Interesting that you mention that on this case as well as my own.
I saw the threads one after the other.
It seems inaccurate. For the sake of others I'll copy my response from my worklog to the same comment:
Fair enough in your case, but I look at the box I have sitting under my TV. It's running WSE2012 and isn't a games box but I still have a wireless keyboard and a wireless mouse plugged into it. They take up both the front USB ports. For a games box, I'd need to plug in my wired or wireless gamepad, and so would whoever I'm playing. I don't want to go messing round the back of the box - and I particularly don't want my 11-yo nephew messing around there - and having a hub is just extra mess.