Xbox One To Have Blu-Ray Drive, 8GB Ram [Update]

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: May 21, 2013 10:25 am

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Xbox One will come with a native 64-bit architecture, Microsoft announced at their Xbox reveal this morning. The system will have “three operating systems in one”.

One will be the native Xbox OS, which allows game developers to create games for the system. The second will be the Kernel of Windows, which will allow for web-powered applications. The third will connect the two operating systems and allow for multi-tasking and instant switching between various applications.

Microsoft also mentioned that the Xbox One will have 8GB of RAM and a Blu-Ray drive built in. The system will come with USB 3.0 ports and a 500GB hard drive.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.