Last September, Apple introduced three devices. Of all that it presented, both the iPhone and the iPad Pro added some welcome news but that follow the roadmap that Apple has used for several years with the most outstanding differences of the 3D Touch of the iPhone 6s and the 12,9 ″ screen iPad Pro. The third device was the most promising, a fourth version of the Apple TV that came with its own App Store that opens up a whole range of possibilities.
I have said on several occasions that conventional consoles have to be renewed or disappear. I have said it because the most comfortable thing is to have a small device with many options always connected to the television in our living room, which would allow us to play in any dead time. According Business Insider, Microsoft thinks the same as me and is considering the possibility of creating a Smaller and cheaper Xbox to compete with the fourth generation Apple TV.
The good thing for the long-term future and the bad for the near future is that Microsoft would make its set-top box following the path set by Apple. I say that it is good for the future because the proposal of Microsoft It could only run applications from the Windows Store, which would undoubtedly offer a very reduced catalog at the beginning but which would attract the attention of developers who create video games for the Microsoft platform, something that we would all benefit from, owners of a Apple TV included.
The Gamers more demanding, do not worry. This new Xbox not intended to replace desktop consoles, at least initially, if not to be a complement or draw the attention of casual gamers. It is clear that if Microsoft intends to compete with Apple TV for dominance in our living room, it cannot do so with a device that doubles the price of the Cupertino set-top box.
If in the end they decide to launch this new reduced version of their Xbox, and it still has to be doubted because it was an idea that they already discarded two years ago, their arrival will take place at 2016 late. Its price is still unknown, but most likely it will be sold for a price similar to that of the fourth generation Apple TV.
Come on, what has been a lifelong Xbox One Slim, which will happen, just like Sony will do with its PS4 ... now, the reason Microsoft does it is because games can be played on Apple TV ( of mobile phones in full screen) to compete with it because they consider it a 'threat', there you are freaking out in colors….
You really freak out it will not be an Xbox ONE Slim it will be a small mini xbox with a small processor for casual games and as a smartv.
Well, they should see it as a threat, Apple has always been more effective in both hardware and software. I don't see why Microsoft shouldn't act, now, it has to have a lot in not copying some of the patents like Samsung did.