Kotaku: We know all about the next Xbox

[kitler53]

sales2099 said:

VGKing said:
The bad parts.
-Mandatory Kinect use. Console won't work unless its plugged in.
-Mandatory game installations. Console won't be able to read directly from disc.(Is this how they're limiting used games?)
-Xbox 360 controllers won't work on it, which is weird since there's no major redesign for the Xbox 720 controller.

The Good parts
-Multi-tasking. You can have multiple games/apps open at once.(Don't see why someone would have 2 games open at once though)
-Kinect 2.0 much more capable.
-Near-identical layout for Xbox 720 controller
-MOAR better graphicz

Interesting on the "bad" parts.

Why not just plug it in? It wont do anything if you dont need it, and its there for when you need to navigate the media/marketplace content. PC has had mandatory game installations for years and years. And since when has controllers worked on the next generation, aside from Nintendo? I doubt Sony will allow PS3 controllers to work on the PS4.....since thats a ton of missed revenue.

if the console truely won't work if not installed and calibrated than kinect 2.0 needs a failure (to calibrate) rate of 0.00%.   i dunno, maybe kinect 2.0 is just that good but i'd wager it is not.  it will only take a handful of pissed off consumers to flood the twitter-verse with "my $400 console doesn't work in my house" to give xbox8 a bad name. 

it just seems too risky of a depenancy to me with all the home size, layout variations that exist.