Xbox One Release Date And Price: Kinect Controller Competes Against Playstation? Microsoft Releases Specs Weeks After Sony

Microsoft execs released a new video today that further detail the impressive technology within the Kinect controller nearly two weeks after Sony posted information of its own PlayStation 4 DualShock 4 controller online, BostInno reports.

The Xbox One controller will have the option to go wireless or be hardwired into the console. Simply jacking in the wireless controller to the console via USB port (functional with any USB cord) automatically ceases any wireless data transfer and does it through the wire, BostInno also reports.

But Xbox One release date rumors have been spreading since Toys R Us announced the next-generation console would be available on November 29, and now the speculation might have some validity.

When Toys'R'Us was contacted for comment about whether these were simply placeholder dates or if they had a factual basis, a spokesperson replied, "I can confirm this information has been given direct from our suppliers and is accurate," IGN reports.

The November 29 release date means Microsoft will have a two-week head start over Sony with the December 13 release of its Playstation 4.

The official release date of the Xbox One might be revealed at the Gamescom festival later this month, which is held annually in Germany. It is the expected venue for the announcement of the release date. It will run from August 21 to August 25.

Last month, comments made by a Future Shop Gamer representative suggested the Xbox one might have a release date after November 5 once "Call of Duty: Ghosts" is released on the Xbox 360.