Thanks Activision for answering that burning question that we were all desperately wondering about.

@Meta_Dragon @moleyUK ...and it's that very improvement that you can't think of right now that someone else is inevitably going to come up with.

Then we'll all say "Of course. Such a simple idea, why didn't someone think of that before?"

That's how innovation often works.

But we only get to that stage if people are able to study, iterate and improve upon what has come before. Even if it's just to say, "I definitely don't want to do it that way."

An attitude of "Well, there's already a game that does that so I couldn't possibly improve on that so-called 'perfection'" really only serves to promote a climate of stagnation.

Even the very things that are being emulated in these games are constantly improving in real life.

So there is always room for for improvement and progress in every genre especially now with the advent of the new generation of consoles and PCs giving creatives a more powerful outlet for their work.

"[the machine] is not always watching or always listening."

So there'll be a scenario where you shout "Xbox, Watch TV" and it does nothing the first two times and then says "Sorry, were you talking to me?"

"Yes, you can turn the system completely off,"

You can also leave it in the box. You could even leave it on the shelf in the store for extra security.

@Meta_Dragon Do we really need any new games? There have been many thousands of games released already over the past 30-odd years.

If a dev team came up with a game that they believed improved upon all the features of a genre and took it to another dimension, would you prohibit them from releasing it because there are already 2 other games in that genre?

How long would they have to wait for the current games in the genre to "expire" before they release a new game, or would you have a finite number of games allowed and that genre is then locked in perpetuity?

@DjTIEST0 I can't say I mind either way who is "ripping off" who, if we end up with more choice of games on both systems.

I'd then end up playing whichever looks better (if I don't end up playing both)

@Prats1993 Although the term "crew" (as in "pit crew") has more of an association with racing than "club".

In the winner's video he did stress "For as long as his reign lasts" (or words to that effect), so it's not really much of a bait and switch.

You pay extra for it NOT to talk over your movies.

"Who's that guy? Is that the bad guy? What's he doing now?"

"Xbox! Woof Woof!"

Poor Gamestop investors, wanting to sell their used shares and only getting a fraction of what they paid for them.