As a successor to the Xbox 360, the Xbox One has a mighty reputation to maintain. After a reveal that had many fans up in arms about the One’s attempted Digital Rights Management control, Microsoft reversed the features many were complaining about.

The Xbox One has an eight-core x86 processor, which Microsoft showed off at the reveal event, that can easily switch between multiple tasks at once, even allowing a player to Skype and game at the same time on the same screen.

The One also sports 8GB of memory, or RAM. Xbox One will ship with a 500GB nonremovable hard drive. To compensate, external hard drive support has been confirmed by Microsoft.

The One will use a Blu-ray drive to play disc-based games, as well as Blu-ray movies, of course.

At the reveal event earlier this year, Microsoft talked immensely about the TV capabilities of the console. On stage, it was demonstrated how seamlessly the One could switch between live TV and games, and back again. Xbox announced multiple partnerships with the likes of EA Sports and the NFL to bring exclusive content to those who hook up their cable box to the Xbox One. Because of this capability, one that the PS4 does not have, an HDMI-In port is included on the back of the console in addition to the typical HDMI-Out.

Xbox One exclusives include: “Forza Motorsport 5” and “Dead Rising 3” (existing franchises), while entirely new titles like “Ryse: Son of Rome” and “Titanfall” aim introduce new names to Xbox’s exclusivity.

While Sony and Microsoft both talked about the benefits of cloud gaming, Xbox’s conferences enjoyed talking about how they have significantly improved their servers for the next generation of their LIVE service. Xbox’s website expresses that there are now more than 300,000 servers just for Xbox LIVE. They also discussed how the Cloud will help the console power its games, cutting down on system stress and potentially improving performance.

Finally, the Kinect sensor is included with every Xbox One sold and is said to be much more powerful than its predecessor. The new Kinect has a 1080p camera, full-body motion tracking and improved voice control and recognition.

Xbox One launches Nov. 22 for $500. Launch games include “Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag,” “Battlefield 4,” “Call of Duty: Ghosts,” “Crimson Dragon,” “Dead Rising 3,” “Killer Instinct,” “Madden NFL 25” and “NBA Live 14,” among others.