Xbox One Already Up for Pre-order in the UK
How early is too early for pre-orders?
Microsoft yesterday unveiled the next generation of Xbox at its Redmond campus in Seattle. However, despite giving us plenty to look at and a brief run down of the specifications, the company didn't offer any specifics on a release date or pricing. While we know the console will be out at some point this year (and have known for a while), Microsoft hasn't elaborated on how much we can expect to pay for this all-in-one entertainment device.
Despite there being no release date or price to speak of, retailers in the United Kingdom are already taking pre-orders for the new Xbox console. Pocket-lint reports that both Game and Blockbuster have the Xbox One up for pre-order. Customers looking to pre-order the console will have to put down a £20 deposit to secure their unit and presumably will be notified of the release date when it is made known. Unfortunately, while Blockbuster's pre-order page seems to be in fine working order, Game currently has the device listed as out-of-stock, so all you can do is sign up for a stock-alert. Bummer.
As far as hardware is concerned, Microsoft says the Xbox One packs 8GB of RAM, an 8-Core CPU, a 500GB hard drive, a Blu-ray drive, HDMI in and out ports, USB 3.0, 802.11n wireless, as well as a brand new version of the Kinect sensor. The new Kinect model will ship with every Xbox One unit sold, so we're assuming that will drive the price up somewhat. We'll keep you posted on that one.

- What kind of GPU is in it?
- Is it really running 3 Operating Systems for Gaming, Media, and Kinect? How much of the RAM is taken up by the OS and bull$#!t background processes?
- Is Kinect hard wired into the XB1 or does it plug in via a USB like the first Kinect? Can I use the system without a Kinect Device plugged in?
- Another article on Tom's mentions something about "additional fee for each account added to a game"; does that mean if I buy Halo 5, it will be $60, then another fee for each of my 3 kids who will want to play it on their gamer profiles?
- Is XBL going to be free, or at least discounted? Are all these "neat" features included if there is still going to be XBL Gold, or do I have to pay extra for TV streaming and such?
- What channels will be streaming? can I pause/rewind/record etc?
Damn you M$, you raise more questions, and until they are answered I have no plans of buying a device which appears to be 359 steps back... >.<
http://www.anandtech.com/show/6972/xbox-one-hardware-compared-to-playstation-4
Huh? The APU will be starved for bandwidth, and the Jaguar cores aren't no Piledrivers.
they'll be designing games that will utilize more than 2-3 cores, so this is great for PC gamers, but the low bandwidth of video is no laughing matter. they made a very large difference between themselves and ps4. when ps4 utzlies the ddr5, you'll notice the difference. then i'll be LOLing YOU! Muhahahahahaha.... MuhhhaaHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *vanishes in a puff of smoke*