If you want a pure game system, the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4 are in a dead heat. As a media streamer , though, especially if you subscribe to cable or satellite service, the Xbox One is a better bet.

New interface is intuitive and accessible; Powerful hardware; Incorporates live television with OneGuide, HDMI passthrough, and USB tuner supports; Limited Xbox 360 backward compatibility

Kinect integration and voice commands have been de-emphasized to the point of almost being completely dropped; Current backward compatibility list is very small

Excellent price for Xbox One Elite but when my son tried to play a game on it for his birthday nothing happened. Got in touch with the company wanting exchange and they just said get in touch with Microsoft as its under warranty, not good enough.

I had stopped being a serious gamer for several years but wanted to get back into it. I still have my old 360 but wanted something new and shiny. I certainly don`t regret getting the Xbox One with the Kinect. The graphics are amahzing!

Graphics; Voice Commands; Facial Recognition

Speech Recognition Needs Work; A Bit Large

This is the awesome console ever made it has best graphics .controller is also very good and comfortable

Was exactly as described and worked perfectly with a couple updates as would be expected

I wished I would of asked more people about the pros of this console but with 4 to 5 free games I justified it. Just didn't except it would be tying up my internet connection for 5 days updating the 4 to 5 games that came with it.

The graphics once you get them working after updates look decent

- No HDMI CEC support; - Games appear to be installed which takes a while and even with the partial install play while you wait its a bad UX; - Game updates like for Star Wars Battlefield was 16.8GB which stretches the term update to the max.

This system is superior to the PS4. Its ease of use, comfortability and companionship are not comparable to machines before it. It can only be surpassed by the X-Box Two. I cannot wait for anything else Microsoft ejects to us grateful consumers!

At the Xbox One's launch, Microsoft took the position of wanting to be the console that offered everything in one place, but it didn't fully deliver on that. Now, a year later, the Xbox One's major features have been strengthened enough so they clearly stand out, and the media-saturated environment...

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Great exclusive titles; Superb controller; Improved software and apps ecosystem; More strong games on the horizon

Struggling to match the PS4 on raw performance; Big and bulky; Superceded by the Xbox One S with Xbox One X on the way

It's a games console, with some issues occasionally revolving the disc tray (nothing a reset doesn't fix) Plays games and blu-rays, hasn't run out of space yet..... yeah, it's a games console.