Not sure if this was linked... but really? http://www.ubergizmo.com/2013/05/xbox-one-will-have-a-pre-owned-game-fee-to-curb-used-game-sales/ So if my little brother wants to play on his account he'll or I will have to pay to play a game I already bought? Ehhh
If you can turn them off. The big selling point is the passive listening UI. http://www.vg247.com/2013/05/22/xbox-one-kinect-is-always-on-and-listening/ As it has been shown in this entire thread, this is obviously pure speculation at this point. I would hope you could turn them off.
Currently, you recalibrate the Kinect by covering it up totally then uncovering it. That's how the software works. So if you just cover it, it just idles until it's uncovered. Besides, how many of you still use Skype with no regards to this?…
I believe the stock surge was related to this Blaizer : ) http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-21/sony-jumps-on-report-company-weighs-entertainment-spinoff.html But anyway, as most of you, I'm a bit disappointed that they didn't show anything worthwhile. It felt like a missed opportunity to show atleast one or two cool…
From what I have heard, the Xbox One runs 3 OS's. One OS for games, another for windows 8 apps like skype and etc, and a third OS to handle instantly switching between everything. Source: http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/21/xbox-one-runs-three-operating-systems/ I think the fact that the xb1 can run windows 8 apps is pretty…
I'll bite. You're right that it is overblown, but as you say above "We don't know" The major point of contention here is that Kinect is required. Those with a tin-foil hat could just not have one or unplug it while they played games that didn't need it: people who are paranoid get some choice in the matter, rather than…