One of the biggest points of contention since the launch of the Xbox One last year was the inclusion of the Kinect, the motion-sensing, voice-command-hearing gaming peripheral that some say jacked the price of the console a hundred dollars higher than…
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The long-awaited announcement of Microsoft’s foray into original content programming has arrived. Today on the Xbox Wire, the company announced Xbox Originals, a content lineup that can only be viewed on Xbox 360 and Xbox One platforms. Set to start…
A couple days ago, Sony announced that the PlayStation 4 had sold 7 million units in over 72 territories worldwide since its launch last November. Yesterday, Microsoft made an announcement of its own, reporting that “more than 5 million Xbox One consoles…
The current console war between Microsoft and Sony is barely half a year old, but conventional wisdom says that the PlayStation 4 is winning over the Xbox One pretty handily so far. But Microsoft seems determined to close the gap. During the company…
The concept of player reputation isn’t new to the Xbox universe; the Xbox 360 has had a reputation system in place for years. But it appears that Microsoft is making it a bigger part of its newest console, the Xbox One. Ars Technica is reporting that…
One of my favorite parts of the Roku interface — and one I’ve seen used in other interfaces, like those on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One — is its cross-service content search. This feature, which lets you look for a TV show or movie and see all the…
For the past few months, Xbox gamers who are used to premium chat headsets have been out of luck. Microsoft went with proprietary technology for the Xbox One, and headsets that worked with the Xbox 360, such as those from Turtle Beach and Tritton, weren…
As we’ve covered previously, Microsoft plans to roll out a software update for the Xbox One in early March that’ll add some new goodies; for instance, better Xbox Live friend list functionality. I was fortunate enough to get preview access to the…
In the months leading to the Xbox One’s launch, one of the console’s most talked-up features was its Twitch integration. Unfortunately, the Twitch app at launch was lacking; it only allowed gamers to watch video from players on other platforms (…
If you’ve been waiting for the Titanfall release to buy an Xbox One console, today is your lucky day. Microsoft just put up a pre-order page for a brand new Xbox One bundle that includes a free Titanfall digital download code. It’s the first time…
Further encouraging the idea that the Xbox One is as much a media consumption device as it is a game-playing one, Microsoft has unveiled the first of potentially many accessories to come for the system: a remote. The Xbox One Media Remote was unveiled…
We have several gamers here at BestTechie, and over the past few days, a few of them took part in Respawn’s Titanfall beta. Shawn did so on the Xbox One, where the beta was actually open to anyone with the console. Both Brian Hough and Landon played…
Though we’re quite early on in the next-generation console wars, the clear front-runner is still Sony with its PlayStation 4, beating Microsoft’s Xbox One in console sales for the month of January, and potentially, overall. The research firm responsible…
Xbox One owners — your console is set to improve in the coming month. According to a post from Microsoft’s Chief Product Officer, Marc Whitten, two system updates are on the way for Microsoft’s shiny new console; one on February 11, and the other…
This morning, a huge list of supposed details regarding Microsoft’s strategy with the Xbox One in 2014 hit the web, and gamers across the Internet have been looking to separate fact from fiction. Among the juicier tidbits include the company’s plan…
NPD Group reported Thursday that new consoles from Sony and Microsoft powered a winning holiday season for the videogame industry in the United States. “The newest consoles from Microsoft and Sony are off to a tremendous start,” said NPD analyst Liam…
Though we’re in the midst of CES 2014, with virtual reality headsets and affordable 4K monitors on display, there’s an expected quietness coming from Microsoft. As the company has pointed out in the past, they don’t need CES to make announcements…
With the release of every new video game console like the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One, we’re another generation further from the classic games and systems most of us were raised on. The NES, the Super Nintendo, the PlayStation, the Turbografx, Sega…
Sony announced today during their CES 2014 keynote that over 4.2 million PlayStation 4 game consoles have been sold since the console’s November 2013 launch. That figure puts it well over Microsoft’s announcement yesterday of 3 million Xbox One…
All the major players in video games are getting some good news heading into the weekend. The latest numbers released by the NPD Group suggest that the two newest consoles on the market, Sony’s PlayStation 4 and Microsoft’s Xbox One, sold extremely…