Quote Originally Posted by oweb26 View Post
Some of this stuff I am truly hoping to just be rumors, I mean read some of the things that has come out and all you can think is...." These guys aren't that stupid are they?" No company in their right mind should mandate you log on every 24 hours where does that even make sense at......the always listening Kinect, I feel like at this point even if this stuff was the case I sure as hell hope its not anymore.

The used game stuff is kinda a non factor for me, as I truly think 90% of my gaming is about to go over to PC as I really enjoy a good strategy game more than anything now days , all I need a console for is football and a shooter just to play with friends.
Both of those were already confirmed. The Xbox One needs to be connected at least once every 24 hours or it wont be able to play any games. The reason for this is that once every 24 hours, your licenses on the games you own are validated to make sure you still have the rights to them and didn't trade it away to another user.

The Kinect listening all the time is also confirmed. You can turn the camera portion of it off, but it is listening to you 100% of the time. The only time it is turned off and not listening is when the console is completely powered off.