"Xbox One" Review (Part 1)-Next-generation entertainment system placed in the center of the living room

(Editor's Note: The Review of "Xbox One" by CNET will be translated into two parts, the first part and the second part. The second part will be released on December 3).

Just one week after the powerful debut of "PlayStation 4" (PS4), "Xbox One" was spotlighted.

The Xbox One, released just eight years after the release of the Xbox 360, aims to be a control tower for the living room.The Ambition also appears in the name.It is a "one box" that summarizes all the entertainment of the living room, from games to raw TV, online video streaming, and Skype with friends and family.

A major role in aiming for this goal is the bundle of the second generation "Kinect".Kinect, which also serves as a motion sensor, remote control extension device, and voice control microphone, is no longer optional and is included in all Xbox One.And that's why this game console is more than $ 100 than PlayStation 4 (on the other hand, digital copyright management (DRM), which was greatly criticized when the Xbox One was announced, and "I can't play used games."The limit was withdrawn).

Xbox One's goals are very high, but does this game console really have the ability to reach that goal?Is the price of $ 100 higher than PS4 appropriate?Is the integration of the entertainment and television aimed at this game console firmly realized?Should Xbox 360 users buy a new one now or should we wait?

The reader must have had such a question.It's time to answer that question now.

Bundle

The Xbox One package includes a game console itself, a power adapter, Kinect, a 6 -foot HDMI cable, one controller, and one headset for voice chat.Same as the $ 400 PS4 provided in the United States, there is only one type of 500 GB model of $ 500 for Xbox One.

Although Kinect is indispensable for the function of Xbox One, consumers will pay extra $ 100 for the bundled Kinect (Kinect was originally indispensable, but the rebound was large.Removed from the essential conditions).

PS4 has a one -month free right (and free games) of the PlayStation Plus service in the United States and a $ 10 credit that can be used for online purchase, but Microsoft does not provide extra bonuses or free benefits.。This is quite anxious considering that if you try to do something more than a single play game on Xbox One, you will almost always need an "Xbox Live Gold (Xbox Live Gold)" account.(This is described in the second part).Nevertheless, existing gold members are the current accounts used in Xbox 360, and can use the Xbox One service without additional costs.

hardware

The Xbox One has 8 core AMD CPUs, 8GB DDR3 RAM, and 853MHz GPU.The specifications of Xbox One are slightly inferior to PS4, but it should be noted that this was the same in the previous generation.The architecture of this generation of both game consoles is more similar than before, so the performance of the graphics should not change much.