To be fair, I said "no offense intended", which seems to indicate I knew I'd be offending you. Which I did. It's kind of a pre-apology, which is rather different than simply going with "no offense".

To be honest, Jason, consoles aren't a democracy. They're luxury items— a profoundly first-world offering, and a great test bed for future tech. And that is what Microsoft aimed to do— to create a system that had serious benefits (family group sharing, cloud access) to users while also creating a viable long-term…

That is... no offense intended but seriously, come on, that is some heavy arch anecdotal bullshit.

Definitely killing that. A well-considered implementation of sharing titles for a digital age? RARGH ONLINE CHECKS PRIVACY PRISM KINECT CAN SEE MY PENIS BLAH BLAH BLAH.

Hard to say, really. But it stands in sharp focus, that Apple have failed to change course on that aspect of the camera experience over sevceral years, and so many other manufacturers have avoided the problem or changed their ways.

So, this kills family shares? This kills the idea of trading in downloadable titles? It takes the entire things-the-360-CAN'T-do aspect of the console, throws it out the window, and makes it a PS3?

Unfortunately not a lot. You could still pick up an iPhone 4S at 3.5", or the Motorola Razr M at 4.3" and almost wholly without bezel— or the very slim-in-hand HTC 8X if you like Windows Phone, but other than that it's a big phone's world.

You are right that there are zero good reasons to have a poorly calibrated display. I agree. I'm just saying it's a bit loose-tongued to berate companies for having supersaturated display panels when Apple has grown fat on oversaturating the camera's presets on the iPhone— and I'd say the 5 is still guilty of it, it's…

The distaste I have for John McAfee I usually reserve only for reality television stars. This guy should probably be trying to lower his profile, I'd think, given the events of the last couple of years.

Not sure I can agree. It's hard to condemn other manufacturers for jacking up saturation and brightness to unrealistic levels, and then applaud the iPhone. Have you ever used your phone's camera? Realistically balancing your screen's color balance to display photos that are on technicolor steroids is disingenuous at…

Agreed. I clicked through because I thought they were going to compare all the devices listed (although I knew including the iPhone and Nexus 4, with much lower pixel densities, didn't make much-if-any sense).

I'm honestly more excited about the family share feature than I am about any other single thing about the One or the PS4 (although my "who won E3" answer is Nintendo, just because OMG WII U GAMES FINALLY!)... I know I'll have a little group of friends, sharing our game experiences and libraries, and it'll allow me to…

It's good, but it's no Gold Soundz or Rattled By The Rush. Still, even middling Pavement is better than a lot of bands could ever manage.

I'm cool with these changes— I just wish they'd ban achievements that can be rendered impossible (like some of the NBA Live achievements about playing together with so many other players simultaneously).

That's pretty nifty. But to be honest, I can't imagine not passcode locking my phone. Especially after I got mugged late last year... don't want to repeat that race home to remotely wipe my device.

I cannot wait to see 'semiskeuometroism' begin to be bandied about as the next "it" design word in the mobile OS world. Nicely done!

You have the Play Store icon for the App Store? What is this I don't even—

The TV overlay functionality is the part of the console that appeals to me the least. In a world where cable subscription numbers are declining, putting so much effort and money into that feature is just a sinkhole to me. I'm glad it's there for those that would use it, but I kind of wish Microsoft would make a SKU…

It's going to be very interesting how the first year or so really goes for Microsoft re third-party support. Until the sales figures begin to come in, Microsoft have a HUGE advantage in that presumably every publisher in the business would rather release for the Xbox One: Microsoft have a plan in place to ensure that…

I'm actually more excited about the Xbox One than I am for the PS4. I'll buy both eventually, of course, but Sony didn't bring any exclusives that I care about (I'm burned out on Infamous and Killzone is meh to me) so when Quantic Dream hit the ground running on PS4 (or if Team Ico EVER hit the ground on any platform…