When is Xbox One coming out?

Microsoft has officially revealed that the Xbox One will be released in all 13 of its initial launch markets on 22 November.

Xbox One production hit full swing this week, with Microsoft looking to churn out as many consoles as possible to meet the demand on release day.

Xbox One developers have also bumped the CPU from 1.6GHz to 1.75GHz, resulting in a ten per cent increase in power, in addition to the 6 per cent GPU increase that was reported a few weeks ago.

The Xbox One will hit UK shelves a whole week before the PS4 lands on 29 November, though the PS4 will be in US gamers' hands a little earlier, with a 15 November release date across the pond.

Check out our Xbox One vs PS4 guide and the Xbox One vs PS4 controller showdown for all you need to know about the next-gen consoles.

Which one will you be getting?

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Can I play on Xbox One and PS4 on the same TV at the same time?

 

Can't decide between the two next-gen consoles? You don't have to – in fact, you could even be playing them simultaneously thanks to the Xbox One's PS4-friendly HDMI passthrough.

Albert Panello, Xbox senior director of product management and planning, has confirmed that the Xbox One's HDMI passthrough will support any HDMI feed – including one from the rival PS4 console.

During a presentation at the Tokyo Game Show, Panello said "any application can be snapped to a game… this could be the live TV fee, so if you wanted to be playing Ryse and Killzone at the same time, you could snap that."

Killzone is a Sony-exclusive FPS game and the latest instalment, Killzone: Shadow Fall, will be one of the PS4's launch titles.

So it opens up the (slightly bonkers) prospect of being able to play on a PS4 and an Xbox One at the same time on the same screen. 

Good news for console fence-sitters, but we'll do our gaming one screen at a time, thanks.

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