IGN is discussing what Microsoft has said and taken back. All of the policies or parts not included which were now included or changed.

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/13/xbox-one-then-and-now

Pretty much at this point. Its a much more attractive console for a larger group of people now. :)

You know, we don't agree much. But this is the very first statement you say I would admit I'm with you 100%.

They might as well have made 2 consoles: the Xbox 180 (the current XBO), and the XBox 3 (The former XBO).

This is good news. :)

Next stop: Jay Wood and then JAllard. :)

I have to give MS credit for actually being able to admit that their plans were stupid and changing them. It isn't often you see a company that size being able to change their plans this quickly.

Honestly, their reveal of the X1 was probably the worst reveal in the history of console reveals. I was laughing at how terrible it was throughout the event.

Now, pretty much everything they revealed is different, which is good. The X1 is a pretty attractive console at this point and they have some pretty killer games lined up.

I was hoping they would add more value to xbox live though... and I thought they might have done that at E3 with the free games, but evidently that is only for this year... and only on the 360.

Of course, I anticipate the ps+ benefits for the ps4 will be significantly lower for the ps4 than they are now for the ps3, as it is a required subscription now and they don't need as much enticement to get subscribers...

There will of course be more on the PS4 because its the next generation for PSN+ but in the beginning its going to have to come into a process of coming into its own. PSN Plus sells itself but now multiplayer is in the cards for the PS4. Hopefully the money made on that will be used to create more deals and increase the amount of games put on PSN Plus.

perhaps I'm more cynical, but I don't see Sony offering as much benefits to ps+ on the ps4 because they simply won't need to.  Those free games they offer just means less revenue from sales of those games.  So, if people have to subscribe to ps+ to play multiplayer anyway, there is less incentive for Sony to offer more free games and deals with ps+.  

Hmmmm...wasn't Xbox Live a process? So was PSN+ and it has grown since 2010. Its only going to get bigger especially with more people joining up now. Take Xbox Live for instance, MS has made so much money off of Xbox Live from locking you out of the complete experience instead of just the multiplayer than they have gone far beyond profit needed to run Xbox Live. Michael Pachter spoke about this long ago on Bonus Round. If Sony gets enough money, they could give far more perks for PSN Plus. They've even inspired Games for Gold on Xbox Live, so I say they are setting a good standard. Even though I am saddened that they followed MS, what am I going to do about it? Knowing Sony they'll reinvest it back into games.

They forgot to mention region lock as well.