Both the Xbox One and the PS4 have been battling it out for next gen console supremacy ever since they were both formally introduced to the world this summer during E3. Today we take a look at what Microsoft brings to the table with the Xbox One.

The Xbox One has, admittedly, gotten off to a poor start. Sony's PS4 was the clear fan favorite during E3, and little has changed since that time. For that reason, execs at Microsoft are attempting to think up ways to get back into the hunt, and have been scrambling to win back customers.

The prime reason for the initial backlash against the Xbox One was over a suspicious and generally unnecessary DRM policy on the Xbox One that would have required the console to be connected to the internet in order to work. Many fans who have already cut their teeth on relatively low-tech offerings of the 90's saw the policy as a move away from supporting the hardcore gaming community, in addition of course, to it being extremely cumbersome. The PS4 had no such policy in place.

After receiving a resounding "no" from the gaming community, the folks at Microsoft elected to scrap the "always on" DRM policy in favor of a much more open agreement. This at the very least helped some of their negative press, but they still had the issue of a significantly more expensive price point on their hands.

The Xbox One is currently going for $499, a full $100 more expensive than the PS4. Again, Microsoft had to come up with a way to close the gap with Sony. They elected to include a free edition of FIFA 14 with every preorder of the Xbox One, effectively knocking $60 off the price of the Xbox One for anyone who was planning on buying FIFA 14 anyway.

Again, that move has certainly helped Microsoft's case a fair amount, but will it be enough? Only time will be able to sufficiently answer that question, but one thing is for sure: The Xbox One is not lacking in performance power. The folks at PC World have already stated that chip found in the Xbox One very well could be the largest chip manufactured to date. Here's a breakdown of some of the specs:

"All told, the Xbox One system contains 500GB of storage, 8GB of DDR3 memory and 47MB of on-die storage that can be used as cache memory.The system CPU is based on the AMD Jaguar processor architecture; the system uses eight cores with 32 KB of instruction and data cache, with four of the cores connected to a shared 2 MB shared level-2 cache," reports PC World. 

The release date for the Xbox One is still a bit of a mystery, with early reports indicating a Nov. 27 release. Stay tuned to get the latest updates on what's happening in the next gen console war, and make sure to comment below to let us know which side you support.