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Tomb Raider & Rise of the Tomb Raider are two Xbox games that should be in everyone's library. Both are fantastic single player games, with a great story. Bit heavy on the quick time events, though.

Star Wars Battlefront has some decent splitscreen gameplay, although it's pretty much lacking in any other content. Halo MCC also has splitscreen support, and all four Halo titles in the one box.

Halo 5 does NOT have splitscreen gameplay, and the storyline is pretty damn short, so be sure to keep that in mind if you're not interested in playing online.

EA Access is pretty nifty, as is an Xbox Live subscription, which gives you free games to keep each month - both Xbox One and backwards compatible Xbox 360 titles.

Last but not least, Destiny is very much worth looking into now with the Taken King expansion. Most of the story content can be completed solo, with the endgame strikes and raids requiring Xbox Live (which is worthwhile for the free games, in any case).

If you take advantage of the TV features, pick up the Xbox Media Remote and an IR blaster cable if you're not interested in getting the Kinect. This allows you to control your TV's volume, your set top box, and your audio receiver if you have one. The Kinect isn't really used on the Xbox much anymore, although it does allow for handy voice commands.

No you can use IR extensions like this I haven't used it myself but here's the Xbox support page about it. https://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/live-tv/use-external-ir-with-xbox-one

For all those having trouble with the kinect ir you can check this out. http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-one/live-tv/use-external-ir-with-xbox-one They are pretty cheap too, http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B002JS0CVI/

Buy one of these: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002JS0CVI/ref=cm_sw_r_other_awd_6-IFwbZZAGAZM

Then you can use the media remote or Xbox controller to control everything.

Could you get something like this (a hardwired IR cable) and block the Kinect's IR blaster?

I don't know if there's a way in Settings to turn off the Kinect blaster and only use the plug in the back, that's why you may need to get creative with blocking Kinect.

The Xbox can't change the channels without the Kinect unless you use an IR extension cable.
Then you can't use voice to change the channels but should be able to use the controller.
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