spurgeonryan said:
Come on now! You mean to tell me you did not find that voice stuff really awesome when they were showing it? |
I don't see the practical use for the voice control. At the very best, it's a marginal improvement over a remote control.
As for the multitasking, I felt like there's not much benefit, and whatever benefit I saw for the multitasking wasn't presented effectively by Microsoft.
E.g. I just don't see how the quick switch is practical. I never switch or want to switch between TVs, movies, music, while I'm playing a game. I usually watch TV and that's that. If I'm listening to music, I don't just switch to the TV, and back again.
The best way to have sold the quick switch was the following scenario: You're playing a RPG or something and you're suddenly ambused by a huge boss. You pause the game, quick switch to IE and go to GameFaqs, and then get back to the game.
Again though, even if we give the benefit of doubt that the multitasking is SUPERIOR to simply surfing the net on a smartphone or tablet while watching a TV, I only see it as a MARGINAL improvement at best, that doesn't justify a huge price premium.
Finally, the fatal flaw of the Xbox ONE, is that it's strategy is to "unify" everything and become the machine that does it all, but it can never SUBSTITUTE the devices that it's targeting. People will not get rid of their smartphones, even if they have a Xbox ONE. Ditto with a tablet or laptop.
