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XBOX 360 vs XBOX One |
Today
we are going to give console gamers and gaming enthusiasts an idea of what's
the big deal in between XBOX 360 and Xbox One. As we all know that Xbox is a
video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. The name Xbox was derived
from a contraction of DirectX Box, a reference to Microsoft's graphics API,
DirectX. It represents a series of video game consoles developed by Microsoft,
XBOX Original, XBOX 360 and XBOX One. The brand also represents applications
(games), streaming services, and an online service by the name of Xbox Live.
The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the
launch of the original Xbox console.
That
original device was the first video game console offered by an American company
after the Atari Jaguar stopped sales in 1996. It reached over 24 million units
sold as of May 2006. Microsoft's second console, the Xbox 360, was released in
2005 and has sold over 77.2 million consoles worldwide as of April 2013. The
successor to the Xbox 360 and Microsoft's most recent console, the Xbox One,
was revealed in May 2013. The Xbox One has been released in 21 markets in
total, with a Chinese release in September 2014.
XBOX 360
The Xbox
360 was released as the successor of the original Xbox in
November 2005, competing with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as
part of the seventh generation of video game consoles. As of
June 30, 2013, 78.2 million Xbox 360 consoles have been sold worldwide. The
Xbox 360 was officially unveiled on MTV on May 12, 2005, with
detailed launch and game information divulged later that month at the Electronic
Entertainment Expo (E3). The console sold out completely upon
release in all regions except in Japan. The Xbox 360 showed an expanded
Xbox Live service (which now included a limited "Free" tier called
Silver), the ability to stream multimedia content from PCs,
while later updates added the ability to purchase and stream music, television
programs, and films through the Xbox Music and Xbox
Video services, along with access to third-party content services through third-party
media streaming applications. Microsoft also released Kinect, a motion
control system for the Xbox 360 which uses an advanced sensor system.
At their E3 presentation on June 14, 2010, Microsoft announced a redesigned
Xbox 360 (XBOX 360 S) that would ship on the same day. The redesigned console
is slimmer than the previous Xbox 360 model and features integrated 802.11
b/g/n Wi-Fi, TOSLINK S/PDIF optical audio output, five USB 2.0 ports (compared
to the three from older versions) and special port designed for the Kinect
peripheral. Older models of the Xbox 360 have since been discontinued. The
first new console to be released features a 250 GB hard drive, while a later
less expensive SKU features 4 GB internal storage.
XBOX One
The Xbox One was released on November 22, 2013 in North
America, as the successor of the Xbox 360. The Xbox
One competes with Sony's PlayStation
4 and Nintendo's Wii U and Switch as part of the eighth generation of video game consoles. Announced on May 21, 2013 , the
Xbox One now has a large emphasis on internet-based features; including the
ability to record and stream gameplay, and the ability to integrate with
a set-top box to watch cable or
satellite TV through the console with an enhanced guide interface and
Kinect-based voice control.
After an overwhelmingly negative response from critics and
consumers (who also showed concerns that the system could prevent or hinder the
resale of used games), Microsoft announced that these restrictions would be
dropped. Microsoft was also criticized for requiring the Xbox One to have its
updated Kinect peripheral plugged in to function, which critics and privacy
advocates believed could be used as a surveillance device. As a gesture toward
showing a commitment to user privacy, Microsoft decided to allow the console to
function without Kinect. On June 13, 2016, Microsoft announced the Xbox One S,
a slimmer version of the Xbox One, at E3 2016. Its new casing is 40% smaller
than the original design, and supports vertical orientation with a stand. The
capacitive power and eject keys were replaced by physical buttons, the side USB
port and controller sync button were moved to the front of the console, and its
power supply is integrated into the console's casing rather than sitting
externally. Xbox One S requires a USB adapter to attach a Kinect sensor, as it
no longer includes the proprietary port used on the original model. A free USB
adapter was provided by Microsoft to Kinect owners who registered their
ownership of Kinect and Xbox One S online, but this promotion ended in March
2017. The adapter was sold separately thereafter, but has since been
discontinued.
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