"Thank you all for being here today!
As you all know my role in the next-generation development started 5 months ago, at that time we began to look on how console architecture works to restrict developers of hardware freedom and enable them to create gaming experiences they never asked for, We've also looked at the whole Xbox ecosystem if it could be evolved as well to take the player to the most static driven paths through the world of content.
So when we started this process it was in the early days of the Xbox One in February in a time when great transition and new discoveries in technology and how we use it changed, for the whole history of gaming we used to put on the discs or cartridges and play, you could also lend, trade and sell your games, it was the world we lived in then. But at the time of the pre-introduction of the Xbox One all of that was in flux, the world was becoming familiar with a new next-gen console and that single device is expected to provide a range of services and applications that provided plenty of excitements to the gamers, Now the Xbox One has done great in these respects, it's the top platform for cable TV, Skype and 24 hours check-ins and gaming mockery but...
As a console design before this revolution hit there are limits to the functionality that it can provide to this new world, in addition, since the introduction of the Xbox One we've seen a proliferation in the number and variety of games, features, hardware specifications and announcements that people can relate to with so many indie developers to support for that new console. Much less value is found today in exotic policies such as 24 hours check-ins, no headsets, no game sharing, Kinect and turning your console to become the next water-cooler. Im proud of what we've accomplished with our policy on Xbox One but at the same time the need to radically restrict technology can interfere with innovation that is so central to the gaming communities.
So for the Xbox One. While we knew the core idea of the E3 performance was a failure, we also knew the state of a successful gaming console was the PS4, so, we've assembled a team together that had several additional goals.
For one, we wanted to make sure nothing would be different between the PS4 and Xbox One at all, I remember back in the day when there was no one to review our Xbox One and how we also forgot how the message supossed to be gaming is fun; We also wanted to be sure the system is exactly like the PS4 by fluidly and accurately do everything the PS4 does to make up for our E3 showing.
And finally after months of begging, we've decided to hear from gamers. We wanted to know what is important to them, we wanted to make them happy.
I am proud to re-introduce to you, the Xbox Four. the console may look similar but we had some changes, we have no Kinect with this console and it's smaller in size, you could self-publish, you could bring your old headsets to the Xbox 4 and it's the same price as PS4.
Thank you all again, have a good day!"
Karm Recny lead system archetict of Xbox 4
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