Xbox One News: New Features Coming to Console, Major Nelson Confirms

One of the biggest personalities in gaming has declared that the Xbox One will have new features coming to the console; however what exactly those new features are have yet to be revealed.

Larry Hyrb, better known as Major Nelson, spoke to Canada.com and the director of programming for Xbox Live revealed that Microsoft is working to add new features to the Xbox One much like they did for the Xbox 360:

"If you look back at the Xbox 360′s launch, what it was in 2005 when it launched is completely different from what it is now. It's fascinating to see the different things that have come along. Things iterated. We didn't even have things like the party system or the ability to support external storage when we launched the Xbox 360. So we are absolutely committed to adding new features to the Xbox One over the course of its life span,"

The executive also revealed that as gamers themselves, the team working on the Xbox One listens to fans and owners of the console to find out what they want from the device in the future:

"When we look back and look at what we've done, we want to continue to adapt the system to what gamers want. The team that works on Xbox are gamers themselves. We want to build the system that we use and that we know gamers would enjoy using...We're going to continue to refine the system and make it what the Xbox fans are expecting and what they want. We're listening to the feedback every single day. I've already seen some changes in the operating system internally with what we're building."

Some of the features that might be added to the Xbox One include cloud streaming for games and 4K video support. Hyrb stated that one thing that Microsoft is working to add to the Xbox One is greater Kinect support:

"...We've taken a dramatic leap forward with integrating Kinect; making the choice to include Kinect with every Xbox One was a bold decision. It enables certain scenarios like everyone having access to voice, gesture control and of course the games being able to count on it being there. It's part of our overall system improvement and approach, as we continue moving forward and refining the technology,"
Look out for more news about the Xbox One as Microsoft moves the console past the honeymoon launch window for the game and transition into more long term planning for the console.