Xbox One Update, Specs: Microsoft Unveils New Features; Blu-Ray Support and 'Silent Reboot'
Microsoft has announced the details of its upcoming Xbox One system update, and according to IGN the console will be getting "highly anticipated social improvements."
The first update will involve more support for the Blu-ray player, and will make the video output support 50Hz as well as 60Hz. More updates to the console include controller and wireless connectivity.
IGN is also reporting a "Silent Reboot" function will be added to the console as well. This will allow the Xbox to update automatically if it is switched to Instant On mode, and then have it power off to Standby.
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Microsoft also hinted that digital sharing could be making a return to the console after the company nixed the idea back in the summer.
"We believe in a digital future on our box," Xbox chief Phil Spencer said. "I know when I say this I always get beat up, but I think some of what we were trying to say last summer was right."
"We understand what games you own and who you are and how you move around and who you might want to loan rights to your games or gift your games to," he continued. "We totally believe in that future. And any other marketplace you play in, these kind of mechanisms are out there."
It appears Microsoft is going back to some of the ideas they had last summer when they were preparing to release the console. The backlash was so bad that Microsoft completely reversed almost every policy they came up with.
Xbox One is also promising to have more 1080p games in the future, and told console owners to be patient as the new technology is more "complicated."
"I fully expect [more 1080p games] to happen," said Boyd Multerer to Xbox: The Official Magazine. "The [graphics processing units] are really complicated beasts this time around."
He also claimed developers have yet to fully dive in and figure out the exact capabilities of their new console, and as the system gets older the games will get better.
"The hardware is basically baked, and what comes next is people discovering better software techniques to take advantage of it, especially in the ordering of the data so it flows through all the caches correctly, and I think there's a lot of opportunity there," said Multerer.
