It was ok. I was wondering if they'd blow me away, and the competition, with some crazy specs and whatnot. But they didn't. What they did show was pretty much in line with the rumors, and their focus on the TV stuff was a bit too much for me. I just don't care about those features in a console. Heck... I don't care about those features in any tech items.
So, when you isolate the game aspects from what they presented, it was really thin. But I know they're keeping bullets for E3. But that's also something Sony is doing.
Points taken off because as a gamer, their reveal didn't provide me with anything to go "WOW, I need this!", and they barely touched the specs. And I suspect that it's because the console is indeed a little less powerful than the PS4, so a number was wouldn't have made them look good. That was made evident when they mentioned the number of transistors on the chip. 5 Billion is such an impressive number!!! xD
Also, the kinect stuff seems to have improved, but I just can't be bothered with that kind of features. I must be too old school or whatever. But I prefer controlling those things with button presses. I don't really like voice recognition stuff.
That being said, it is mostly due to the fact that this feature is never flawlessly implemented. But maybe Kinect 2.0 can prove me wrong at last.
So for me, as a gamer, I'm rating this reveal with a 6 out of 10. Because barely a single game was shown that wasn't a multi-plat. And the promise that 15 exclusive games are coming during the first year is not enough to make me say "Oh crap! I will buy this!". Quantum Break is the only game for which I'm interested. But I don't know what it's all about because they barely showed anything of it...
So yeah, if you're looking for a really nice cable box, the XBox One is a no-brainer. But if you want to game first and foremost, the jury is still out on whether or not this console will deliver any better than its competitors. I'm sure E3 will change that, but I can't base anything on the assumptions that it may get any better by then. For all we know, Sony may deliver equally or better at that time.
So when isolated, this reveal is a 6 out of 10.
