Xbox one: release date and price

This time it is time to learn about the official characteristics of the new Xbox One. It follows in the footsteps of its predecessor and triples its power, and for better or for worse, it has been necessary to speak in recent weeks as a result of the decisions taken by Microsoft. Let's see what they are.

Technical specifications

Like Sony, those of Redmond showed their specifications months ago in their own conference but it does not hurt to review them:

• 1.6Ghz 8-core AMD x86 CPU 800MHz GPU 8GB 2133MHZ RAM DDR3 memory 500Gb hard drive Blu-ray / DVD reader USB 3.0, HDMI and Ethernet ports Wi-Fi IEEE 802.11n with Wi-Fi Direct

As for the new version of Kinect, already included with the console, we find the following improvements:

• Camera with 1080p HD RGB30 FPS color resolution A 60% increase in recognition field 250, 000 pixel resolution sensor.

characteristics

Xbox One began its journey with many controversies with DRM under its arm, such as the obligation to have the console permanently connected, the impossibility of using games from other regions or the limitation of the second hand. However, just yesterday Microsoft retracted these decisions after the mostly negative feedback received by users. Finally One meets a DRM similar to that of Xbox 360, to the joy of the players.

One aspect in which much emphasis has been placed on the console is its new interface; starting with the great customization that the user can carry out on the main screen and control through Kinect, either with voice commands to perform actions or by gestures to move through the menus. Whoever is reluctant to these methods can always use the traditional command.

Along with the use of Kinect, Microsoft has given great importance to the integration of One with television; highlighting the possibilities that together with the voice recognition will have this function and with which you can alternate between game and television instantly.

Another option that has been seen is to reduce the window that we are viewing and access the menu without interruptions. However, voice recognition will only be available in some designated languages ​​and countries, and the television feature will remain in the US for now until it is expanded to other territories.

Another very fashionable function in this generation is to have a second screen with which to perform operations parallel to those of the console. Wii-U has its tablet, PS3 / PS4 the PsVita and on Xbox One you can not miss Smartglass, in which through the use of tables or compatible Smartphone you can have a great interaction with games or with console menus. An example is Project Spark, a game in which you can modify the terrain using other devices.

All these functions will come supported by the cloud (There will be 300, 000 servers worldwide) improving the online service and storing the saved games.

One of the things that will be missing is the backward compatibility with 360 games and that is not possible due to the change to the x86-64 architecture, although it is not ruled out that they can be emulated by software.

Price and release date

The new generation consoles are a few months away from being in our salons and in the case of Xbox One it will be available in 21 countries from November (No specific day yet. Reserve available on Amazon Spain) at a price of € 499.

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The price is well above that of its rival, although Microsoft has assured that there is a reason for it and it should not be forgotten that the price includes the new version of Kinect.

Among the launch games we can find Ryse: Son of Rome, Dead Rising 3, Forza Motorsport 5 and Kinect Sports Rivals.