I love the digital realm as much as the next guy, but none of my devices stop me from playing games offline.

"but if you think about an iPad, if you could never connect to the App Store, it becomes less functional, right?"

Also, upon further inspection, it is not shaped like a VCR in that it is not a featureless rectangle.

Microsoft doesn't deserve soft blows.

Seriously. I'm okay if you like the Xbox One because of Kinect, the exclusives, the multimedia presentation. But this is the beginning of the end of actual game ownership, and if you're a gamer, this is bad news, flat out. When people roll over after restrictions like this and…

Hope your question was answered. It certainly seems to have been..

They could have the greatest games of all time, I need no part of their bullshit

I wish I could justify the degradation of consumer rights and the invasion of privacy by corporations as not being big deals like you can. But I can't. Guess I can't stop caring about these issues that impact us all.

Cue or queue, pick one...

Rest assured. The PS4 will have a variety of new ways to shoot shit and blow shit up.

People can have vastly different opinions about the same thing... That's the whole purpose of a review. :)

That's also a good indicator of what Kotaku tries to avoid by not using the number system.

Microsoft did not confuse anyone with the XBOX One. We all understood clearly that it sucks.

I think there are actually a number of possibilities:

As people are saying, I don't expect Microsoft to employ people to spy on consumers. I do, however, think it's likely that Kinect will send a lot of data back to Microsoft by default. It might tell them how many different people use your Kinect, which sexes they are, how large your room is, etc. It's the old "no…

They don't need millions of streaming HD terabytes. They just need a few key metrics, like: How long did you watch the ad for before skipping/changing channel/looking away? Were you smiling or frowning at any point during the ad? How many people were in the room watching the ad with you? This sort of info is a…

You want more Ridley Scott/Blade Runner/Ghost in the Shell rather than Michael Bay? Buy Deus Ex Human Revolution. Im currently plowing through it after buying it new for $10 on the PSN Store thanks to the Square sale and Im fucking loving it to bits!!! And this is coming from someone who, before this game, had never…