This 30 year gamer won't be picking up the X1.

Bank on it.

No one is taking pre-orders OR deposits in the U.S.

If you have evidence to the contrary, we patiently await it.

Looks like they strongly alluded to it but didn't come right out and say it. So, for now, I'd say it's not required but they are leaning toward it.

I believe they did, but will double check, about being mandatory, I believe.

Holy shit. Ok, I've seen this commercial before and I've herd about the "Cheerios commercial" but never put 2 and 2 together until I read this article.

I never noticed that the dad is black and the mom is white. I noticed his hilarious reaction and (presumably) calling for his wife in his sleep-induced stupor.

Now…

"And since not every game will use it, you could cover it with a damn towel if you wanted."

Actually, Audacity, this can't be done, unless something has changed from the X1 reveal (and it might have and I just have not seen it yet.)

The Kinect determines who has which controller based on facial recognition, which makes…

You've clearly never been to China. Black market is kind of a "big deal" there.

Aside from the fact China is already factored into the 300 million current units...

"Also, I'd like to point out the relative silence that Sony has maintained concerning key details of the PS4"

And this is a very, very intelligent thing to do, especially from a PR standpoint. If Microsoft takes anything away from this debacle, it should be this.

You assume to much when you assume I am "raging." I am simply asking questions. I'm not emotionally invested in the X1.

So, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Business Week and those sorts of websites are Kotaku-like? Interesting.

So, what you've just said is that you have not actually read a wide swath of criticisms of the way Microsoft is handling the X1? Good to know.

As for the Kinect watching people, I can sort of kind of see why people would not like that, but I would agree that I don't think Microsoft is going to watch people. Of course, I also know that patents have been (by Microsoft) filed for allowing a device to check how many people are watching the television and then…

I actually do work in PR and have seen this fiasco as a way to NOT handle PR in that they have far too many people trying to answer questions, and doing a poor job at it. This is incompetency at its finest as they chose to not delegate people, but rather let every CEO and President in various divisions say something…

Companies answer questions or they don't is the point. Microsoft is actively posioning their own well by answering questions in multiple ways.

They would be far better off NOT answering specifics. Because they chose to answer, and then change their answers, then change em more, well, they opened themselves up to…

Sampling of questions: please clarify your stance on used games and their costs?

"Recognizing that we don't yet have all the facts about X1"

That's pretty much not what people are upset about. They are upset that they are given an answer to a simple question, then another answer, then a different answer, then another answer. For -every question-. I think being upset about Microsoft being…

If you're comfortable not being concerned about the serious questions being asked by the likes of Wall Street Journal, by all means, call them "immature little children", but as for the rest of us adults, we'll actually be very concerned with Microsoft's inability t have their leadership all on the same page.

But, you…

You're right! Of course, when literally -every- article about the X1 that I've seen, ranging from Kotaku, IGN, WSJ.com, Motley Fool, Business Week, etc have all had the exact same arguments and complaints, I tend to take THAT a little more seriously.

You're going to hold your breath for 10 days, aren't you?

"Microsoft isn't run by idiots"

Um...have you seen the clusterfuck that has resulted from their reveal and the subsequent inability to answer any question with confidence and/or changing their stance based on who was answering?