So you'd sell your gaming PC which costs hundreds of dolars in order to buy a cheaper XB1? What?

I have always been a multi-console kind of guy. I loved the original Xbox and the 360 was pretty awesome too up until they went all Kinect crazy. I even owned an Xbox One for awhile since, like I said, I'm into owning all the consoles but... there isn't much left there for me. What made the original Xbox appealing to me was that, along with the brand, it had it's own identity. Xbox stood for something back then. It was where the hardcore went to game. Halo 2 was so far ahead of anything Sony could offer that it was laughable. The console was a total beast as well. No memory cards, broad band only gaming... it was like owning a high end sports car to Sony's low priced Toyota.

But now? Xbox One seems like an afterthought. It feels like one too. It's almost like Microsoft has given up completely and moved on. There's just something empty about the brand now. As if there's no soul left at all.

So for me, I'm done. It was great, but the party's over.

Maybe for you but plenty of console gamers have 0 interest in using their personal laptops as a gaming machine. PC gamers who don't get this must live in a bubble.

That's even ignoring the fact that many people's $400 laptop from 2012 used primarily for Internet browsing, streaming videos and word documents may not even be a viable gaming machine in 2016.

Yup, this probably lowered Xbox'x potential consumer base just 5%, the majority of Xbox consumers do not own, and do not want to buy a Gaming PC.

But a Xbox One is still much cheaper than a gaming PC. It's a good alternative.

Xbox One S looks prettier sitting in your living room

Depends, A PC can look however you want it to look.

VERY PRETTY.

Cringe worthy.

The way Microsoft is going has always been the plan. Ive been saying it for years that Microsoft only cares about spreading their OS on all applicable platforms that have multimedia. If they could not try to get their OS on their competitions platforms they would try to beat them.

This doesn't look space efficient.