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Microsoft unveiled the Xbox One in May 2013 during a press conference that focused heavily on television integration and media features before showing video games. The company reversed its major policies by June 2013 following severe consumer backlash and the resignation of Adam Orth.
The Xbox One is powered by an AMD Jaguar Accelerated Processing Unit with eight x86-64 cores clocked at 1.75 GHz and includes 8 GB of DDR3 RAM. The graphics processing unit is based on AMD GCN architecture with 12 compute units running at 853 MHz to provide 1.31 TFLOPS of theoretical power.
Microsoft officially discontinued the Kinect sensor for Xbox One on the 25th of October 2017 after releasing it as a standalone item in October 2014. The company had previously introduced cheaper bundles without the sensor on the 9th of June 2014 to allow users to choose their configuration.
Microsoft revealed in June 2023 that more than 58 million Xbox One consoles have been shipped worldwide. Industry analysts estimate lifetime sales to be around 50 million to 51 million units based on data from 2019 and 2020.
Microsoft changed the Xbox One launch strategy in 2013 due to a public relations disaster involving an always-online requirement and restrictions on reselling used games. The company abandoned its initial vision and removed the mandatory internet connection by June 2013 to save the product's soul.