Louis Cyphre
Banned
Every time I see this way of multitasking I think it's ridiculous. This probably only exists because it is also something Windows 8 can do. It makes sense on a tablet to have you mail client open at the side while surfing the web, but I would never want to give up any real estate of a game or film ever.
2 things that can make it appealing to me. 1 is you can cue multiplayer matches so while you wait you can play other games, listen to music or watch TV/movies. 2 is the Xbox One will have an HDMI input, which means you can have an overlay of the Xbox One userface on other devices, even a PS3. So if you are waiting for your buddy to log on and and join his match a pop-up will occur. Some may think it's just distracting but it is still an option which you don't have to use.