MS has made the Kinect and online a standard, not an option. Standard means devs can count on it being there for every single person, so yes, MS is thinking forward.

Or that they don't care about used games or online connectivity, have weighed the pros and cons like anyone who buys any product, and has decided there are enough pros to make the purchase. If you're big into used games, or don't like the console for any reason, that's fine, but can you possibly lay off the…

It's about providing a new and different gaming experience which goes back to my original point, MS is taking risks. The reason they are standard (Kinect and online) is because it opens up devs to try things with those things as a integral part of the game not as a toggle functionality. Forza, for example, will have…

Indeed. It's bias to post articles ironically, like a child.

You people are crying like kids over this Microsoft policy issue. Don't like it? Don't buy the Xbox One. Simple as that.

I guess it makes you guys feel good to keep backlashing something you just don't like, when there is many people that are fine with it. I see no reason to go crazy over Microsoft policies and I do…

Look, Kotaku is bombing the Xbox One so heavily, it looks childish. Now, if you don't like Microsoft policies, just don't buy the Xbox One! Fair enough! Why keep on posting these childish articles degrading the Xbox One like a child would do?

The Xbox One has its weaknesses. Also, it has really good exclusives. So get…

revolverx — thank you for saying this, at least I know I am not the only one.

First, they aren't our games or even our consoles. We own the metal and plastic in them. We own the wires and the screws. We do not own the OS or the game content. People seem to not grasp that, it is THEIR content, not ours. Have you ever downloaded an paid app? How about a game from steam or a movie from…

You're such a anti-Xbox bitch. Get over it, dude.

I'm fine with the 24hr check in. It's built into the system, devs can rely on it. Yeah, it's not just about the DRM. Who knows what they can do knowing that every box will be online (thats what the 24 thing really means, devs can rely on the fact that people will be connected). MS is thinking ahead of right now. …

Ok so I'm so tired of all the complaining about the console having to be online! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD can you guys not see the long-term benefits of this?