NOTE: Microsoft still has Xbox One developer kit consoles, they're just different hardware than is currently sent out to retail outlets. The abandonment lies in the ability to turn a retail ...

Ever since Microsoft launched its Xbox One console, the company promised it would allow any developer to develop apps for it -- but until now, you needed access to the Xbox One dev kit before you ...

The dream of turning your Xbox One into a software development kit is finally real. Xbox chief Phil Spencer announced today during today's Build keynote that the process will be pretty simple, too.

During today's Microsoft Build 2016 event it was revealed that Xbox One can now be turned into a dev kit. But there's a word of warning attached to this bit of news.

Report: Xbox One retail consoles to become dev kits this year, apps available to all devs. by Dave Tach. Source The Verge. Feb 17, 2015, 4:00 PM UTC ...

Microsoft is planning to unveil its Project Scorpio Xbox console at E3, and now the company is teasing its dev kit ahead of the E3 press event on Sunday.

The dev kit also has double the GDDR5 RAM to hit 24GB, complete with an additional 1TB SSD for rapid deployment. Microsoft says that the additional GPU power is to help developers optimize their ...

Microsoft announced last night that Xbox One will allow studios to self-publish on the format, and that the console itself can be used as a dev-kit, potentially putting development power into the ...

— ID@Xbox (@ID_Xbox) March 30, 2016 Further, all retail Xbox One consoles will soon be able to be used as developer kits to help software makers optimize their apps for the TV screen.

By performing a series of button presses in the Xbox One menu, you can transform your next-gen console into a development kit, as seen in the video above from GameTuts YouTube channel.

If yesterday's video from GameTuts made you eager to convert your shiny new Xbox One console into a "dev kit," you may want to think twice. In a video posted to YouTube yesterday, the outfit walks ...

Update (March 19, 2024, 4:05pm CET): It appears as if only a new Xbox dev kit has been certified in South Korea, not one for the upcoming PS5 Pro as well. It seems like the device has been ...