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J_Allard on 06 March 2014
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On a more serious note this is a cool video I guess, but it's just one mans unlucky experience, and his opinions. Also as others have noted, he apparently already bought a new Xbone, well before Halo 5 or the dropping of Kinect, so he must like something about it.

He complained about the controller. I have been a huge fan of the Xbox controller ever since it came out and was like an extension of the Dreamcast controller. And speaking of Dreamcast, it sucks that he had bad luck with hardware, but that happens at launch. When I got my Dreamcast I went through multiple units thanks to shorted out controller ports and fault CD ROM drives. I am glad I didn't overreact and return it for good, I'd have missed out on the best console ever imho.

I can understand his complaints about the OS and UI, if he is someone who as he admits, owns MULTIPLE gaming PC's and uses Windows 8 all the time there. I am coming off 7, so the tile stuff is new to me. I enjoy it greatly. And with some of the design changes they made with the last couple updates, it's even better.

I have no complaints about Kinect, either. While I can agree with him that it sucks for people who have 0 interest in Kinect to be forced to buy it, I also understand it's in MS's best interests to include it in mandatory. To me it's no different than Sony making BR mandatory on PS3. It jacked up the price and some saw it as worthless for games (myself included). As far as Kinect goes, I have enjoyed using it to browse around the console and accomplish things while not holding the controller. I can control Netflix or the television while in the kitchen cooking, without having to stop to find and use the controller. It's great. I guess I can see his point about the Dead Rising 3 shaking element to break free of zombies holds, but at the same time, there are cool elements, like talking to bosses, and luring zombies somewhere with your voice. And Kinect Fitness is awesome. Only used it a few times so far but it's great.

I don't know that I could ever whine about a console doing "too much". That's just fucking stupid. I really wonder why he bought another Xbone, he seems like he won't be happy with it.