Reviewers Liked
- Excellent user experience
- Comfortable controller
- Sophisticated voice control
- Strong launch lineup
- "Snapping" video apps perfect for multitaskers
- Kinect voice commands can be powerful
- Switching between apps is fast and snappy
- Upload studio is a great little clip editor
- TV pass-through is lag-free and easy to use
Reviewers Didn't Like
- No clear standout launch title
- Live TV requires compromises
- Many unremarkable launch titles
- Clunky TV integration
- No media Playback from USB
- Uninspired design
- Kinect voice commands are unreliable
- No rechargeable battery in the controller
- Case is boxy, heavy, and about as big as the original Xbox
- Many launch games don't pack much of a visual punch
- Voice commands fail a good 10 to 20 percent of the time
- Most apps are nearly useless in snap mode