I am a fan of my 360, but seriously.  I cannot believe that they expect me to spend money on this "One."  I do not have cable for a reason.  I have a profound disinterest in Call of Duty, and sports games.  I cannot see the 15 xbox exclusives being all that great. 

It is a shame that they seem to be catering to every demographic EXCEPT core gamers. I'm sure they'll fix it later like Sony did last gen, but jesus christ this launch was bad.

also, is it just me, or do companies have trouble with their third consoles...  ps3 had problems, saturn had problems, n64 didn't have FF VII.

It does seem that way. I think they just get cocky.

It makes sense in a business way since they want that mainstream adoption. That's not to say I like it at all. This is what happens when the suits make the decisions.

It makes perfect sense as a business decision. I don't have a problem with it. But they could take a little bit of time out to soothe their main fanbase before adopting the new one.

It's all about the money as we all know. I'm already feeling alienated by the whole thing. I guess I'll go back to my niche gamerdom and play my JRPGs on PS2. Sob.

Handhelds seem the place for JRPGs these days. Makes me wish I had the cash to buy one.

I don't have cable either. I never watch live TV anymore because of all the commercials. Just can't stand that stuff anymore.

I want a PC more and more

The over-complication of consoles last generation lead me to PC, so I fully understand that.

You got it. It's called Xbox One now.

Greenman before reveal: Well, I'm sure I'll get one eventually because I want to play Halo 5 and 6.

Greenman after reveal: Do I really need another Halo? I already have five of them.

Depends if they iterate in any meaningful way. If it's just Halo with prettier graphics, then no, you don't need it. Though 343 seem pretty competant.

Kiki Wolfkill sounds like an 80's action Heroine... fucking bad ass name.

I don't care how good Halo 5 and 6 are, I'm not getting one of those things for it.

exactly how I felt.

360 fanboys are the only one who will sink $400 bucks in this thing and the only ones that will get this are the Call of Duty fanboys who wake up tell mom to fix them breakfast  and plug in there modded controllers for another 22 hours on the game really!!!  And when and if i need a cable box i think Time Werner will be more then happy to hook it up and if i ever play fantasy Football i will keep them in mind to. Fucking joke pardon my french grrrrrrrrrr.

Tis a little bit. They'll still have Halo and Forza, which are pretty good selling points, though Epic wants to move back to PC so they might not be exclusive anymore.

Don't get Time Warner though, it goes out constantly. Maybe it's in our area it's so bad, but trust me on this: don't get Time Warner. lol

I couldn't stop laughing thinking about this new "system." What a sick joke. I don't watch tv or sports, and I can't even connect my ps3 due to the way my internet is setup. There's still plenty of current gen stuff left to play. If I ever invest in a new system, I'll just get a PC.

Fair enough. PC is a great investment, although it has a lot of problems as well.

 Check this out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOxdMQhDMIU

 It's one of the funniest things I've seen about the xbox. The PS4 one is much funnier though.

They fucked up. I'm either going to become a PC elitist (the slightly more expensive option) or go PS4 or just give up on life and die...

 Honestly, I think having a PC is more cost effective in the long run. The initial investment is fucking daunting, but the games are so cheap! I have over 200 games in steam because I get them for between 1-10 dollars! I got Skyrim for 25 bucks... in July last year. The mean draw of consoles is the cheaper initial investment, the fact that you can lend games to your mates, the fact that you buy used games, the fact that you don't have to constantly patch games- oh wait. The Xbox One (shittiest name ever) has none of those.

That's it. It's a PC. Congrats, Microsoft, you've come full circle.

It's a PC without the benefits of PC gaming. No Mod support, no dedicated servers, not steam...

It's PCish then. Not better, is it.

Bonnie Ross, GM of 343 Industries, was certainly easy on the eyes. I was hoping for Halo 4 executive producer Kiki Wolfkill however. What a perfect name for someone leading a video game team!

There are many things I dislike about it. You put them all out there in this blog. I think the camera will be used in rather unsavory ways by people who should know better. Don't like the idea of it having to be turned on every 24 hours...OR ELSE!

Yeah, it's just a little scary. However, I think they'll be knocked off their high horse soon enough, like sony was last year.

I kind of feel like Microsoft is shedding away the "geeks and nerds" in favor of "jocks and gadget geeks." Thanks for giving us all your money for live and halo, but now we don't need you anymore.  I don't even watch TV so yeah, I can't wait for June-July for all the new games on Steams Summer Sale!

Yeah... those sales always desecrate my wallet. I went without my communications textbook because of it lol

Is it just me or does the "Always On mic and camera" remind anybody else of the all seeing eye of Sauron from Lord of the Rings?  We shall unite behind the fellowship of the PC and vanquish MS.

The PC that microsoft essentially controls? We're next guys! 

Looking up Linux install guides as I type...

Well, look at the bright side. Atleast the reveal makes me want to get a Wii U and support my PC

The Wii-U's launch wasn't that great either. They've still got fuck all games for it. It's looking to get better, but for now... eh. 

When it has enough good games on it that I want to play, then I might be more interested.  I love my 360 and PS3, but even I didn't get them right away.  Only when they had enough games I wanted.

If the last generation was anything to go off, these consoles will be supported for quite some time. I mean some of the best stuff on the PS2 came out while this generation had been happening.