Xbox One Offers More Than Just Gaming

Xbox One Offers More Than Just Gaming

The Microsoft Xbox One shows the belief of the company that the success of a game console in the digital world is not limited to the games it offers in the market.

The name of the device also gives an indication that the company aims at making the game console as the center of home entertainment. The design of the game console itself makes an impression with its bigger size that focuses on power instead of style.

The design of the game console also shows that it should be the basis for home entertainment. The device features a number of entertainment applications and plays live television through its connection to cable boxes. The programming guide also encourages fixing the TV input into the console.

Favorite applications of users can also be pinned into their personal home screens. The device also offers simultaneous support to sixteen logged-in users. The Xbox One also offers branded music and video applications, Skype for videoconferences and SkyDrive for storage of images. The Skype application has piqued the interest of industry watchers since it utilizes the camera of the Kinect controller, which follows the users as they move around the room.

Kinect also offers a number of other features, which may be appealing to game console enthusiasts even though it costs an additional $100 when compared to the PlayStation 4.The latest Kinect controller offers a number of features including its voice command feature.

The gaming features of the Xbox One are similar to the capabilities of the Sony PlayStation 4. It offers smooth and fluid graphics and responsive game play. The games lineup for the device appears to be solid and appears to show the gaming potential of the Kinect controller.

However, the main draw of the device is its capability of switching in and out of games that are currently being played. Users can easily switch to different applications without affecting game play. It also allows users to watch television while playing a game on the console.

For the moment, the next-generation game console of Microsoft has a better games lineup than the Sony PlayStation 4. However, this advantage may diminish over time. The Xbox One game console is expected to hit the market by Friday, and it will have a price tag of $499.

Posted by Kade Quinn on Saturday November 23 2013, 4:13 AM EST. Ref: Washington Post. Link. All trademarks acknowledged. Filed under Entertainment, Featured News. Comments and Trackbacks closed. Follow responses: RSS 2.0