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The Xbox One is a home video game console developed by Microsoft.Announced in May 2013, it is the successor to Xbox 360 and the third console in the Xbox series.It was first released in North America, parts of Europe, Australia, and South America in November 2013 and in Japan, China, and other European countries in September 2014.
Digital content through Xbox Live on the Xbox 360 and original Xbox are also region-locked, such as DLC, movies, and apps. The Xbox One was initially planned to have a region blocking policy that would have prevented its use outside its region in an effort to curb parallel importing.
Yes = Exclusive only to the Xbox One console. Xbox = Exclusive to Microsoft's Xbox platforms. Timed = Confirmed as exclusive for a certain period of time, but will become available on other platforms later. No = Available to more than one console of this or the previous console generation.
The compatibility works on all consoles in the Xbox One family, including the Xbox One X, and was made available as a free update in the fall of 2017. [22] The functionality is similar to that for back-compatibility with Xbox 360 games. Users insert the Xbox game disc into their Xbox One console to install the compatible version of the game. [21]
These networks feature cross platform capabilities which allows users to use a single account. However, the services provided by both are still limited to the console connected (e.g. an Xbox One cannot download an Xbox 360 game, unless the game is part of the Xbox 360 to Xbox One backwards compatibility program).
The third console, the Xbox One, was released in November 2013 and has sold 58 million units. [4] The fourth line of Xbox consoles, the Xbox Series X and Series S, were released in November 2020. The head of Xbox is Phil Spencer, who succeeded former head Marc Whitten in late March 2014. [5] [6]
As with the Xbox One, the consoles will also support external USB storage, but only backward compatible games (which can also be transferred directly from an Xbox One console) will be able to run directly from external USB storage. Xbox Series X- and S-native games must be stored on the internal SSD or an expansion card in order to be played ...
Connecting two Xbox consoles to each other without a switch requires a crossover cable, while Xbox 360 consoles can use standard cables. On the Xbox One, if one's console will not connect to their home Wi-Fi system, the best thing they can do is to factory reset the console and change their DNS resolver when the console is restarted and refreshed.