Well... Went to the store last night grabbed one. Would of gotten a Day One edition just for the sake of it but.. wasn't going to pay an extra $25+ for it (got to love Target).
Once again, as I posted in the other thread, no one saw them on the floor no one bother to ask and sure enough they where hidden in the back room, the remaining 2 sold as well when I was checking out. Amazing how that works. I should get a fee for selling consoles for them
Anyways didn't get much time on it, set it up, got some updates and got 3 games... but will probably return one.
Forza 5: Got to play this a little, very little at that, 2 quick races. 10% installed on the drive and what ever portion of the 6GB update that is for it not sure how far it got but was 50% installed when I had to call it a night. Racing, the force feed back in the controller is interesting, in a nice way. Gives it a better feel of the controller when driving. Its not exact but gives something to it. Graphics... well watch a video its wonderful.
AI/First race. Looks like they altered the typical 1st, 2nd, 3rd place (gold, silver, bronze) thinking. Gold (3rd place and higher) / Silver (7th place and higher) / Bronze (10th place and higher). Not sure if the amount of money changes if you get higher, but placed 3rd in my first race, AI was on above average / with running simulation for damage. Got to say, AI was nice much more challenging and at least not yet not slamming me all over the place on purpose. They seemed to respect my space well as I tried to respect theirs. They seem to get the same damage issues I get if I slam into a wall, screwed up steering, bad breaking, etc. I hope, would be nice to see AI drivers suffer like I do if I screw up. And for the racing in general I was trying to hold 2nd place but the AI well did me in
Overall for the 15-20min of play very well done. Looking forward to more races.
Dead Rising 3: Haven't had a chance to pop the disk in yet, but hopefully tonight I will. Heard good things on this one too.
Ryse: This is the one I think I will be returning. Don't think I can bring it on myself to pay $60 just yet for a game for maybe 6 hours of play. Its graphically great but very repetitive... I'll have to think hard on this one after reading more reviews of it.
Game to possibly get still - Need for Speed - Rivals: Just looks sweet!
Haven't done a NFS game for ages and finally looks like one that actually has gotten nice reviews about. Something I'll look into for sure.
App wise, not many apps for the console yet. Just did some quick installs of basic ones, Skype, Netflix, Vudu, Skydrive, etc. Just was playing with it a little. Was tempted to hook my Blu-Ray player to pass though it, didn't try that and see what its like to have a movie and game at the same time. Gotta be weird. The OS it self was very fast and responsive.
As for Kinect. Well relatively dim room and picked me up no issues being in the room. The sensor was offset on the TV as right now have from left to right; Xbox One Kinect / Xbox 360 Kinect / Wii Sensor Bar, and the Xbox 360's is center of the screen. Had no issues picking me up on a dark couch nice and relaxed.
The unit as a whole. Holy crap its heavy. The sensor alone has to be 2 lbs + its cable. Think MS went the way of big/heavy to make sure it stays cool now then trying to cheap out on it. Build quality seems very nice. The box itself has many vents and its very quiet. Downside is not being able to put anything on top of it because you risk blocking the vents on the top.
The controller, seems odd at first. Just the way it is vs the previous controllers for the last 2 consoles. Just slight differences that throw you off. Overall very comfortable to hold, nice not having the big bulge on the bottom for the batteries that its actually built into the physical body.
Probably only biggest complaint of it... is having to really purchase it with the Kinect sensor. Nothing really uses it yet, and will I use it? Yes I probably will, just not right away at least til more games get released. Its something that probably could of included on the side and picked up a lot more sales of the console but as said it is still selling out at most places at least here. I use mine for the X360 a little, granted its not all the time but it is fun to play with, if you have the proper titles.