Since I do watch TV the idea of Xbox being a smart switcher seems pretty cool to me. But then again I doubt I will be able to tell my Xbox to "play/switch to PS4" or "play Wii U" lol. I don't think they will have HDMI inputs on the box, only coax/ethernet for your cable/satellite stream.
So at the end of the day, if I own more than one system I still need my remote. But for watching TV and playing Xbox games, it does seem pretty good.
Also, microsoft was smart leveraging Kinect as a feature for APPS/TV etc. The value of Kinect has been established (at least in Microsoft's eyes), justifying it bundled in every package. Now, any game that they can develop for Kinect is simply gravy.







