Xbox One Hardware Improvement again 1.75GHZ > 1.6GHZ

So far, so good for the Xbox One.

Xbox chief marketing officer Yusef Mehdi just spoke at the Citi Global Technology Conference and said Microsoft is now in full production for the Xbox One and producing in mass with plans still on for a November 2013 launch.

About one month after improving the GPU clock speed, Mehdi added that Microsoft just made another technical boost by upgrading the CPU performance to 1.75 GHZ from 1.6 GHZ.

Mehdi wouldn’t reveal a launch date — the PlayStation 4 comes out Nov. 15 — but did say that the system is “really going to shine.”

“This will be the biggest launch we’ve ever done by a wide margin in terms of units shipped at launch,” Mehdi said.

Mehdi also had some interesting insights on the Xbox One policy reversals, the $499 price point and how the Xbox business will change with Microsoft’s big re-organization. Stay tuned for more.

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Xbox One now being made, only 2 more month for DAT next gen console goodness.

MS DUDE Confirms

More ghz more fun!

They are going to lose so much money when they drop the price.

Fuck yea!

Oh, judging by the topic I thought they planned to compete with the NES.

Neat!

Interesting? But I'll wait for the Kinect-free version that comes with a copy of Titanfall :3

Mr Ludacris would like to have a word with you.

You oopsed the title. Either that, or my 386 is faster than the Xbox One.

You oopsed the title. Either that, or my 386 is faster than the Xbox One.

This man right here, he speaks truth!

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Why's that? It's the same exact hardware.

Yes, I....can't quote the tweet, for some reason. But I understand rudimentary math, Twitter person.

Thread title is bugging me.

@zelyre:

Because I said so and reading is for jerks.

Yes, i think that how math works.

While it's good marketing for Microsoft, games are unlikely to reap the benefits until the end of the generation, when developers are squeezing every possible ounce of power out of the system. 150Mhz is a pretty small change, and it feels like this was done almost entirely for the media coverage.

More is usually better, but hopefully it doesnt come with a huge cost in excess heat or louder fan noise.

Good for them. I guess? I really have no context for how significant of an improvement that is.

More jiggawatzz for you magic video game box

I'm glad the specs are getting bumped up because I guess bigger numbers is better (?). Even though I don't plan on getting an Xbox One at launch I do foresee picking one up at some point. However, the fact that they keep monkeying with the final specs is a bit alarming. It gives the impression they have planned out what they have or understand the power of their hardware. This will all be moot when the system launches but at this point MS has muddled the message so much that there is no chance in hell I'm getting a console launch day. I'm most likely waiting until they do one hardware revision or drop the price.

Damn it you beat me to the "Great Scott!" by four hours. What does "Great Scott" mean anyway? Is there some Scottish dude roaming the highlands in a battle for The Prize and you'd scream "Great Scott!" when you see him while running away?

Let's just hope they have a reliable first sku for this console instead of an RROD'ing mess like last time. My first 360 died after two weeks.

And yeah playing with clock speeds this close to launch isn't exactly the most re-assuring thing, it feels awfully close but who knows how often it has happened before. It's also kind of funny that this is even really being reported on, but I guess they really need that positive PR in any way they can get it.