The latest version of Microsoft Xbox one's game console came out in Australia, France, Britain, Brazil, and United States Friday as eager shoppers claimed their territory outside several locations The New Strait Times reported Sunday.
"This is the beginning of a new generation of games and entertainment and a new generation of smart TV," Yusuf Mehdi entertainment unit executive Yusuf Mehdi said at the launch the New Strait Times reported.
"It's a big upgrade; a big change. You are jumping from okay to super great," Jonathan Guerrero a shopper who sought out for the improved hardware at a Best Buy in Northern California told The Times.
Microsoft enhanced the quality of graphics on the game console, improved how gamers play online, and interact with other people.
The Xbox One has an improved kinect sensor, which enables players to operate the device just by talking. Individuals can also connect the console to their satellite television equipment in order to watch TV, and flip back and forth between gaming, and viewing shows USA Today reported. The Xbox 360 can also do the same.
Sony's PlayStation 4 has eight x86 CPU-codes titled Jaguar, and is manufactured from Advanced Micro Devices according to Network World. It also comes equipped with upgraded graphics co-processors capable of handling 1.84 teraflops of performance according to information from Tech Hive.
The machine also comes equipped with 500 gigabyte hard drive that can play blu-ray DVDs. There are also eight gigabytes of GDDR5 memory or quick network speed random access memory found in graphics cards. Game makers put 176 gigabytes of network speed a second on the machine since they wanted the computer to run faster.
"If history has anything to say about it, core gamers tend to favor Sony," Brian Blau, a research director at Gartner, an analyst firm told New Strait Times. "There is nothing I've seen to say that one platform is going to have an advantage over the other. "Microsoft and Sony have greatly improved products,"
"The key for them is getting developers to build compelling games and applications that take advantage of all the wonderful resources that come in those boxes. Blau told The Times.
The current Xbox One costs $429, and is now expected to cost similar to Sony's Playstation 4 $399.99 to $449 game console.
