Xbox One
| Xbox One | ||
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| Release Date | 2013 | |
| Developer | Microsoft | |
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| Xbox 360 | Xbox One | |
The Xbox One is an 8th generation Video Game Console build by Microsoft. It was first released in November 2013.
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Release Dates
The Xbox One was released on 22nd November 2013 for the US, EU and some other parts of the world. It will be released in Japan in early 2014.
Technical
The Xbox One features a custom made eight core x86 64 bit APU (combined CPU and GPU) build by AMD. It has 8GB of RAM and a 500GB hard disk for save games and downloads. It has a BluRay disk drive and supports up to 4k video resolution.
The specifications are very similar to the competing PlayStation 4 by Sony.
An stereo video camera system (Kinect) is also part of the console.
Games for the Xbox One
Tomb Raider (2013) Definitive Edition
In January 2014 the newest Tomb Raider reboot game was released for the Xbox One in form of the Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition. It features enhanced graphics, taking advantage of the more sophisticated hardware.
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris
Lara Croft and the Temple of Osiris, the successor to Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light was released in December od 2014.
Rise of the Tomb Raider
Rise of the Tomb Raider will be the first Tomb Raider game to be released exclusively for Xbox One and Xbox 360. It is as of now (Dec. 2014) unclear when this time exclusive deal runs out and the game will be released on competing consoles and/or PC.
Conroversy
After announcing that the console would have to be always connected to the internet in order to be able to play games Microsoft earned much criticism. This limitation was later withdrawn.
There have also been privacy concerns about the build in Kinect camera. Voice and gesture commands seem to be a bit unreliable, at least if the console is not set to "English" as the input language. A later version of the console came without the Kinect camera.
