One of the articles linked earlier mentioned that no content from the 360 will be compatible with the One.

Might affect it to some degree, but retailers that don't specialize in video games will always need to get rid of old stock to make room for new stock. They only have so much room.

I thought they said in the presentation that no games will carry over from the 360, period.

Now there are no fees associated with used games, and the original Wired story is said to be completely incorrect.

FAQ on MS website: http://news.xbox.com/2013/05/qa

According to this, it won't use more power than the 360.

Correct. If its a game programmed to work on the 360 it will not work on the Xbox One.

Digital content like movies and TV shows will carry over.

Achievements will carry over, as if there was any real doubt. And:

Not that I'm surprised, but this reveal didn't sway my decision. There's just nothing that makes me want to upgrade. Maybe Mass Effect 4 or Alan Wake 2. It's going to need to have some impressive games to make me forget about all the negatives.
I'm just not impressed by this generation of consoles thus far.

I'm pretty sure everyone here knew you were never 'in' to begin with.

This "small" fee is bad news for consumers all around. It's not just about buying used games, that's only half of the coin. Not being able to resell shitty games (at a decent amount) is crap and it will affect non-AAA title sales. Who's going to take a $60 chance on an unproven game if that safety net is removed?

None of it carries over. I know it sounds like entitlement to want that stuff to carry over but whatever. I wish the publishers the best of luck convincing people to buy digital content on these new consoles.

Looks like a TiVo:

Hah! I was wondering why it looked so familiar.

Damn. I guess the question now is if Kinect is required to be hooked up to run. Or if you can plug it in and just leave it on the audio rack for voice functions and ignore the camera shit.

The ol' reacharound

Makes sense, since they sort of presented it as one.

Fuck. They need to figure out something for Rock Band. I have too much money sunk into that game. Luckily, other than all the pinball games, I don't have a ton of stuff on Live that I would mind giving up...but I am still not sold on this system yet. I will likely wait at least a year to see if I would be better served with the Xbox or the PS.

People spend outrageous amounts of money on frequently-overpriced digital content already, seemingly without any forethought or common sense in many cases. I don't think that will change at all.

If nothing else, I'm hoping the lack of backwards compatibility means some awesome sales on DLC and arcade games on the 360's marketplace in the next year.

Especially since you can't rent or borrow a friend's game to try it out.

Congrats! Your 360 just became a dedicated Rock Band machine!

Microsoft attempts to clear up the fee/no fee thing.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/20...-a-fee-to-play

Although I've pretty much converted to PC gaming as well, it really has led the way when it comes to DRM. You haven't been able to buy used PC games for several years, and some games have had schemes like limited activations and having to be constantly connected.

I thought it was funny to read comments on the Steam forum a while back when the rumor about no used games on the PS4 came out. Most of the comments were that it was a terrible idea, it would certainly fail, etc. - oh, you mean just like Steam?

I'm not too positive about the future of gaming either, with all this mobile and casual focus, free-to-play, microtransactions, etc.

Sooo, forgive me if I missed it but will the current XBOX's and LIVE still work when this X1 comes out?

Additionally, Engadget reports the machine will come with a 500GB hard drive that is non-replaceable, but the USB 3.0 slots can be used for external storage.

This is what was stupid of Microsoft. Come out and give us clear details of the used game situation so there isn't all this speculation and misinformation. I don't see how any pr person or firm would advise them to do this.

As I speculated earlier. Seemed too obvious not to allow a feature like this.

External storage for WHAT, though? Hopefully it will be for more than movies and music.

Giantrobo, the original Xbox had the Live plug pulled in 2010, so they should continue to support the 360 for a while. BTW, I prefer XO as the abbreviation - it's less likely to be confused with the original Xbox. XOXO, XO!