Is X1 forcing Kinect on us any different than PS3 forcing Bluray on us?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

Pemalite said:

MessiaH said:

Similar in that it increased pricing on customers. However in functionality, kinect is invasive, it can GET IN THE WAY of you enjoying your console. Bluray had benefits, games will only get bigger and need a medium to hold them. Bluray had that answer which DVD simply could not do anymore. No disc swapping and being able to watch blu ray movies on the ps3 are always nice features to have. Having to shout at my TV and fight with my kinect sensor to work as intended is not nice to have.

You can watch Blu-rays on the Xbox 360, just not directly.
Disc swapping isn't really a big deal, how many hours would you have to play in Final Fantasy before inserting the next disc? A long time, certainly not every 5 minuits.

In a linear game having to swap a new disc one or two times isn't a big deal. But in open world or hub-shaped world games, with regions that can be visited more than once, it can be a lot more frequent and annoying. Last time I was forced to do it it was in Lands of Lore III, and it sucked even more than its few mission completing bugs and its unfinished graphics look.