You're misrepresenting what people were actually upset about with the Xbox One's original plans leading up to launch. If they wanted to add that Kinect function

You're misrepresenting what people were actually upset about with the Xbox One's original plans leading up to launch. If they wanted to add that Kinect functionality, whatever, but they announced it in a state where the Kinect was REQUIRED and had to always be plugged in. And it wasn't just always-on motion-tracking sensors, but an always-on microphone. In addition to that, your Xbox had to do a call to home every 24 hours to make sure you were still allowed to play physical games you purchased. You couldn't buy or sell used games, or lend them to a friend. The DVR stuff wasn't a big issue for anyone, but it was emblematic of the fact that Microsoft didn't give a shit about gaming. Sony was already pulling ahead with exclusives people wanted by the end of the previous generation, and all Microsoft had to show for the next generation was a home entertainment system that had too much DRM and focused on their motion control gimmick at the point where everyone knew it was a fad that came and went in 2006 with the Wii. And on top of all this it was an extra $100 on top of the PS4's price. Saying gamers were mad because the system could be useful to their parents is incredibly disingenuous.