Microsoft unveils new Xbox gaming console

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Microsoft unveils new Xbox gaming console

Xbox One will compete with Nintendo's new Wii U and Sony's PlayStation 4 for part of $65bn computer game market.

Last Modified: 22 May 2013 01:22

Don Mattrick, president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business, introduced Xbox One in Washington [EPA]

Microsoft Corp has unveiled the "Xbox One", its first new gaming console in eight years, and its strongest push so far to dominate consumers' living rooms with an array of exclusive media content.

The Xbox One took four years to develop and will be the launchpad for a "Halo" live-action video series produced by Steven Spielberg.

It will be sold worldwide "later this year," games unit chief Don Mattrick told reporters on Tuesday at an event at the software company's campus near Seattle, without providing details on timing or pricing.

The device will also be the first platform to release the next instalment in Activision Blizzard Inc's
blockbuster shooter franchise, "Call of Duty".

Microsoft hopes its third-generation Xbox console will attract video game fans who are increasingly sampling games on mobile devices, while also becoming a hub for living room entertainment.

'Entertainment system'

The new device interacts with a television, responds to voice and gesture commands, includes group video calling on Skype, 15 exclusive game titles and original programming content.

The Xbox One will chiefly compete with Nintendo Co's new Wii U and Sony Corp's forthcoming PlayStation 4 for a bigger slice of the $65 billion-a-year computer game market.

Microsoft did not refer to the new gadget as a "console" but rather an entertainment system, signalling its renewed focus on making the Xbox a sort of window for media and entertainment content, said Forrester Research's James McQuivey.

The software giant is "trying to break out of the category" and risks having to battle not just Sony and Nintendo but Apple Inc, Google Inc and others to control consumer entertainment in the age of Smart TVs, tablets and smartphones, he said.

Acclaimed movie maker Steven Spielberg will be executive-producing a television series based on Microsoft's blockbuster sci-fi game "Halo" - one of the game industry's largest franchises by revenue - for the Xbox One.

The new console will also offer exclusive National Football League content and eight new game franchises, executives said.

Yusuf Mehdi, SVP of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business declined to put a figure on the company's investment in exclusive game and video content, but called it a "very serious commitment," in an interview with Reuters.

Source: Agencies

 

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[laksaboy]

Xbox One = Spying box used to push ads onto you.

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[laksaboy]

Ads, ads, ads. Microsoft's agenda.

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[singveld]

it is always on right, even on standby, it is connected to internet, and kinect sensor always looking at the user, imagine if it is hacked, then hacker and see the user in their living room, it is a great for peeker.

 

[halsey02]

it is always on right, even on standby, it is connected to internet, and kinect sensor always looking at the user, imagine if it is hacked, then hacker and see the user in their living room, it is a great for peeker.

They can see my red hot chilli pecker, of they want...

 

[singveld]

They can see my red hot chilli pecker, of they want...

what if the peeker is male?

 

[chupacabra]

The new console is dead on arrival. Even though Im not a gamer, I think Microsoft failed in this attempt, like other attempts.

 

[laksaboy]

The new console is dead on arrival. Even though Im not a gamer, I think Microsoft failed in this attempt, like other attempts.

You are right. Read this:

Microsoft admits they lost the console war with Xbox One
Gamers ignored
http://semiaccurate.com/2013/05/22/microsoft-subtly-admits-losing-with-xbox-one/

 

[singveld]

The new console is dead on arrival. Even though Im not a gamer, I think Microsoft failed in this attempt, like other attempts.

maybe the population will love to have an voice command TV. The future of home entertainment is XBOX channel 8, XBOX channel 5, XBOX this, XBOX that.

 

[tonychat]

customers feel cheated and that is the end of microsoft...

 

[halsey02]

what if the peeker is male?

I don't know what to say....'stamp foot'..

 

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[chupacabra]

This Francis guy is really hilarious.

 

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why is he out of breadth after 3 to 4 mins of talking?

 

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Microsoft has announced the launch date and price for its new Xbox One.

The new console will go on sale in November this year, with a recommended retail price of £429 in the UK, $499 in the US and 499 euros.

The announcement was made during its keynote opening event at the E3 games expo in Los Angeles.

Rival console manufacturer Sony said its console would be out during the "holiday 2013" period, although no official date has been set.

If both the PlayStation 4 and the XBox One go on sale in November this year, it would be the first time the two rivals have launched simultaneously. Previous consoles were released at least a year apart.

Aoife Wilson, a Staff Writer with Xbox 360: The Official Xbox Magazine, told BBC News that there did not appear to be any reason for the increased price in Europe compared to the US.