WTF HAPPENED TO THE XBOX?!?!?!

On May 21st, 2013, Microsoft officially announced their next-gen console, the Xbox One. And in response, all I have to say is this:
WTF HAPPENED TO THE XBOX?!?!?!

The New Xbox One. (Picture Courtesy of Machinima)

The console looks HORRIBLE! I can understand Microsoft's attempt at change but where's the style that the Xbox 360 had that gave Microsoft an edge? Now that Microsoft has returned to its block stages, it doesn't give off that modern feel the 360 had. Not only that, look at what they've done to the poor Kinect! They turned it from an intelligent burrito-shaped piece of software into a nerdy block of ugly! The only thing that looks good is the controller. I wouldn't even buy the console itself, I'd just buy the controller because that's the only thing that actually looks good out of this whole bundle.

But not only does the console have its downfalls, so did the conference. ALL THEY SHOWED WAS RACING GAMES AND CALL OF DUTY. Listen, Bill Gates: just because Call of Duty is one of the biggest shoot-em-up franchises in the WORLD doesn't mean we all play it! So don't go off showcasing COD like it's a freakin' God! 

The only option that can willingly make me want to buy the console is if there will be an equal balance between Kinect and actual console games. When the Kinect came out for 360, there weren't really enough games to really showcase the system's full abilities. Not only that, most of the games of 2012 were, again, shoot-em-ups. So let's see a little bit more diversity this year, ok?

All-in-all, Microsoft's next-gen console looks horrible by appearance. Then again, it was announced the day before this writing so what can we expect in the future? I'm just hoping Microsoft doesn't let us down.

And as Always, Gamers of the Nations, Rage On.