The multimedia features in this thing look just incredible. The ability to watch TV through the Xbox is great, especially since it uses its own guide that you can voice command around and set up favorites and it remembers what you like and also shows you what everyone else is watching. It sucks that it doesn't replace my cable box entirely, but it is essentially my cable box on steroids with all the superior guide features. I use FIOS and the guide is slow as hell and a pain in the ass to use.
The ability to multitask.. wow. If I can play a game and have TV up in the corner playing, that's incredible. I could play a game and keep an eye on a baseball game or something at the same time. I know they said you can browse the Internet or watch TV while queuing/searching for a match in a game, that is a game changer. For example right now in Guardians of Middle Earth on PS3 it sometimes takes 5-10 minutes to get into a game. If I can watch some ID crime drama and leave my game queuing up in the corner where I can see exactly when I get into a game, awesome.
The NFL fantasy football stat things, they already have this on satellite TV through Sunday Ticket but it's slow and a pain to set up. If this is easier and just pops up in the corner of the screen, nice. Even better would be if you can see the stats for everyone on your team and your opponent. This might have been the most mass appeal feature they showed. It will be incredibly successful.
Taking a wait and see approach on how all this no used games and always online shit is exactly going to work.
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