Xbox One power equal to ten Xbox 360s

Microsoft has claimed that the upcoming Xbox One has the power of more than ten Xbox 360 consoles.

The details were revealed during a behind closed-doors briefing by Xbox One engineering manager Jeff Henshaw.

And apparently just having Xbox One connected to the cloud sees that power skyrocket.

"Microsoft has hundreds of thousands of servers and dozens of data centres geographically distributed all around the planet, and Xbox One has the ability to instantly tap in to that limitless computational horsepower," said Henshaw [via GamesIndustry].

He then explained some intricate facts about Xbox One having the power to track the orbital velocity of 330,000 asteroids in space when online, compared to just 40,000 when offline.

And this all comes together to help game developers.

"Game developers are building games that have bigger levels than ever before," he added.

"In fact, game developers can now create persistent worlds that encompass tens or hundreds of thousands of players without taxing any individual console, and those worlds that they built can be lusher and more vibrant than ever before because the cloud persists and is always there, always computing."

Fortunately Henshaw was sure to stress that Xbox One will continue to operate almost silently when performing these complex operations.