Microsoft Xbox One: NON tenetelo in verticale

Albert Panello, responsabile marketing di Microsoft ha rilasciato un intervista al sito gamespot durnte il Tokio Games Show, in cui afferma che l’Xbox One NON è stato progettato per essere tenuto in verticale e se lo fate è a vostro rischio. Il motivo sembra essere il lettore Blu-ray, a slot (come la PS3 fat, o la PS4) , non progettato per leggere i dischi in verticale.

Come “giustificazione”, Albert Panello ha rivelato che l’80% degli utenti Microsoft hanno l’Xbox 360 in orizzontale.

Microsoft on Xbox One Vertical Orientation:

Panello revealed to GameSpot at the Tokyo Game Show, “We don’t support vertical orientation; do it at your own risk.” He clarified that “it wouldn’t be a cooling problem, we just didn’t design the drive for vertical. Because it’s a slot loading drive, we just didn’t design it for both”.

The Xbox One isn’t the only system to feature a slot loading drive; both the PlayStation 3–original and slim models–and PlayStation 4 have a similar design, and users are free to orient those consoles horizontally or vertically without risking damage to the console.

Panello stated that Microsoft discovered that “we found, interestingly enough, that 80 percent of people, believe it or not, have their Xbox [360] horizontally”.

The Xbox One is scheduled for launch in North America, most European markets, Australia, and New Zealand on November 22 this year, with follow-up releases in Japan and the remaining European markets in 2014.