To be fair, NFS changes its formula regularly, and had only recently settled.

I'm sure you could do that (or there's an equivalent "unsnap" voice command), but to unpause, you double tap the main (Xbox? Guide?) button on the controller, and you still get the stuff on the side.

Ooh that makes me wonder if XB1's version of IE will support Spotify's web player...I don't think Spotify has an app in the store yet.

They confirmed you can do this, however you will not be able to video chat. Video is fullscreen-only.

Is it bad that I kind of want a movie with no live action that looks exactly like the cinematic trailers that Blizzard releases? They're so pretty....

If its not F2P, its dead on launch.

Which, hey, would not be awful. I mean, I can't think of many other franchise/brands big enough to have a good cast of characters to use, unless you back up to basically "EA MOBA" or something.

The quote does say it uses infrared, so I'd assume that's what's happening. I'd kinda forgotten about the HDMI feature though, I wonder if there are plans for that.

Entirely possible. That could also be explained by Totilo not pronouncing it "correctly" according to the Kinect.

Heh, yes, who would've thought the best universal remote would end up being your voice.

Alright, I could see that working.

Trying too hard, its doesn't even make sense now.

I definitely see its usefulness to track/mark progression through a show, and use that to show/compare to friends. Someone else had mentioned using achievements for each episode of a show as a measure of communication between friends so you know where the other is and don't accidentally spoil something.

Eh, that's why you just stick to "[Show Title] - Season [x] - Episode [y]" and not have to worry about it.

Users can set the One Guide to match their cable provider, can navigate it by voice or controller, winnow the guide down to a user's favorite channels (and supported streaming services, if you'd like). The order of voice operations here would be something like saying, "Xbox, what's on National Geographic?"... the…

Uhh, they do have speaker-specific voice recognition. You can see multiple examples of it in action in that 12 minute video here http://kotaku.com/heres-a-12-min…

I..ummm..who is that? I need to know...for reasons.

'zat you, Emmitt Smith?

I dunno, I think it sets them apart. Pretentious? Maybe. Unique and unmistakable? Absolutely.

Amazon usually has their deals on either (or both) Black Friday and Cyber Monday (the following Monday). I think they have theirs on Friday so they can compete with the physical stores, but they may not be as good.