Xbox One Includes 6 Months of Skype Premium

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Vertigo-X said:

HigHurtenflurst said:

You are correct, that too. (I suppose I could make an addendum with: "... in a console")

Don't make any assumptions about my company loyalty though, I have no plans to buy any of the recent/upcoming consoles, though I might look into getting a PS3 (which would be my first Sony console) sometime next year as there have been a few games over the years I'd like to sample. Most are multiplats which I would probably favour on the X360 (primarily for the controller, but it's also cheaper) but there are half a dozen PS exclusives I would like.

So, then a PC and/or handheld kinda guy?

 

I like the ease of use for the Xbox One but I don't like how closed it is. I await with baited breath the advent of Steam OS, though that's probably due to the controller, mostly. I really want to see how it handles those FPSs!

Actually, it's extremely open.  For a console. 

I'll admit, I think, and I kind of hope, Microsoft makes an effort to regulate what applications are avalable on the Xbox One so we have awesome applications, but where apps run is the most closed system of the two VMs.  Each game appears to include its own OS, subsequently developers can actually modify the OS if they want.  I don't think developers have that level of configurability in any other console.