I love this! If I don't pay pretty close attention to my diet I gain weight like mad and it's frustrating to try and suss out how many calories are in the half bottle of gin I just drank.

Exactly. That's why it's obnoxious. As someone who only owns a 360 from the current gen, this is one of the (but far from the only) reasons I won't be buying an XboxOne. I don't respond well to blatant anti-consumer behavior/moneygrabs, and I feel pretty confident taking my business elsewhere.

I'm sorry for your loss. Hugs.

The Xbox One has awesome new rumbling triggers, which can offer feedback. Nick Robinson over at Unwinnable has some issues with this: it's now possible for the triggers to resemble, you know, real triggers. It's a resemblance that makes him feel uncomfortable, but beyond that: what happens when we can't say pulling a…

Agreed, it seems Microsoft are trying to offer a solution to a non existent problem.

"because it means people who have actual reason to be pissed at them have an additional hurdle to jump in order to be heard"

Those are insanely excellent points that I never thought of before.

It is certainly a class/power issue. In a comment upstream, someone has said:

As someone who works at a real company with a real HR department, I' m shocked and saddened by how many people just don't understand this.

Joke's on her! That's a male power fantasy!

Okay, I'm all for this. I love the idea of this. It's wonderful to see the video game medium used to recreate history like this.