XBOX ONE revealed

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It's also amazing that Sony's shares shot up 10% after they showed games and MS didn't.

Most of which has already dropped off again and they're back down to similar trading value as they were before Microsoft's press conference. Even with that 10% increase Microsofts shares were still 10% higher than Sony's at that point in time. It's completely anecdotal evidence.

Also 6 games? I don't know what you've been looking at but XBOX Live is about €59.99 a year and around £30 a year in the UK - so unless your buying 6 ancient used PS2 games for €6 each I sincerely doubt you're losing out on 6 games! Granted it's still like the price of one new game though.

The fact that a console can actually do the multi-tasking and provide some of the convenience I enjoy from my PC is something I actually see as a good thing. Being able to have a docked Skype video conference window so I can see how my friends react to something is already something we do on PC as it is when we've played stuff like L4D together.

As for the whole Smart TV thing - in Ireland these are still relatively new and very expensive. A console that can provide that functionality makes it accessible to people at a lower price point for their existing TV. Sure for people who just care about games it's all superfluous - but the trends in consumer electronics these days show that consumers want things that provide connectivity with all their devices. Sure it's a bit of a flip on the head where consumerism for the past 60 odd years has been constantly advertising at us that we must own this and that and the other and now to suddenly have all that functionality in one place - it's a break of the norm.

As for the hardware specifications debate, the PS3 had better hardware too - but in the long run it's not like that made a huge amount of difference when most publishers develop titles to be published on 360, PS3 and PC which means they need something that works across all of them.

And really the whole TV and ESPN thing, I doubt they would've even bothered going down that road if people weren't doing that already on the 360s current TV offerings.

At the end of the day the games will decide, and we'll see more from both Sony and Microsoft at E3.

You seem to have one of those friends lists that are in Netflix alot more than they really game, lol. If that is from yours. However I agree with you entirely. We will indeed see what is really what come E3.

Edit: Speaking of which what E3 games do you think will appear or what games would you want to see?

I already stated we are overdue for a few Rare titles. Like Conquer, Banjo Kazooie and Perfect Dark. Also On the bright side Microsoft was able to keep a lid on everything right up to the reveal. Which I happy pat them on their back for. Also a fun fact since I work with game design as a job, I've had the pleasure of talking and working with the Xbox Team back in 2007 and they are all pretty nice and very intelligent folks. I also thought that Xbox One was going to be the 360's name when they did the E3 reveal back in 2005. This was cause of how they kept heavily hinting the 360 as the "one" piece that does it all, the media device for you and your family and so on. (If I find a clip I will post it and you might see why I thought so like I said)

Anyway the X1 definitely has got me wanting it, it looks very sexy ... and for me it also has integrated Skype. Which is something I've always wanted as a Skype user. This will make calls easier to manage and I wont miss them, additionally everyone on my Live Friends list will now be able to play things like D&D 3.5 cause of the Kinect being apart of the Xbox One experience. Which has me feeling pretty ecstatic.