Opinions and desires aside there are actually things from stopping from being able to use the console, regardless of whether or not I want it. [quote][u]Offline Restrictions[/u] I live in an area in which I have bad connection issues, I can barely watch YouTube videos in default quality and I still have to wait several minutes for buffers. The internet goes out from time to time and as a User of Satellite Internet, my connection can go if there's a storm and it'll be out for several days while stuff is fixed. Also, I'm not a wealthy man, I'm a common person and my internet does go out, for days, weeks. Sometimes I just let the month swing by. [/quote] [quote][u]Kinect Mandatory[/u] I have a small living space. I use a desk and my single console is on that desk. My desk also takes up 3 monitors so there's not much space for peripherals in the first place. It would be redundant in my case where I can't use it, have no place to put it. It's just ending up a big headache to me for a peripheral I don't want in the first place. That thing is huge. [/quote] The other issues aside (which are indeed a big deal), I can't actually make use of Microsoft's console. They aren't future proofing anything they are moving to what they think is the future but they are backing themselves into a wall by making all this stuff mandatory. THey are pushing Cloud and that's fine but that isn't too much on the hardware's side, these things that are mandatory for XBO which they are saying is for the future, Sony can do. Sony has Cloud services and will be using them heavily as well. Sony can/will move forward to have the 'cool concepts' Microsoft is 'envisioning' for the future, while keeping the consumer happy. Kinect is a peripheral, making it mandatory for use, doesn't do anything for them or us. Sony has Eye, does similar things and guess what, it's not required. Last thing I wanted to address is the 'future proofing', in particular, the 'future' part. We do not yet live in a world where there is readily available internet, so having something like this, it doesn't work. Also, you can't pay with cash on a digital system. They are saying they want to move towards the future but what they are going for is 20 years away. Fiber is only just starting. They're maybe 2 generations early, internet isn't widespread yet and we won't be in a digital world any time soon. Even then I don't believe physical discs are a thing that will go away. It's a scary thought of the future they envision, where you only get the products through them? Isn't there a name for that? Or a board game about it? I don't know. Anyways, those are just my two cents on the whole situation.