Microsoft’s Xbox One, the newest video game console will be available in stores on November 22. Microsoft announced Wednesday in an event and includes the next-generation video game console will cost $499.99 and is available for pre-order at the Microsoft store and other retailers like Amazon Online store.
Amazon is offering to its customers a promotional offer to upgrade certain Xbox 360 titles to their Xbox One equivalent games for only $9.99. So now the customers can order selected Xbox 360 titles and upgrade them via trade-in later for an Xbox One version.
Microsoft’s Xbox One console will be launched later this year. However, the console will be launched much later, in 2014, in most European markets. To console the European gamers, Microsoft has now reiterated that the console will not be region-locked.
Microsoft’s upcoming console, Xbox One, has been making a lot of headlines of late. Whereas the company has focused on entertainment in the new console, Microsoft has also taken many wise decisions regarding its hardware. Apparently, Xbox One has been created with the intent of making it last for ten years, even when powered on.
Augmented reality glasses have long been the stuff of fiction but more recently, they have entered the realm of reality. Google has certainly taken the lead on this front with its Glass Project. Now, Microsoft seems to be considering the possibility of augmented-reality glasses for its game console, Xbox.
Microsoft showed off its upcoming game console, Xbox One, at the E3 event. Since then, the company has incorporated a number of new features into the console. In a recent podcast, Xbox executive Marc Whitten revealed the ongoing developments on the Xbox One front.
Some new accessories for the Xbox is now available for pre-order at the Microsoft Store. Amazon is also taking the pre-order for Xbox One controller, which has been listed on last Wednesday and showing November 27 release.
It would seem that given the rather huge social media backlash over Microsoft’s Xbox One console after its launch, the company is ready to make many concessions. Although Microsoft initially announced that Xbox One game developers will have to get their games approved by a publisher first, the company has now allowed developers to self-publish.