I keep hearing particular users comment that this will be a huge coup for MS's next console. Quite frankly, I find this type of thinking very myopic. Let's address some numbers shall we?

$400 million dollars

• The amount of cash MS threw at the NFL for these features. 

http://www.gamespot.com/news/microsoft-nfl-deal-worth-400-million-report-6408723

19-23 million

• The estimated number of fantasy football participants in public and private leagues online. Roughly 7% of the population of the US.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_football_(American)

http://www.forbes.com/sites/briangoff/2013/08/20/the-70-billion-fantasy-football-market/

41 million

• Approximately the number of 360s sold in the US to date.(vgchartz) Roughly 13% of the population.

So Microsoft spent 400 million dollars to appeal to 7% of the US population who may or may not even play video games. The number of 360 gamers is double the size of the fantasy football crowd, so what can Microsoft possibly hope to gain from this investment in such a minority group?

The X1 is marketed as an all in one machine so appealing to 7% of the population isn't so bad when you consider a part of them may be tech savy. 5% of the US population isn't a number to be scoffed at, especially if they buy the console for multiple purposes. It's another thing thrown in for good measure. We'll see how it pays off outside of the US hehe.

And there we have it.  Rol, use your magic mod powers that you have and close this thread.