The upcoming Xbox One is already seeing a host of changes before the final unit is set for retail release. The aim here is to make the device a worthy buy to as many consumers as possible. Accordingly, there are new reports that the Xbox One is getting a boost to its CPU.
Recently, at the Citi Global Technology Conference, Xbox chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi revealed that the Xbox One is in full production mode at the moment. In his speech, Mehdi also noted that the console’s CPU has been further increased – and this time from 1.6 GHz to 1.75 GHz.
The new change to the console also marks the second boost in console CPU speed since the Xbox One was first introduced and later sent through the wringer for a few changes. However, despite revealing this change, Microsoft still didn’t want to reveal an exact release date for the console. All we know is that it’s coming this November.
Additionally, at the same event, Mehdi expressed his confidence that the new Microsoft-made console has the upper hand in the console market. According to Geekwire, Mehdi “noted that Sony and Microsoft going head-to-head with a console launch at the same time ‘will bring a lot of energy to the gaming market,’ and ‘further grow the market.'"
“Competitively speaking, I feel like we have a much better and more complete value proposition,” he said. “We do things that aren’t found on other platforms. The Kinect is a huge piece of differentiation, and the fact that we do entertainment and gaming,” he said.
Mehdi also confirmed that the new Xbox has a better lineup of games, and cited the fact that the Xbox One had won more awards at this year’s E3 video game conference than Sony and Nintendo combined.
“We wanted something to really differentiate that lets you play games as if you’re playing movies and we wanted to break the barrier of being able to voice control your television,” Mehdi explained.
“So to do that, we added a lot of capability. For $499, we think the value we provide for that is a very good deal. We feel that we’ve done the right balance. And if you look either the pre-orders that we’ve been sold out for weeks, or do price-adjusted inflation on the 360, it’s actually pretty comparable.”
