It’s is technically possible to be about games AND other forms of entertainment. I know that’s a radical idea. Just throwing it out there.

I’m pretty sure that most normal people are capable of sharing a main living room TV and even (shock horror) do use it together. The fact is, if it works the way Microsoft have described, then it provides some form of multimedia for every member of the family and some that they can all enjoy together. In no way, shape or form is that a moot point. Families watch movies, TV and music; young children enjoy kinect (My kids love it); many people enjoy games. Then theres skype, internet explorer, not to mention it uses the windows API so they can take advantage of any apps.

Let’s not forget that the most common image of a gamer nowadays (I forget the survey that found this, but it’s floating around on the internet somewhere) is a late twenties, early thirties male with a wife and two kids. The Xbox One, to me, seems designed to appeal to that demographic, not to the ‘core’ gamer who spends 90%+ of there time on the console, solely gaming. For that type of person, yes, the new features of the Xbox One are going to be met with ambivalence at best, but then those features were never intended for them.

The other thing is many households do have more than one console. I have 3 Xboxes, Playstation 3 and a Wii in my house (5 people live here), all used by different people, so yes families will be ‘stupid’ enough to buy two.

I get what you are saying about the games though. They have often included arcade games when they quote how many ‘exclusives’ they have, but that’s why I said, ‘as long as those games they mentioned arrive’. We’ve yet to see what they have up their sleeve in that respect.

IF all the the features work well, IF they are married as well as they described and IF we get the games they’ve promised, the Xbox One will provide an awful lot to anyone who isn’t just interested in games.

Every fanboy says that. Sheesh; mix it up a little.

No one would know that from reading your previous comment! 15 exclusives, NONE of which were shown except forza. They showed NO gameplay for a reveal of a games console, it was more of a TV and function presentation. And yeah those 15 ex…. only 8 are new IPs and more than half will probably be xbl and kinect titles dude. We will see more at E3, but I expect NOT to be surprised ONE BIT, as per usual. All I wanna know is – how is PS+ gonna work, the cost of PS4, how does it look, and what’s the deal with the games.

Dude, I’ll bet u ANYTHING half or more of those new exclusives that are not already franchises, will be xbl and kinect games dude! Seriously, M$ track record of exclusives is pretty fucking poor! Two of their supposed biggest new IPs Alan Wake and Too Human were some of the biggest flops ever for their budget! Regardless, yes the PS4 is more gamer focused, but really, its also a multimedia device just like the PS3 is! I remember when the PS3 came out M$ were like, this is not about gaming bla blah BULLSHITE, and now they go and do the same anyways (they’re 8 years late). And tell me exactly, how is this a family console? EVEN if a family was stupid enough to buy two, you cannot even play the same games on it, so what the fuck am I supposed to do when I wanna play cod, and my bros are watching the footie ay? Now if I could stream TV upstairs, and my bro play downstairs at the same time – NOW you’re fucking talking, but you can’t so it’s fucking moot mate.

But they have decided that it’s not just a gaming console and presented it as such. I’m sorry it’s not exactly what you wanted. It is what it is.

I just hope they deliver on the exclusive games they mentioned. then we get a multimedia machine AND gaming console. Best of both worlds. Yes please!

Microsoft is a large company. Are you saying it’s impossible that it can’t have good games and all the multimedia features?

I can see exactly where this fits together in the family home, Xbox games and sports for dad, kinect for kids and easily accessed and unified multimedia for the whole family.

Is xbox just about the games anymore? no. Does this mean they have forgotten about gamers? If they deliver on the 15 exclusives and 8 new franchises then no they haven’t.

PS4 has positioned itself as a pure gaming machine. Great! Xbox is positioning itself as a gaming AND multimedia machine. Why is this a bad thing? They are a big enough company with the resources to pull it off and it will only broaden their potential market. We potentially get something that is more than just a console. As long as those games they mentioned arrive, I see no downside.

I own 360, Wii, Wii U, PS3, and will be buying PS4 and Xbox One. So please just shut up