Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past couple of hours you would know that Microsoft has finally unveiled there new Next gen console called Xbox One. Microsoft showcased the Xbox One today at there Xbox Event also revealing some features and upcoming games for there brand new console.
It was clear from the start of the event that Microsoft had a focus on the entertainment side of there console saying many times that it was going to be the "living room device". They first started right off by revealing the new system, new Kinect, and there new controller. Microsoft then started off talking about the new TV and DVR features on the new Xbox. This was defiantly the strongest part of there presentation because this showed that the Xbox had cool features that no one else had. They showed that the user can easily flip through playing a game straight to watching TV just by your voice or making a gesture through kinect. This feature was pretty cool but there were somethings that felt oddly left out. For one they never discussed if the new TV features would be free or not. I highly doubt the use of TV through the Xbox would be free sense you have to pay for internet, so I wish they would have told us how exactly we would be able to use it. Will it be a monthly fee and how much would it be?
The next part of the conference was focused on upcoming games from EA and some new exclusives. They announced that there would be 15 new exclusive games coming out for Xbox One in the first year and that 8 will be new IPs. This was great news sense Microsoft needs some new exclusives to compete with Nintendo and Sony who both have a big line up of exclusive titles. They also showed that they were working with EA and that Madden 25, Fifa, NBA live and UFC will be coming to the Xbox One. I found this to be very unimportant sense these games are all coming out on other consoles ( other then Wii U ). Why put an emphasis on games that have already been confirmed to be on other consoles like the PS4. Also Microsoft announced a new Forza game will be coming out for Xbox One. As far as showing new IPs they did show Quantum Break which showed off some pretty cool graphics but left a lot to be desired. If I was Microsoft I would have shown more IPs making it a more appealing system but it seems Microsoft wants to wait till E3 to do that.
After some talk about games they went back to talking about some more TV features. They announced an exclusive TV series of Halo being made for there console. This seemed out of place, how they went from talk about TV to games back to TV features Not really interested in the new Halo series but I can see it bringing in some people to buy into there TV service.
They then ended there conference with a long segment about Call of Duty Ghost. Again it seemed very odd for Microsoft to put so much time into a game that was already announced and will be on other next gen consoles. The segment consist of a gameplay trailer ( thankfully ), some talk from the developers about new features and Microsoft stating the obvious that again Xbox would be getting there DLC before any other consoles. I understand that Microsoft probably decided to spend time on Call of Duty Ghost because it would bring in a bigger audience but the event was planned at an odd time that was inconvenient for most which makes the emphasis on the game very odd.
My opinion on the event was that it was pretty mediocre. The conference felt slightly rushed and not well planned. ( going form TV to games back to more TV talk ) Also almost all the games shown were for multiplatform games with only 2 games showed at this event that will be exclusive for the Xbox One. The most appealing part was the TV features sense it showed something only the Xbox one can do. I would have talked more about some of the new exclusive games they have planned and then talked about some of the exclusive features Xbox One has like there TV feature and Skype features. Also I found it odd that during the press conference Microsoft did not talk about there biggest rumor always online. They latter said after the press conference that it will not be always online.
Microsoft had the perfect opportunity to show up and completely blow people away but I think they focused to much on things that will be on all next gen consoles and not games that will make people run out and purchase a Xbox One. They can defiantly show up at E3 this year and show some kickass titles but now they will be there with Sony doing the same thing. This event was Microsoft's time to really shine but I fell they just missed it by losing there overall focus on whats going to push the system the most: exclusive games.
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