Xbox One arrives already a million copies sold in 24 ... - ZDNet

Business: Microsoft has launched its new next-gen console after Sony PS4. More expensive than the model of its competitor, the Xbox One and foremost on multimedia.

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there. After the launch last week of the Sony PS4 in the United States, it is the turn of Microsoft to jump into the deep end with his Xbox One. The console war last generation is actually launched.

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One therefore follows the Xbox 360 launched in December 2005 which was the best selling console in the United States. Microsoft intends to repeat this feat and especially supplant its Japanese competitor.

Still console Redmond hand with a slight disadvantage: its price, 499 euros or 100 euros more than the PS4. Microsoft also has a slight handicap image.

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“If history has taught us anything, it is that most experienced gamers generally prefer Sony,” said Brian Blau, research director at Gartner. “But for now I have not seen anything that allows that a console has the advantage over the other.”

must say that Microsoft has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. First licenses strong and exclusive game. Furthermore, the machine comes with a wireless controller, the new Kinect sensor and a headset so that players can discuss them. There is also an HDMI cable that will support the 4K Ultra HD, full HD 1080p as well as 3D.

Microsoft also highlights the integration of many media bricks (including Skype) and entertainment (films. ..). The console can also be presented as an interactive TV box approaching the last box Internet to instantly make video games internet and television ..

gaming capabilities are there through technical architecture including an AMD octo-heart processor, 8GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive and a Blu-ray disc player.

battle figures may now begin. Sony has thus boasted of having sold more than one million PS4 in 24 hours after its release even if a small proportion of buyers ended up with a machine down …

side of Microsoft and France, it seems that the shortage threatens already, even for those who had booked the machine there a few weeks. To be sure of getting the precious, it was better to have ordered last summer.

And for those who want an Xbox to hang Christmas tree, you better book now. The question is whether Microsoft has played for time card minimum deliveries to maintain some kind of shortage.

Still according Redmond, one million copies of its Xbox One were sold Friday, November 22, the day of its launch. A record. “We work hard to make more consoles,” assured Yusuf Mehdi, vice president of marketing for Xbox. “We are touched and grateful for the enthusiasm of Xbox fans around the world,” he commented.