LOLTT: Xbox One won't support external storage at launch

Seriously Microsoft, what are you trying to do? Are you trying to sell the PlayStation 4, or are you trying to sell your own console? Because this latest news isn't helping you.

Microsoft spokesperson Larry "Major Nelson" Hryb has said that the Xbox One, at launch, will not support external storage. He was responding to a PAX Prime attendees question, where he explained that Microsoft plans to allow Xbox One users to use external HDDs if they need more space, but this feature will not be working at launch.

He said: "The Xbox One will ship with the 500 GB hard drive, all of them have that. The future plan is for definitely to support external storage much like we do on the Xbox 360. My understanding is that feature will not be there at launch, because the team is working on some other things, but it definitely is on the list. I don't know when it will come in though."

I have no idea what Microsoft is thinking here... they are a software company, with traits of Windows 8 in the Xbox One. Windows 8 is a full blown desktop OS that supports countless styles of HDDs, RAID arrays, SSDs, and more. Why won't the Xbox One be capable of using external storage on day one is beyond me. Microsoft's next-gen console doesn't seem so next-gen now, does it?