he can at the time).

The comma at this event of points would be the accessibility. Already Microsoft does not reach all the markets with their content distribution and Web sites that offer products at least in Latin America are indebted to variety and effective mechanisms in local currency.
This scenario has not touched the issue of Internet connection that in some countries falls short in speed. Not to mention censorship, locks and other related pearls this necklace.

About the details and confirmation of this rumor mill, various means are betting that will be at E3 that Microsoft finally revealed his move, just like he should make Nintendo the Wii last year with the U. Yes, the device in question would not come before June 2013, so there is still more than a year and a half to continue to see news of this type of XBOX Durango .

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¿Touch Control for Xbox 720?

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Rumors about the next console from Microsoft are already doing more insistent. While a matter of days will coemntábamos the latest news about a new rumor has just appeared on Xbox 720 (provisional name of the successor to Xbox 360). According to rumor, Xbox 720 will have a touch screen control as the Nintendo Wii console future U.

nintendo wii or 650 300x169 touch ¿Control for Xbox 720? The information has been published by a new issue of XBM, in stating that Microsoft’s new platform will have a touch screen somewhere, possibly in command, in the middle of the buttons and as we see in the image reconstruction. If the deck concept that Microsoft is the same as this picture, we see the resemblance to the Wii control U is very reasonable.

Still, do not yet have details such as the screen or form of the command and its price. It seems clear that Microsoft’s Xbox 720 will have a powerful graphical would be accompanied with the touch command, as well as seamless integration with Windows 8 , whether PC, tablet or Windows Phone.

About the price of the console, there is nothing confirmed, but rumors also suggest that it could rub the $ 600 , a high price to pay but undoubtedly be worth if all the rumors about Microsoft’s new product are met.

Source: Gizmodo

Crackle, Sony, available on Xbox Live

The rivalry between Sony and Microsoft in the field of not dull game consoles collaboration between both companies to deliver content to users. Hours ago the Japanese corporation announced the launch of the app Crackle , a network of videos to Xbox Live.

The service allows Xbox 360 users access to a catalog formed by more than 1,500 television shows and 200 movies . The application can be downloaded and installed free of charge, although its use requires a mandatory golden membership online platform from Microsoft.

Crackle is a service that has received very good reviews, but against that is not available worldwide. But it would be surprising if the service arrives in new regions of the hand of Xbox Live, the intention of the owners is to target a specific group of users: males between 18 and 34 years .

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appearance on Xbox 360 will help fulfill “the dream” of Steve Ballmer and company: users to purchase premium content that does not refer only to video games. This has to do with the idea of Microsoft to transform the console into a media center capable of covering the largest possible number of entertainment options.

is a good move also to invite others to join online services Xbox Live and WIN improve their non-gamer catalog .

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