Microsoft still has some cards to play. The price, not the internet/intrusion is most peoples concerns. Its the price. Microsoft, having made what accounts to a tv receiver dvdr device, will probably strike a deal with cable subscribers. Sign up for tv/internet for 2 years and get the xbox as the main transmission unit for 200-300 bucks. That would solve the always connected issue as most people never turn off theirtv unit completely as well as the price. Its something the ps4 cant do.
Im going to have to disagree with you here. My friends and I have been gaming together for the last 10 years. We were all avid Xbox users, but the biggest problem for us is the always online/privacy issues that Microsoft is forcing on us. Price is not going to be a deciding factor in the race at all, its a $100 difference lol. PS3/360 were seeing $300 differences in price, and Sony dropped the ball at E3 AND on release day, that is what decided that console reace.
As someone who has been a vehement Xbox supporter for my whole life, I feel disgusted and betrayed by the DRM xxx that Microsoft is employing. Idk who they think they are, but out of the 20 or so hardcore xbox gamers that my friends and I were/are, NONE of us will be purchasing the Xbox One. I honestly haven't even talked to anyone who does plan on purchasing one. Why should I have to be always online? Why cant I trade my games? Why cant i even LOAN my games?! Why can't the Kinect be disabled? Its simply unfair and wrong at its very core, and Microsoft is going to realize the big mistake they made when their hardcore and loyal fanbase dissappears like dust in the wind.
If you want to play videogames, buy a PS4. Xbox seems to be shying away from gaming and shifting more towards a fancy cable box that monitors and collects data on everything you do. Better games, better hardware, and cheaper price. What is Xbox One even bringing to the table that competes? Honestly I wish I had saved the $360 ive spend on XBL for the last 6 years and put it towards PS4, not to mention all the time I've spent gaming on it that can't ever be replaced :(