The Kinect being automatically apart of it actually makes me less attracted to it.

Most of the folks I talk to seem to think this will be a disaster.

That said, I don't know if that will translate to the general public.

There's a great quote from Island Dog's Wired link:

When the original Kinect launched, apartment dwellers lamented that they had to move couches and tables just to be recognized by the its depth sensors, let alone play a physically involved game like Dance Central. The restricted field of vision also made it next to impossible for different-sized people, like parents and kids, to play the same game. This time around, a 1080p camera enlarges the sensor’s field by 60 percent—a fact that the entertainment division’s lanky hardware guru, Todd Holmdahl, demonstrates for me by walking his 6′ 4″ frame toward the sensor. Even 3 feet away, the Kinect’s onscreen display clearly registers his entire body, and he still has room to lift his hands above his head.

The camera can also capture video at 60 frames per second for two-way services like Skype—but more impressive still are the Kinect’s tracking capabilities. It’s now so sensitive that it can measure your pulse by monitoring pigmentation change in your face. (It’s partially done via infrared light, which means it works regardless of skin tone.)

The original sensor mapped people in a room using “structured light”: It would send out infrared light, then measure deformities in the room’s surfaces to generate a 3-D depth map. However, that depth map was lo-res to the degree that clothing and couch cushions were often indistinguishable. The new model sends out a modulated beam of infrared light, then measures the time it takes for each photon to return. It’s called time-of-flight technology, and it’s essentially like turning each pixel of the custom-designed CMOS sensor into a radar gun, which allows for unprecedented responsiveness—even in a completely dark room. (See the video for the evidence.)

In fact, the Kinect will be used for that most fundamental of tasks: turning the whole thing on. Xbox One utilizes multiple power states; it can thus ramp up as needed and consume different amounts of juice depending on use, whether games or movies. And it also possesses a low-power standby mode, allowing Xbox Live and game updates to be pushed to the Xbox One overnight — or whenever the box knows your usage is lowest — without keeping the console all the way on. (Don’t worry; you can still play a single-player game without being connected to the Internet.) It also means that when you walk into your room and say “Xbox on,” the Kinect sensor hears you and turns on your entire setup via infrared blast: TV, Xbox One, even your cable box.

Halo 5 and Halo 6 are basically the only reasons I would even get this so-called Xbox One.

Oh people are forgetting, required installs and the bigger problem if you hand your disk to a friend they have to pay a fee to play on your copy. 

Xbox One not backwards compatible. But external storage is acceptable for Xbox One.

The fighting games folks already have said the Xbox One won't work at all for competitive gaming- due to a combination of non backwards-compatible controllers, account management, and lack of self-publishing (just look at how much Microsoft screwed the Skullgirls devs over the past year)

I really think the Xbox One is going to be pushed hard by the AAA guys, but with nothing below it.   It will be AAA or bust on that console, and it will fail for that reason.

So, what's everyones estimate on pricing?

That seems a little steep - I'm guessing we'll see a 299 and 399 version perhaps - maybe 399 and 499.  I'd be really surprised if there was only 1 $500 option.  I don't really use my 360 or ps3 for much outside of home entertainment at this point.  So far for me, there are a few selling points for the new xbox - blu-ray, integration with tv, and voice activated integration.  It's all a matter of how well they pull off the integration for me.  If its good, I'll likely pick one up.  I like that at least 1 of the reviewers mentioned that this works well with tivo as I have a lifetime sub on a premier.  If they can pull that off well, I'd enjoy it.  It's going to have to be pretty slick for me to pick up, though.  I'd wager they are going to force people to have the kinect with every system (eg its bundled with all systems), though, so it becomes something that is more commonly utilized by devs in some way.  So, the only place they could likely create bundles at launch is with some launch title games or selling a 500 gb and 1tb version of the hd. 

If it has a $299 price point I would grab it day one.  I wish they would open pre-orders early and give a price, so people can budget for it.

Well I understand that you can't use Xbox 360 mics with new Xbox One but not being able to use any other mics with new Xbox is BS. (I'm talking Astro, Razor, Turtle, etc...)

I expect 450 for PS4 and 400 for XBone.

If PSN doesn't have the XBL idiot tax (the yearly fee you have to pay for something that is free everywhere else) , then PSN is the cheaper console, even if it costs more at launch.

I haven't seen the pressconference (5h of boring..?   No....just no!) but listened to SweClockers, Angry Joe and Francis and it seem to be gimmicky with the TV stuff.

I'm not gonna get one no matter how it turns out.

There's some damn funny videos about it though!   Seen these?   First two are from Francis and the third is from Angry Joe