XboxIssues: Rumor Confirmed

Welcome to XboxIssues

Welcome. I decided to make this blog after being a Xbox Ambassador for a number of years.

If you don't know an Ambassador is a Volunteer that Microsoft uses to help ease the load on the actual hard working support people.

I noticed that alot of the questions I would get could easily be solved by using Microsofts Xbox.com site.

Since some of the help articles may be hard to find, understand or the issue may be called something different in the gaming community making it more difficult to solve, I've decided to make this blog to make it easier for fellow gamers to get xbox assistance, news and all things Xbox.

If you have any Xbox related question you can find the answer to feel free to contact me on YouTube, twitter or in the comments.

Tuesday, June 9, 2015

RUMOR CONFIRMED: Xbox One with a 1TB hard drive

Amazon just made that even easier. The hardware speculation surrounding the Redmond giant was that there'd be a new base model of Xbox One with a 1TB hard drive, and that an updated controller was set to release that featured a 3.5mm audio jack instead of a proprietary one. A listing on Amazon reveals a $400 Xbox One bundle that comes with both of those and a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. It has a release date of June 15, which is the Monday of Microsoft's press conference. Of course, you can pre-order it now if you'd like.

UPDATE: Amazon has since removed that listing, and if you try the link above you get a 404.

UPDATE 2: Confirmed

RUMOR CONFIRMED:: Xbox One getting newer controller after E3

It seems as if there's a subtle but big change on the horizon for the Xbox One controller. The current model features a proprietary audio jack that requires an adapter (sold separately for $25) to use with normal headphones. Microsoft looks to be doing away with that and releasing a new controller with a standard 3.5mm jack.

This news appears to be a bit more credible than your average pre-E3 rumor if only because Microsoft posted it on its own website (presumably prematurely). Item 16 clearly denotes a 3.5mm port which is "only available on controllers released after June 2015." A screenshot is posted below in case the site is updated.

It's unknown if there will be any additional changes to the Xbox One controller. We'll probably find out at Microsoft's E3 press conference, where this will likely be announced.

Get to know your Xbox One Wireless Controller [Xbox Support via Eurogamer]

SOURCE UPDATE 2: Confirmed