: ...that between things like this, criticisms for their backwards
: compatibility stance, the "sometimes on" policy, used game
: "fee", mandatory Kinect, console look and name, and sacrificing
: game support to focus on stuff everything else already is aiming for
: (all-in-one media centers), Microsoft might go back to the drawing board
: and make a system that's more appealing for gamers.

I don't see the problem with mandatory Kinect since it'll come with every console, and what's this about sacrificing game support, what did they do?

: I don't know about other folks, but I just wanted a stronger 360 with
: in-system video capture*. I don't care about super-fast web browsing and
: TV watching on my game console. I already use a whole slew of other
: things to meet that need.

well, everyone is different; also they obviously want you to use their thing instead of those other things

: *Full or partial backwards compatibility would have been a definite plus as
: well.

I agree there, except I'd say it's more than a plus, given that they had (limited) backwards compatibility in the 360 for the original Xbox, their competitors in that time-frame had backwards compatibility (even if it was eroded), and the Wii U has backwards compatibility (with the previous console, at least, and there's still Virtual Console where people can play all kinds of old games), it's kind of expected; I probably wouldn't call it make-or-break, but it's significant