5. Performance with Power
Yup, you too can talk to Jodie whilst playing around on Forza. She's a popular gal. Although there's been quite a lot of fuss made about the PS4's resolution for games being better than the Xbox One's, this is still a powerful machine. I'm not going to break them down step-by-step as it gets all tech-y and makes me want to cry as I don't fully understand any of it, but Microsoft promises that the Xbox One will run at peak performance at all times. Perhaps one of the most impressive things shown so far is the response time: it seems to be possible to jump from gaming to apps with only minimal delay, and it's also possible to directly run apps side-by-side with a game. This is achieved via the use of a large amount of memory cores and a combined Windows/Xbox operating system, giving gamers the time to actually browse around the console. During the current generation, navigating console menus proved itself to be almost painful at times, so I'll certainly jump at the chance to do things quicker. How about putting your Xbox One on a low-powered state, saying "Xbox One" and then jumping instantly back into your game without seeing the developers' names for the umpteenth time? Yes, please: that sounds very attractive indeed.