Xbox Boss: Xbox One Owners Don't Necessarily Need to Upgrade to Xbox Elite

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Should Xbox One owners upgrade to the recently-announced Xbox Elite? According to Xbox head Phil Spencer, it depends on what they want out of their console.

Speaking with IGN, Spencer explains the Elite was created to offer customers different buying options that will best suit their financial situations and wants.

"We should always make sure we have something for the discerning customer who wants the very best we'll be able to offer, and I want to give them that opportunity," he said of the brand new hardware.

The new Xbox Elite includes a hybrid solid state 1TB hard drive and the Xbox Elite Controller, as well as a handful of improvements to the system, the biggest of which being that the console will boot up faster out of energy saving mode.

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But that might not be enough of a reason for content owners to upgrade, claims Spencer. He explains that the system is intended for people who want the highest-end product Microsoft has to offer, not as a move to entice owners to abandon their current consoles in favor of more storage and faster boot up speeds.

"If you're really happy [with your Xbox One console] you should go try [Xbox Elite], but it really wasn't meant to try and flip you from the setup you have now. It will be faster, but I don't know it would be fast enough to say that you'd want to go off and spend hundreds of dollars to do that."

The Xbox Elite is a timed exclusive available for $500 only through GameStop and the Microsoft Store until later this year. It will release this November.

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