Xbox One

Introduction:

It is a home video game console which is developed and marketed by Microsoft.It is the third console in the Xbox family and successor to the Xbox 360.Xbox one was released across North America,several European markets,Australia and NewZealand on November 22,2013.It was released in 26 other markets on September,2014.Is has been classified as an "all in one entertainment system". It is at present, retailing for about $349.

Design:

Xbox One's exterior casing consists of a two-tone "liquid black" finish;with half finished in a matte grey, and the other in a glossier black. It looks quite gorgeous but it's a bit bigger than its rival the PS4 from Sony. There is a large air vent on top of the console. A glowing white Xbox logo has replaced the LED rings used by Xbox 360 which is used to communicate the system's status to the user. 

Controller:

One of the major selling point for the Xbox 360 was the great controlling.

Same scene can be noticed here with the Xbox One as well. Visually, they might not look too different but the Xbox One controller is an ergonomic improvement from its predecessor. It is very good for all types of games, specially sports. The controller is very comfortable and it fits right into the hand. The controller is very good and no noticeable compromises have been made at least in the controller.

Gaming:

Game graphics is quite good on the Xbox One since it is supposed to be a next gen. console. It delivers an enjoyable experience. There are some resolution problems on the Xbox One on certain games like Watch Dogs but its shouldn't be a big problem. The console exclusives like Dead Rising 3, Forza Motosport 5, Killer Instinct and Ryse: Son of Rome are quite enjoyable. In some games, like Assassin's Creed Unity, it even surpasses its competitor.  So, in the gaming department you should be quite impressed with its performance since very little compromises have been made in that department . At the end of the day, it's really upto the console exclusives because both the XBOne and the PS4 deliver quite identical performance and both are very capable of satisfying your needs.

Specs:

The internal specifications of the Xbox One are quite impressive as well. It doesn't lack far behind its rival from Sony, the PS4. It comes with 8 GB. DDR3 RAM which is clocked at 2133 MHz. The memory bandwidth is 68.26 GB/s. It comes with an 8 GB. internal flash memory. For the CPU, it uses an AMD 8 Core CPU clocked at 1.75 GHz. The GPU has a clock speed of 853 MHz. and has 768 Shader cores with a peak throughout of 1.31 TeraFlops. A 500 GB. non-removable hard drive is inside the Xbox One. It has HDMI input and output with 4k support. It also supports Microsoft DirectX 12 API. The XOne does have some extra features like Voice Control, Kinect etc. which might be useful depending on your preference. The Xbox One OS. is quite identical to Microsoft's Windows 8. The OS is not bad but it can get a bit messy at times. It can maybe be upgraded to Windows 10 once it's released. 

So, overall the Xbox One doesn't dissapoint. It has some cool features and delivers an enjoyable gaming experience and it has enough abilities to fulfill your needs. 

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Written by: ZARIF ZOHA
Edited by: Adnan Hoque Sazin.