The new console software giant is not only a platform to play but also a kind of decoder 2.0 able to watch television programs. At this point the competition is not only called Nintendo or Sony, but also Apple, Google or Sky SERGIO PENNACCHINI
REDMOND (United States) – Not only console to play, but also a platform for watching television and access to on-demand content. With the ability to control the machine through gestures, voice or screen of your tablet or smartphone. Here is the new Xbox One, the heir to the Xbox 360 sold 77 million copies worldwide. Will arrive by the end of the year. He announced Don Mattrick, president of the Xbox division, in a tent set up on the football field of the Microsoft Campus on the outskirts of Seattle. “We’ve drawn on 30 years of experience in the entertainment industry, giving rise to a machine that will revolutionize your life,” proclaims Mattrick in front of an audience of about 400 journalists. Applause, lights, music. Part of the show. It appears on the screen in Steven Spielberg connection. “I want my imagination has no limits,” says the director of Schindler’s List and E. T. The extraterrestrial. “I am honored to be working with Xbox to create the TV series of Halo, one of the videogame symbol of generations.” A TV series that will arrive exclusively on Xbox One. Microsoft widens the target in short: here the competition is not only called Nintendo or Sony, but also Apple, Google or Sky. More applause, some cry, a boy next to us even standing up screaming. IMAGES
The console .
The new Xbox One has an austere design. A black box with glossy and matte surfaces, which resembles the old DVD players a few years ago. Inside, a 500GB hard drive, 8 gigabytes of memory, Blu-ray and a graphics chip developed by ATI. Many technical details are still kept hidden, but in general the power is similar to that of the Playstation 4 recently announced by Sony. The pad is an evolution of the Xbox 360 and the Kinect, the device can recognize our movements and voice, has grown in size and has become even more precise. Using the built-in camera can “read” the face of the user and change the settings of the console depending on who is using it. Kinect allows you to control every aspect of the console waving a hand or saying a few words. In a blink of an eye you switch from a video game to a movie, from music to tv channels. Xbox One is also able to handle multiple applications simultaneously. It means, for example, that while we watch a movie we receive a call via Skype, or open the internet browser to navigate a window to the side of the screen. Functions designed with a clear objective: to change the way we watch TV, to enrich it, it becomes truly interactive. The TV of the future? The Xbox One is not only a console to play games, but also a kind of decoder 2.0. We can, in short, watch live television channels. It is not yet clear how Microsoft intends to move to Italy, but for the United States, for example, is certain the presence of numerous channels of wide spread as CBS, HBO, SciFi, ESPN and many more. There will be a tv guide built into the console able to “advise” the content best suited to our tastes. As platforms for Samsung SmartTV and others, we can then download applications for on-demand content, such as Netflix or, Italy, Mediaset Premium. Content that will be enhanced by interactive elements. For instance, watching a basketball game we can see the statistics of the players, or open another window to get replays of the most important actions. We can comment on what is happening with our friends, or deepen the vision going to browse the web. Meanwhile, Microsoft also took his first steps to becoming a producer of content. In this sense, the agreement with Spielberg to produce the TV series of Halo, the science fiction video game starring Master Chief sold over 50 million copies, an experiment could be decisive. A high level of production, with high budget, to be seen exclusively on Xbox One. If successful, it likely will not remain an isolated case. But the company of Bill Gates will not stop at Halo. In the United States it will be possible to see the matches of football, Live on the console, thanks to an agreement signed by the Redmond company with the National Football League. Games . The intense focus on TV and on-demand content is likely to pass the game in the second floor. Don Ma ttrick is quick to prove us wrong. “We will have 15 exclusive games the first year and eight of these titles will be completely new,” he assures. Among them, is shown Quantum Break, adventure Finnish Remedy (Max Payne and the authors of the thriller Alan Wake) which tells of a baby’s ability to change the course of time. In the film, the scene of an oil tanker, which struck against a bridge does excite audiences: the graphical detail, in effect, is impressive. Soon after the turn of Forza Motorsport 5, driving game that will be available at launch. On the big screens of the Microsoft Campus we see two cars, the old and the new McLaren F1 McLaren MP4 that challenge darting through the streets of Prague. Electronic Arts will come instead from four game sports: football in FIFA 14, then Madden NFL, NBA Live, and finally the new UFC, the official game of the league Ultimate Fighting Championship. The conference will close with the presentation of Call of Duty G hosts, last episode in the saga of war games Activision for release next fall. Again, a spectacular film that tells of a future war in which the United States has been invaded by unknown enemies and the few remaining soldiers fighting in phantom drives. The plot is written by Stephen Gaghan, screenwriter and director of Traffic Syriana. Other titles will be announced at E3 in Los Angeles, where Microsoft will unveil more details about the project Xbox One. A project that looks at the core of the American colossus: the meeting point of all our devices, from smartphones to tablets, and the center of home entertainment. An idea is not new, we hear for years, from the days when Sony announced the second Playstation. But only now, with the next generation of consoles, it seems to really take shape. 
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