XBox One - They are going to spy on your family and you'll pay them for the privilege

The Xbox One is making headlines as excited gamers anticipate the advanced new console. In the haze of that excitement we don't want the truth behind this piece of technology to be lost.

 If all you've heard about the Xbox one is that it's going to be the next greatest gaming machine. then you're only seeing a small piece of the puzzle. Let's take a closer look at the latest offerings from Microsoft.

The Xbox One includes some technology that senses how many people are in the room. If you have too many people in the room, it will prompt you to upgrade your license. So if you have a your children's friends over for the evening, your Xbox One will know and require you to pay more.

This technology comes from their Kinect patent which is a camera based system which scans the room. If you want to avoid the all seeing eye of Microsoft and think you can block the camera, you're in for a surprise because the system freezes until the camera is unblocked and able to see.

Are you alarmed yet? They have a camera in your room and scan you. They know how many people are in your home at any given time and if you attempt to block them from scanning you, your system freezes.

There is more, because the Xbox One has an always on connection and is voice activated. The system will connect periodically, even if you have it offline. The intent is clear, they want you online. They are even pushing towards always-online games from developers.

Now, in the past when you went from the Xbox to the Xbox 360 you're games were compatible. This let you upgrade platforms without losing the money you invested in games. Microsoft is not making the Xbox One console compatible with Xbox 360 discs.  So your investment over the years in those expensive games will fly out the window.

In their attempt to keep you from disabling any of their creepy technology, the Xbox One will not be user serviceable. So the notoriously unreliable Microsoft, whose Xbox 360 became infamous for the red rings of death, will keep you from working on your system. This also puts you at their mercy of Microsoft and prevents you from attempting to get rid of their big-brother measures held within he casing.

So, there it is in a nutshell. Xbox wants you to pay them to put a spy camera in your living room, your kids room, your family room.... they want to scan your home and see how many warm bodies are there and charge you more per body if you have exceeded a limit they set.

If you aren't mad about this, you're not paying attention. How many of you are going to say no to the Xbox One, I know I am!