Microsoft Xbox One Sells 1 Million Units In 24 Hours Of Launch!

24 hours and 1 million units sold out! Microsoft Corp sold over 1 million of its new Xbox One game consoles within 24 hours of their hitting store shelves on Friday, on par with Sony Corp's PlayStation 4 despite launching in far more countries.

The new console, which launched in 13 countries, set a record for first-day Xbox sales and is currently sold out at most retailers, Microsoft said in a statement.

Sony said it sold 1 million PS4 units in 24 hours after launching last Friday in just the United States and Canada. The PS4 expands to other regions, including Europe, Australia and South America, from November 29. It then hits Japan in February.

Microsoft is already aiming to beat Sony on its ground and is building up a much higher configuration console, ofcourse costlier than Sony to beat the gamers into the new platform. Microsoft not only stops there, but also plans to include a broader consumer base of TV fans and music lovers with its interactive entertainment features and media apps.

"We are working hard to create more Xbox One consoles," said Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president of marketing and strategy at Xbox.

Robert W. Baird & Co analyst Colin Sebastian has said he expects shipments of 2.5 million to 3 million units for both the Xbox One and PS4 in the fourth quarter.

Both the PS4, priced at $399 in the United States, and the Xbox One, with a price tag of $499, offer improved graphics for realistic effects, processors that allow faster game play and a slew of exclusive video games.

Source: Reuters
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- Unknown Updated at: Saturday, November 23, 2013

Xbox One Launches With A Roar In UK; Thousands Queue In To Get HandsOn

Xbox One mania in UK as the game fans queue up the stores as early as midnight in UK, the telegraph reports. The queue was in midst of the freezing nights of UK just to get hands on to the Xbox quicker. The Thousands more waited excitedly for midnight at 500 stores up and down the country.

Meanwhile, Leicester Square was transformed into a gaming universe, with zombies from Dead Rising 3 roaming the streets alongside Roman legions from Ryse: Son of Rome. The Stig drove through the crowds in a McLaren supercar from Forza Motorsport 5, while Premiership footballer Andros Townsend competed against fans on FIFA 14.

Featuring a 1.75MHz 8-core processor, 8GB of RAM and a GPU capable of generating 1.32 teraflops of processing power, Microsoft claims that owning an Xbox One is like having a supercomputer in your living room. The console uses voice commands and motion sensing to recognise users and let them shift between games, live TV and Skype through an improved Kinect device.

Launch titles for the Xbox One include Forza Motorsport 5, Dead Rising 3, and Ryse: Son of Rome exclusive to Xbox One, alongside the latest titles from the biggest gaming franchises including FIFA 14, Call of Duty: Ghosts , Battlefield 4 and Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag.

The Xbox One also offers an array of TV, film and music apps, including 4oD, Amazon's Lovefilm, blinkbox, Crackle, Demand 5, Eurosport, Machinima, Muzu TV, Sky's Now TV, TED, Twitch and Wuaki.tv.

"With the strongest line-up of games we’ve ever seen for a new console, pre-orders from fans across the UK are at unprecedented levels,” said Phil Harrison, Corporate Vice President, Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft EMEA.

“The games industry is evolving and growing fast, and we are proud to have so many British developers and creators helping to drive the new Xbox One era.”

Source: Telegraph
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- Unknown Updated at: Friday, November 22, 2013

Xbox One Looses To Playstation 4 Sales Says Survey

The restrictions and policies along with the price point may be costing Microsoft's Xbox One, as the latest poll by Reuters shows that people are more inclined to buy Sony's Playstation 4 than the much upgraded and policy implied Xbox One.

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The poll was conducted from 23rd September to 27th September which revealed this stunning fact. Although Microsoft boasts about its much faster sensors, processor and graphics, it still comes at a cost - the most talked about implication was the requirement of internet connection to continue playing games, and ruled off the possibility of an offline pleasure. This has been received with much criticism, and made MS to rethink this policy. Here the Sony got the track and was promoting offline gaming as well at a $100 less of the price of Xbox One.

The poll showed 26 percent of 1,297 people surveyed online last week say they are likely to purchase the new PlayStation 4 when available, versus 15 percent opting for the Xbox One.

The interesting fact was that, among those below the age of 40. Of that group of 408 people, 41 percent picked Sony's PS4 versus 27 percent for Microsoft's Xbox One, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

The Xbox policies had even surprised the Sony CEO(News Here) and this seems to have been the roar of the public. Sony Also have received 1 million preorders for the product, for which it was a proud moment(News Here).

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But 56-year-old participant Jon Leigh, who plays six to 10 hours of video games a week and lives in Harlan, Kentucky, thinks the Microsoft controversy won't sway Xbox fans. "People who use Microsoft products will continue to use them," he said. Leigh will go with the Xbox One because of its upgraded "Kinect" motion sensor, and because he's more familiar with the Xbox than the PlayStation.

The $399 PS4 and $499 Xbox One represent the first major upgrades of mainstream gaming hardware in years, setting game developers scrambling to put out new releases that take advantage of better graphics and faster processors. They are scheduled to hit store shelves from mid-November, about a year after Nintendo's slow-selling Wii U. Of the 1,297 respondents, only 3 percent said they now played games on the Wii U, versus 20 percent on the Xbox 360, 20 percent on computers, and 18 percent on Sony's PlayStation 3.

Indeed, 64 percent of total respondents said they would not buy any new game hardware at all this season, when posed with choices ranging from the Xbox and PS4 to Nintendo's 2DS and Valve's Steam Box. The Reuters/Ipsos poll underscored strong interest in Activision Blizzard's "Call of Duty: Ghosts," slated for November, which will try and take on Take-Two Interactive Software's mega-hit, "Grand Theft Auto V."

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- Unknown Updated at: Monday, September 30, 2013