I've read the article on wired and one paragraph caught my attention:

• Why does the xbox have to deliver enough horsepower to monitor my heart rate? Who the fuck even cares about that?

• Why the fuck would I want smartphone style multitasking when I have the far superior PC style multitasking (ie doing whatever the fuck I want whenever I want). I read all the way to the end and it sounds like they really had to hack things to get them to behave right, a shame no one at Microsoft informed them that they already have all sorts of multitasking code resting in their Windows codebase...

Other than that I'm not really moved. Its not like there are exciting things to expect; Nothing about going from PS1 to PS2 to PS3 was interesting, it was just about a stronger machine and a new game lineup. I'm not really excited about interacting with a console via a camera because it feels unnatural and awkward to interact with a machine by talking to it and gesturing to it. I also dislike wireless interface elements (ie wireless gamepads) because its a hassle to change/charge batteries and to suffer the added response time, though that isn't anything new.
As for media center capabilities - I don't watch enough TV to care. Maybe if it came with a good torrent application and a quality collection of warez'd movies/tv shows/anime

Also, driving around town blaring "XBOX, Shut Down" from my car speakers and listening for the screams of anguish sounds like it could be a fun new hobby

http://www.ranker.com/list/8-people-who-died-playing-video-games/autumn-spragg

I find the name "One" to be hilarious. It's worse than "360"! How many people are going to ask for an "Xbox One" and end up with an original Xbox instead?

I haven't noticed latency with the PS3 controllers. And the batteries are rechargeable over USB, and you can continue to use them while charging (it's basically like converting into a wired controller).

Heart rate monitor might actually be useful for monitoring what stuff scares or excites people in games.

A horror game could act as if it were sapient, slowly changing to scare the user more and more.

Although I don't see such applications being used by companies any time soon.

I think I'll dust off the old Xbox one before getting the Xbox One.

The 360 controllers had a pack thing, and officially there's two packs, one that took AA and a rechargeable one, which you charge either in a charging base, or with a cable you hooked up to the controller (like the PS3 USB charging cable, but the data lines on the USB end is only used to do the pairing for you, so you can change consoles/PCs with that controller easily. Too bad you have to buy a certain adapter to use the wireless controllers with a PC)

Odd story about heart monitors. I was at the doctor's last month and was put on one. The nurse said my rate dropped from 120to 60 bpm and asked me if I felt it. I didn't.

There's now the added news that you have to pay to unlock trade-in games. So that's me out.

I think generation 5 consoles will be like credit card receiver ATM with no controls whatsoever but credit card reader, so in order to get an achievment, watch a cutscene and defeat a boss, you need to pay some bucks. Every time you do it, of course.

Can you imagine, take a game to a friends house to play with people, but he now has to pay for it??

I know Tomasu has some, but they only play pen&paper role playing games.