Microsoft hopes Xbox One finally puts it on the media map

[Jazzy]

The software giant is betting its first new video game console in eight years, which goes on sale on Friday, will help sustain its position as a dominant player in gaming hardware. It also hopes to build a high-margin, rapid-growth business that plays a bigger role in how people watch television and consume media content.

The Xbox One, which will launch in 13 markets worldwide, will cater to its loyal gamer fan base with exclusive titles like "Forza Motorsport 5" and "Ryse: Son of Rome." Beyond that, the company hopes the device crosses over to the mainstream and becomes a family entertainment center.

To entice TV viewers and simplify their viewing experience, the new device comes with features like voice control via its Kinect input device -- ostensibly in place of a remote -- and the ability to integrate it with cable boxes.

As with the PlayStation and Nintendo's Wii U, the Xbox One comes loaded with Netflix and other popular media apps. But Microsoft has started its own studio to produce exclusive video content, meaning the new device could become a gateway to much more than games.
To bolster its entertainment offerings, Microsoft launched its Xbox Music app, a digital music service that vies with Apple's iTunes, last year.

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What do you think about the Xbox One?

 

[Sinon]

So far, it's unimpressive. In addition to voice commands being region-locked so if you import the console you're fucked unless you speak the right language, its launch games are uninspiring; Ryse: Son of Rome especially has received universally mediocre reviews, and Dead Rising 3 is apparently suffering framerate issues such as being locked to 30 frames per second and dropping to 14 when the game gets active pretty much puts a nail in the coffin already.

 

[Kirito]

In addition to voice commands being region-locked

LOL with my xbox 360 I couldn't get the Dutch or English version of the downloads area. I wonder if they're gonna force the whole of Flanders to buy their Xbox One in The Netherlands because the Belgian version only understands French. xD

I made the mistake to buy an Xbox 360, I will not repeat that mistake.

...and I imagine a lot of ppl think the way I do.

 

[Nebulous's iconNebulous]

I wouldn't mind having one! I just have the 1st wii