How We Feel About the Xbox One Expressed Through Wrestling GIFs

While emotions ran the gamut from malaise fueled indifference to outright fury over Microsoft's big reveal yesterday, everywhere we looked the overwhelming reaction seemed to be largely negative.

Microsoft had to come out swinging especially hard considering the months and months of bad press and rumors surrounding their next console. Forced online connectivity, DRM issues, and the specter of non-backwards compatibility plagued Microsoft for the better part of last year.

And finally, after weeks of hype we got...well Microsoft doing their best impressions of the opening night of Michael Bay's next film. Lots of lime colored laser beams and, for the most part, Microsoft not really putting to rest any of the real concerns users had with their next system.

Read on for our recap of the event and our reactions as told through some of our favorite wrestling GIFs. Trust us, it helps soften most of these blows.

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While we knew that Microsoft's big event was going to be focusing on the hardware as opposed to the games, the idea of games seemed almost like an afterthought during yesterday's event.

We know E3 is where Microsoft is planning to wow us on the software end, but the Redmond event seemed to be speaking more to the mainstream than to hard core video game enthusiasts. Microsoft's Phil Spencer announced that Microsoft will publish 15 games in Xbox One's first year, with eight being new franchises. The follwing games have been confirmed for release or within Xbox One's first year.

Call of Duty: Ghosts will also receive first dibs on any DLC before it gets distributed to other consoles...and you get a dog as a squad member. That's what we took away.

Let's be honest with one another. That deck is ugly. It looks like a VCR, a Laser Disc player, and an old alarm clock are having a lazy threesome. It's schizophrenic to say the very least.

There's not going to be a disc tray, instead it will be front loading. That Kinect will always need to be plugged in and again, if we're being honest, that thing looks heavy. The Kinect being mandatory has raised concerns about privacy, what with the camera and it never really being 'off'. Microsoft has stated that they have "strong privacy protections" in place, but that's still disconcerting for a device that has a camera and is connected to the Internet. As for the guts, here's what we know.

We've also learned that the Xbox One has a non-replaceable hard drive, but will support external storage.

An expanded achievements system, also powered by Microsoft's Azure Cloud System, will allow for the capturing of videos and gameplay. All of which will be stored and serviced by over 300,000 servers.

The cloud will also create new achievements over time which will be downloaded directly to the console. And, yes, Gamerscores carry over from Xbox 360.

Microsoft spent 40 of their 60 minutes talking about how the Xbox One is going to finger-bang your old TV habits into the last century. Games seemed completely secondary compared to the new TV functionality and interface. Microsoft is making no qualms about its attempt to take over your living room as the prime hub for your entertainment needs.

"The XBox One can measure your heartbeat." That statement is what stood out most when Microsoft introduced the newly redesigned Kinect. Well that and the fact that the Xbox One will not function without a Kinect unit – included with every console – plugged in and turned on.

You won't be forced to USE the Kinect if you want to play a title, but the system won't work without it plugged in. It's going to mainly used for voice commands, user ID, and yes measuring your heartbeat.

Microsoft also made official the improved quality of the new Kinect, saying a new 1080p HD camera and wider field of view means it will track more detail, work well in smaller rooms and allow for better voice communication.

The traditional concept of "used games" is pretty much done for the Xbox One. Early reports suggest that the One will require that all games be installed to the system's HDD, and users with secondhand games will be required to pay a fee. Essentially tying a game to a user's Xbox Live account.

Microsoft's still being cagey with the details and as of this morning has released this statement.

"We are designing Xbox One to enable customers to trade in and resell games. We’ll have more details to share later."

As an aside, your gamer score and points will be transferable between the 360 and the One.

343 Industries' Bonnie Ross took the stage to announce a deal with Stephen Spielberg for a new live-action Halo television show. We assume that this was meant to be a show-stopper, but it was almost halfway through the event before Microsoft even mentioned their golden calf.

We're assuming that this will be in the vein of Forward Unto Dawn, but details are still sketchy. This was not the lighting rod Microsoft hoped it would be.

Well this one sucks. We've had our 360 for the better part of a decade and we have a ton of games. Microsoft has confirmed a total lack of backwards compatibility for the Xbox One.

Hold on to your games, they might be worth something someday.

Microsoft's Don Mattrick said on Spike TV that the system doesn't have to always be online for players to use it.

BUT! The system will be required to 'check in' online once a day. Again, details are still murky, but that sounds a lot like always on to us.