Xbox One 1TB Console - Black

Reviews

Dan Tierney

Ultimately, things can only get better in this department ─ you'll just have to be patient if you become an early-adopter, that's all. You can pin stuff you use the most just like before, or jump directly to the Store to buy new games and other content. It's a weird mix of old VCR styling and simple modern lines with a bit of gloss and matt black to break things up.

In the short term, Xbox One makes a solid argument for ownership, but do 2016 and beyond look to be just as promising? The directional pad has been improved and feels more precise as a result, which is good news as the old version was a bit rubbish.

This allows you to run, say, Netflix while browsing the built-in Internet Explorer. Me?

Indie games are also coming in 2014, with March touted as the month we'll see some action. When exactly, I'm not sure.

While it's a nice touch for single-player gaming and works very well, it can become tiring in multiplayer. This makes it easy to go from, say, watching a bit of Breaking Bad on Netflix to hopping into an online game of Battlefield 4.

A new feature is Snap. Before you do a thing the Xbox One must download a 507MB patch.

tv, used for streaming gameplay videos, are currently missing, as is social networking. Forza 5, for instance, needs 31GB of storage space.