These are some very key features that would potentially win gamers over to the system. The DVR feature makes sense I suppose, but to require a gold membership for Skype seems a little odd. I can’t help but feel like the Xbox One without Xbox Live gold will basically just be a box that you can connect to your television. These announces along with the fact that a headset is not included with the system have really cemented the fact that I will be going for the Playstation 4.
Of course, I am not trying to sound biased here. These are really cool features, just not something that all gamers will require. I am currently only a year out of college, so I am trying to save money everywhere that I can. I feel like the Xbox One is just clearly going to be a system that will make gaming for a hobby much more expensive.