Not sure why everyone is so excited about this news. It's a farce. They are only doing this for now so they can sell some consoles. Then all this garbage will be slowly reintroduced with future system updates. :roll:

Region free will most likely be one of the first to go. That is a publisher thing and a localized government content restriction thing, not a console maker thing. Eliminating region locking means publishers can no longer charge different prices in different regions. No tears for that. But it also means publishers can not meet the different content restrictions different countries have. The is the bigger issue as it means either some games will never be legaly sold in some countries and subject to import confiscation, or those games will be censored according to the maximum level of compliance even when sold in countries that have no such content restrictions. So who is ready for COD Green Blood Edition where 'swastikas' are replaced with 'smiley faces' and 'nazi' is replaced with 'enemy'? :roll:

Then again, maybe that is why they aren't to concerned about pushing for world wide sales. The Germans and Ausis probably won't be able to play the console anyways, so no need to worry about their countries' stupid content restriction laws. :question:

On Eurogamer there's an interview with Major Nelson where he said feel free to hook up a 360 or a PC into the back of the X1. Don't know why you would do this... I seriously doubt that there would be any sort of Kinect integration.donalbane

Oh, I dunno. Maybe so they don't have to swap cables everytime they want to use a different device. I have no idea how many HDMI ports your TV has, but mine has only one.