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I think that depends on how good the new kinect is which comes bundled. The hardware is near identical. The used games issue and 24-hour checkins probably won't be a deal breaker for level headed people so I'd say this is still up in the air.

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Why would any "level-headed person" buy the Xbox One when it's:

More expensive, less powerful, Comes with anti-consumer restrictions

It's a no-brainer.

they may feel that they could get a better TV experience that the xbox has been trying to tout.

So these are you criteria, not the feature set?

The feature set falls under 'less powerful'. The two machines are basically the same thing. The only notable difference is that the xbox has a forced kinect bundle. Everything else is barely noticeable except for some performance numbers.

> Everything else is barely noticeable except for some performance numbers.

Did you type that with a straight face?

I personally really like the multitasking aspect of it. As well as the TV integration with kinect control. That easily justifies a $100 price difference in my opinion.

Sony did a terrible job advertising it, but PlayTV filled exactly the same role that this fills, and had dvr functionality, along with the same eternal hardware required requirements. Im surprised that they haven't done something similar for the ps4 yet.

We aren't even sure if the TV integration works yet, even in the US. Every other attempt at it has failed (Google TV, etc). Sony's video after their conference showed multitasking while playing a game, on par with what Microsoft has showed us so far. So if those were your only points to pick an XBone over a PS4, you may want to hold on a second.

Problem is that that's all that the Kinect is good for. It does more bad than it does good. Gaming wise it has been a disaster. Also, the specs of the PS4 are FAR superior to the XBOX One's. Definitely worth much more than the $100. I can't believe they priced it at $400, almost everyone was expecting north of $600 due to their specs. Golden move.

Not to defend the Xbox One's many faults, but the answer is very simple:

Because they want to play the games that are only available on it. Or they want to play games with their friends on xbox live. Those can be very powerful motivators, games and friends aren't commodities.

The trick is a LOT of people on twitter/etc are basically saying screw MS right now, so if that holds than playing online MP with your friends will go Sony's way. That leaves only exclusives, and beyond Halo and Killer Instinct I haven't heard of much that would sell many copies.

if the xbox one receives more bad press than it already has, some publishers of games might start to think that an exclusive with xbox one is not going to give them a large enough customer base!

I certainly hope this happens. I for one, hate platform exclusive games - it means vendor lock in, and it is anti-consumer.

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