Well, that was a complete disappointment.
As feared, it's a living-room multimedia bullshit box with so much software magic going on in the background I'm fearing they are eating into the available resources for games. Hopefully the '3 Operating Systems' they talked about means the Gaming OS is a barebone, stripped down version where all that quickswitching crap isn't bogging it down. But the fact that these OS' are instantly available makes me worry.
But still, Live TV, multi-tasking snap mode, bunch of American features is the last thing I want from my gaming console. Also, it sounds like Kinect is now an integral part of using the Xbox and I can tell you right now; There's where I get off the fucking train.
The conference itself was a right snoozer, the slow ass presentation of the games and all we saw was some cinematic not-even-sure-that-was-in-game sort of stuff. Awful, awful in every way and that's coming from a die hard Microsoft fanboy.
And I know people want to shit on Call of Duty but I think it looked great. I know Call of Duty is a 6-8 hour action flick that has some gunplay feel ( imo ) for a competitive game. Visually it looked very nice, loved the trailer and it sounds like they might finally have shaken the recipe up just a tiny bit ... Just a shame I won't be getting it for the "Xbox One" ( What a shite name, it's almost as bad as Wii U ).
So yeah, if you want DAVE in your home to control your media-center -- We've hit the
motherload. If you are a core gamer that doesn't give a shit about this stuff; Bleh.
And why the fuck does it look like a VHS player?
I'm really sorry but for a follow-up product to my favourite console which is probably going to last 8-10 years in this gaming climate, that was abysmal. The Playstation 4 now has my complete and undivided attention. Sorry for everything Sony, sorry for neglecting you and talking bad about you all these years, please accept me back into the fold.
