The Top 12 Annoyances With Both the Xbox One and the PlayStation 4

Love the consoles, except for one tiny thing.

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The premiere of new consoles is a time full of anticipation and excitement.

It's the beginning of a new era, bringing with it innovative features and new experiences. But after the wave of glee washes away, gamers are soon left with the sense that with a few steps forward, the company juggernauts also took a number of steps back—leaving us with a list of complaints about our next-gen property. 

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12. Launch games were underwhelming

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11. The anachronism of their online system

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10. Doesn't display hard drive storage space

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9. Not all USBs fit in the front

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8. Kinect doesn't listen properly

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7. Doesn't output via optical cable for surround sound

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6. Guide is gone

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5. No longer being able to turn off controller

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4. Having the friends list working as a separate app

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3. Deleting messages and requests is cumbersome

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2. Party chat is a difficult process compared to the Xbox 360's functionality

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1. Dashboards are ill-designed

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