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Roomier Xbox One with new controller on the way?

A listing on Amazon.com points toward a new version of Microsoft's Xbox One gaming console with double the storage and a controller with a headset jack.

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The current Xbox One controller. It seems the new console will feature an upgraded version. CNET

Microsoft will soon release a roomier model of its Xbox One gaming console complete with a new controller, judging from a now-vanished listing on Amazon.com.

The post by the e-commerce giant, spotted Friday by Eurogamer.net and since removed, lists features including a more spacious, 1-terabyte hard drive, for game and media storage, and a new controller that boasts a 3.5mm headset jack, which makes an adapter unnecessary.

A 1TB Xbox One was previously available only in last year's limited-edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare pack, Eurogamer.net notes (the current version of the Xbox One sports a 500GB hard drive). The site also reports a release date of June 15 -- the same day as Microsoft's Xbox press conference at the E3 2015 gaming confab -- and a price of $399. It says, too, that the console bundle includes a copy of Halo: The Master Chief Collection. (All those details seem to have disappeared from the Amazon listing by the time the following screenshot was taken, however).

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Microsoft declined to comment on the Amazon posting, saying only this: "We're gearing up for an exciting E3 where we'll showcase more games and experiences. We have nothing further to share at this time."

For the last year and a half, the Xbox One has been competing against Sony's PlayStation 4 for gamers' hearts, minds and dollars, and as time has gone by, the PS4 seems to have at least won the battle for unit sales.

Sony is also reportedly planning a 1TB version of its console.