Ok. Last blog was me relating my thoughts and feelings on the Xbox One, mostly relating to the initial set-up. It was mostly negative, with the console start-up a frustrating, concerning experience that immediately lowered whatever expectations I had of the console.
Once you start using the console, things improve substantially. There are still some concerns (lack of any tutorials or guides is a big one) but once you start using the console/media hub/whatever you'll start to ease yourself into it and find that it gets better with use.
You'll also find that, despite all the hype, it's just another game console, one that's a little prettier but with its own set of issues. The Xbox One will play games. Some of the games are fun, others are less so. You have online features, but sometimes they won't work because of outside forces. And that's about it.
Seems like a bit of a fizzle after that first blog, right? Well, after all the frustration and horror of setting up the console and getting it to work, it ends up as a bit of a disappointment that when it does work it's just a prettier Xbox, with nary games worth playing. Maybe when more games are released and some of the issues are ironed out then I could get more excited, but at the moment it's just another console, albeit one with larger barriers to entry than others.
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