Microsoft ‘Xbox One’ Press Conference 2013 : Round Up

Well the Microsoft Press Conference is in the books and in it’s hour long reveal showed off the console — named ‘Xbox One’, the controller, the hardware specs, the games and the partnerships.

Here’s the Round Up of what exactly took place:

As pictured above you see the Console (middle), the Kinect (top) and controller (bottom)

Connectivity

• Seamless integration between entertainment devices such as TV, Music, Movies, Apps and games via voice recognition

Hardware specs

•  5 Billion Transistors
• 8 core CPU
• 8 GB of RAM (System Memory)
• USB 3.0
• 500 GB HDD (Hardrive)
•  Blu-ray Drive
• 802.11n Wireless with Wi-Fi Direct
•  HDMI In/Out

Kinect 

• 1080P HD RGB Camera
• 30 FPS color
• Time of Flight (TOF) Technology
• Microphone Arrays
• Upgraded to capture the slightest rotation of a wrist or a shoulder, muscle impact, can read your heartbeat
• Packaged in the box of every Xbox One

Xbox Controller

• Over 40 design innovations
• Integrated Battery compartment
• Impulse triggers aka Rumble feedback in the trigger buttons
• Wi-Fi  Radio Stack
• Precision Directional Pad

Xbox Smartglass

• Allowing your Tablet to become a remote control working in harmony with Kinect, Xbox Live and Xbox One

Xbox Live

•  300,000 servers will now power the Xbox Live Experience
• Cloud servers allowing you to save your games anytime, anywhere
• Skype
• Xbox One Guide – Microsoft’s version of a TV guide

Games 

• EA Sports various titles including UFC , FIFA ’14,  Madden 25,  and NBA Live ’14 showcasing the new “IGNITE Engine” attempting to blur the lines between virtual and real
• Turn 10 – Forza 5
• Remedy –  Quantum Break
• Infinity Ward – Call of Duty: Ghosts —  DLC coming first to Xbox One
• The announcement to bring 15 exclusives games, 8 of which are brand new franchises all in the first year of launch

Partnerships

• EA Sports (Strategic Partnership) more details to follow on a later date
• NFL – Exclusive content, Fantasy Football integration, Live Broadcasts
• ESPN

Tidbits:

• Halo: The Television Series
• Xbox One Launch Later this year
• “Always On” does not hinder the ability for Single Player playthroughs