Xbox One

Holy Cross now has a Xbox One Wiki page. The Xbox One was announced on May 21 2013 and released on November 22 2013. It is a home video game console that was developed by Microsoft to be the next generation Xbox console. The Xbox One rivals Sony's PS4 and Nintendo's Wii U. The Xbox One has a cost of $449.99 for the 1tb model and $399.99 for the 500gb model. The Xbox one has a improved kinect system from the xbox 360 and also has voice recognition can live stream gameplay and record. The console runs in 720p 1080p and 4k. The online service is called Xbox live. Xbox live lets you get free games, play online with people and chat with them. Recently Microsoft announced backworks compatibility for the Xbox One, this means that you will be able to play Xbox 360 games and games from the original Xbox on the Xbox One. This is a feature that PS4 does not have. The controller is not much different from the Xbox 360 it has the same button layout but with a smoother finish and updated analog sticks and a four way d-pad. The Xbox one sold over 1 million consoles within the first 24 hours of it being released, on November 12 2014 Microsoft stated that they had sold over 10 million consoles worldwide.