E266: can Microsoft turn things around for Xbox One?

http://media.edge-online.com/wp-cont...4/edge_266.jpgThis month’s Edge magazine is out now in print, on iPad, Google Play and Zinio. In it, we talk to leaders at Microsoft to discover how the company intends to turn its console division around and put it back into the number one spot.Xbox One has been dragged out of the pit in which it was dumped in 2013, but a rough battle lies ahead, and recent software sales help to illustrate the difficulties in store. Official UK data shows that PS4 accounted for 58 per cent of Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes units sold at the game’s launch, with PS3 copies accounting for 15 per cent. That left a miserable 27 per cent shared across Xbox One and Xbox 360. When the game’s developer, Kojima Productions, is so forthcoming about the comparative deficiencies of its Xbox One version, though, such numbers shouldn’t be too shocking.Clearly, Microsoft’s console needs to continue evolving – and quickly. We’re doing the same, albeit at a slightly less urgent pace; given that we’re now ankle-deep into a new generation of videogame hardware, it feels like a good time to shake things up a bit. So we’ve revamped certain sections of the magazine, put others aside for the time being, and exhumed Time Extend, following many requests for its return (thank you for the polite ones). We’ve also chosen to no longer segregate some of our more development-focused content, because research tells us you’re more interested than ever in the stories behind the games we play.We’re also welcoming some new columnists, including Ian Bogost, while old hand James Leach broadens his perspective to encapsulate all of game development, not just the parts that involve words. At the same time, we’re bidding farewell to some of our other columns, but their authors haven’t gone for good: expect to see their work in these pages again in the near future within the heart of Edge, our features section. Longform content has been one of the magazine’s staples since its launch 20 years ago, and our revised format allows us to deliver even more of it. And we want you to get in touch via [email protected] to let us know how we’re measuring up.

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