Microsoft Debuts New Console

The new Xbox One console | Photo: Nick Adams / Reuters

Microsoft unveiled a new Xbox console Tuesday which it thinks is "the one."

The new system, named "Xbox One," will not only be a gaming console, according to its developers. The system will use advanced technologies to offer consumers unique ways to play games while providing services to compete with tablets and smartphones.

The system has many new capabilities and is touted to even replace household cable set-top boxes, having its own guide and ability for users to change channels with voice command. A "new and improved" Kinect sensor was also introduced and will be necessary for proper use of the One system.  

I've always been an Xbox fan since buying my first one many moons ago (remember the original system?) I was forced into buying the new (white) Xbox 360 system because Microsoft stopped making games for the old system. Then I got the newest 360 system this past Christmas when my old system began to not work properly.

Now, just five months after the fact, it looks like I'm going to be in the same predicament as before. Microsoft developers said that games on the "old 360" - the current system - will not be compatible with the Xbox One. However, they did say that games will still be made for the old system. That begs the question: will those games even be worth buying?

I know that I won't be spending another $300+ on a new system after my "old" one still has that "fresh out of the box" smell.

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