Xbox One Release Date And Price: Skype App Ignored? Microsoft Refuses To Comment On Plans To Develop Support For Application

While Microsoft has made a big fuss about adding Skype support to the Xbox One console, the company has yet to release a Skype app for the eight-year-old Xbox 360, Neowin.com reports, leaving gamers wondering if the same applies to the Xbox One.

In IGN's latest "Ask Microsoft Anything" Q&A, Xbox platform architect executive Marc Whitten flat out dodged a question from a fan who asked about that subject. Whitten's answer was simply, "For now, our focus is on making Skype on Xbox One a premiere experience," Neowin.com also reports.

But a video showing off the Xbox One Dashboard and its multitasking functionality has leaked online.

The video, seemingly shot by a Microsoft employee, shows a debug Xbox One running a beta version of the new console interface - it allows gamers to use the console's 'snap mode' to run  multiple programs simultaneously on the same screen, CVG.com reports.

Xbox Live Programming Director Larry Hryb took questions on stage at a GameStop Expo in Las Vegas and apologized for Microsoft's treatment of gamers.

"Look, at Xbox, we really care about the community," Hryb replied when asked point-blank how Microsoft would win back consumers, according to the Huffington Post.

"We're very focused on what is right for gamers. Everybody at Xbox is a gamer. It's not like we just show up, do our work and go home. We want to make this the best game system that you are going to own for the next 10 years."