Xbox One accidentally fell into the hands of users two weeks before the official release.

As a result of a computer crash in the US network of stores Target, about 150 gaming consoles of the new generation Xbox One were sent to pre-order customers a full two weeks before the official release.

The release of Microsoft's new gaming console in the United States was scheduled for November 22. But something definitely went wrong. About 150 people who pre-ordered the online store Target retail, got their console on November 7th.

Joy lucky there was no limit. Still, after all, millions of people around the world are forced to wait meekly for another two weeks, and they have already been given the opportunity to touch the next generation of electronic entertainment. One of them described this event:

“Even on Monday, I quickly made a pre-order and thought that I would not have enough consoles at the start of sales, and on Friday I was sent my Xbox One!”.

Many immediately began to download all the games available for download from Xbox Live, write detailed reviews about their consoles and publish them on the Web, share photos and screenshots of the interface of the new console on Twitter. In other words, people began to actively share with others their joy and new impressions.

But their joy did not last long. Microsoft simply banned all consoles that fell into the hands of users before the due time. With these consoles you can no longer go to Xbox Live, i.e. Alas, buying new games or playing with friends online will not work. They can still play offline in already purchased games. User accounts have not been blocked, so they will not lose their already purchased games and game achievements earned over the years. The Internet immediately filled with outraged statements of people offended by the corporation. Still, because they got a legally purchased console before the deadline, there is no fault.

Microsoft commented on its actions as follows:

“Of course, we are flattered that users liked our new gaming console so much, but at the moment we are actively making the final edits to the games, the console interface, and online services. In addition, we are associated with numerous non-disclosure documents with our partners. Therefore, we blocked these consoles from accessing the Internet until the day of the official release. ”

Let's try to analyze the information that has become known to us thanks to this “accidental leak”. From the numerous tweets, blog posts, screenshots, and videos recorded from the screen (which were immediately removed from YouTube by Microsoft employees), several conclusions can be drawn.

From the moment you press the touch power button on the front surface of the console, it completely turns on and authorizes you under your personal profile in 17 seconds. People even timed it with a stopwatch. However, when you first turn on, you will have to wait a little longer.

After turning on the console, you will have to download a mandatory update, without which it will not be possible to play at all. The update weighs about 500 MB and is installed very quickly.

The size of the games for the Xbox One is many times larger than the games for the Xbox 360. This is due to the fact that they use better textures, high-definition video and so on. As an example, the size of images of specific games: NBA 2K14 - 42 GB, Call of Duty: Ghosts - 39 GB, Ryse: Son of Rome - 34 GB, Forza Motorsport 5 - 31 GB, Assassins Creed 4: Black Flag - 20 GB , Dead Rising 3 - 19 GB, FIFA 14 - 8 GB, Killer Instinct - 3 GB. We can confidently say that the space on the 500-gigabyte internal hard disk of the console will end very quickly. Let me remind you that the internal hard drive, unlike the Playstation 4, cannot be replaced by a more spacious one. But there is a possibility that Microsoft will allow you to connect external storage media.

If the console is not connected to the network, then the game achievement system (achievements) stops working. This is a very strange move by Microsoft, but we’ll write off the fact that many functions of the console are still in active development and are constantly undergoing thorough grinding. It may well be that by the official release all this will be fixed.

The main color of the console interface can be customized. You want red tiles - get it and sign it. Here are some screenshots of the console interface, made by one of the first owners of the Xbox One. As you can see in one of the screenshots, 112 people are already playing Killer Instinct online, which is distributed shareware with the option to purchase the full version. Now, each of these 112 people is banned until November 22. In a token of apology to them, Microsoft invited all those “banned” to the official launch of Xbox One in the United States.

Based on kotaku.com

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