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| The Xbox One launch event in London |
The Xbox One, Microsoft's newest entry in the video game market, launched yesterday.
Xbox One retails for $499, one hundred dollars more than the PS4, which launched last week, and $200 more than Wii U, Nintendo's eighth generation home console. In its pitch to consumers, Microsoft has emphasized the non-gaming applications of Xbox One -- improved Kinect motion-tracking, integration with cable providers and fantasy football, and Skype functionality, to name a few -- to justify the increased price point. The centerpiece of the Xbox One system is an integrated and upgraded version of Kinect, Microsoft's motion-tracking device. Whereas the original Kinect failed to live up the promise of seamless motion and voice control, Kinect 2.0, with its new technology, may be able to deliver on that promise. It can read users' muscles and heart rates, and receive voice commands.
Xbox One launched with 22 games, many of them multiplatform games available on PS4, PS3, and Xbox 360. The best-reviewed exclusive X1 games include Forza 5, Dead Rising 3, and Killer Instinct.
Xbox One retails for $499, one hundred dollars more than the PS4, which launched last week, and $200 more than Wii U, Nintendo's eighth generation home console. In its pitch to consumers, Microsoft has emphasized the non-gaming applications of Xbox One -- improved Kinect motion-tracking, integration with cable providers and fantasy football, and Skype functionality, to name a few -- to justify the increased price point. The centerpiece of the Xbox One system is an integrated and upgraded version of Kinect, Microsoft's motion-tracking device. Whereas the original Kinect failed to live up the promise of seamless motion and voice control, Kinect 2.0, with its new technology, may be able to deliver on that promise. It can read users' muscles and heart rates, and receive voice commands.
Xbox One launched with 22 games, many of them multiplatform games available on PS4, PS3, and Xbox 360. The best-reviewed exclusive X1 games include Forza 5, Dead Rising 3, and Killer Instinct.
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