Xbox One Tour Worldwide announced by Microsoft

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Like rockstars, Xbox One will have its world tour, the opportunity for Microsoft to allow gamers to test the console before its official launch.

Microsoft will launch a seduction operation with its "One Tour," a world tour that will allow everyone to test the Xbox One console just before it launches. For more than a month, Microsoft will travel the roads of the United States before arriving in Europe as well. As for Paris, Microsoft will hold two events - the console prompt at Paris Games Week and in a separate place.

Microsoft is doing this to mark the occasion to meet directly with the public and to enable it to make an impression of the console, its capabilities and why not, creating a purchase for the console. An operation that would also allow Microsoft to sell directly some games already available like the Forza Motorsport 5, Ryse: Son of Rome, Killer Instinct or Dead Rising 3.

Two types of meetings are planned: the "Area One" should appear as a scene involving groups for concerts + a test area of ​​the console. The "Test Drive" will be in various stages of world events, 175 dates are provided in the U.S. and Europe for presentations at festivals, campus or shopping centers.

More details will be shared by Microsoft on the dedicated One Tour searchable page at this address.

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In another news Microsoft said that the will continue to release games and updates for Xbox One until 2023. During this period, the Xbox One will be improved and customized on many levels, but the main change will come from the cloud gaming. The cloud gaming is the dematerialization of the video game, which is according to Phil Harrison "an unstoppable force," and therefore the future of gaming.