That's great news! Now I can be sure of new games long enough for Microsoft to work out the inevitable bugs in the Xbox One (80) and release a "Kinect-less" bundle.
@tightwad34 You have to get her approval rating of your character to a certain number--but if her approval is *too* high, then you can't romance her. If I remember right, somewhere between 80 and 90 is where it needs to be. Here's a formulaic way to do it:
The $500 price tag is simply too high, Don Mattrick's arrogant comment about "overdelivering value" notwithstanding. Many people, myself included, have absolutely no interest in the Kinect. Why should I have to pay $100 more for an accessory I don't want, especially when that accessory is always on and can surveil my activities?
No, thanks. I've had a 360 for the last six years but if Microsoft doesn't offer a "Kinect-less" version for $100 less, than I'm getting a PS4 this year.
The only announcement that wouldn't suck would be that they're introducing a gamer's version of the XboxOne: no Kinect, no daily internet update, no fee-charging to play a used game.
Absent the above, the announcement will in fact suck.
This is the point I've also reached. I've owned consoles since the Atari 2600 and the 360 that I currently have will be my last one. The XboxOne is creepily invasive on top of being a blatant cash-grab.
Why does the machine have to collect data at all? And if you can turn off the Kinect (which I don't have a crap about anyway), then why does it have to be connected to the machine in order for it to work? That makes no sense.
<sarcasm> And I can't tell you how many times I've wanted to play my single-player games at someone else's house on their Xbox.</sarcasm>
This is a terrible product that's going to tank--unless the general public is even more stupid than I already think it is. . .
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