Xbox One Xbox OneMicrosoft  Microsoft has confirmed that the
Xbox One will launch in the UK in November and will cost £429.
A slimmer version of the Xbox 360 was also announced, which will
go on sale in the UK today for the same price as the previous
Xbox 360 model.  Sony has yet to confirm the price of its
PlayStation 4 console.  Don't miss: Xbox One launch titles
revealed   Inside the system is an eight-core CPU, 8GB of RAM, a
Blu-ray drive, 802.11n Wi-Fi and "near-silent running",
according to Microsoft's Marc Whitten. Numbers-wise this is
identical to Sony's PlayStation 4.  The new Kinect sensor is
significantly more sensitive than its predecessor, with the
ability to understand the movement of a player's body more
precisely by monitoring a greater number of human joints.  It
was also revealed that the Kinect can also monitor a player's
heartbeat, which a spokesperson told is achieved by "the greater
fidelity of the Kinect's camera" being able to monitor skin
conditions and derive heartrate information