muscrat

@ no.20

Very insightful comments, and easily the most true posted......

I much prefer Sony's buisness model for hard dries - giving the user the option to buy any 3rd party hardrive - of whatever size they desire.

Microsoft however will probably pressure its userbase into buying the 120 - larger sized downloadable content ect...

And Microsoft - out of the 3 big console companies - this gen, certainly milks its userbase the worst.
I mean look at the huge amount of 1st party battery packs for your wireless controler, and pathtic microtransactions - and PC gamers (like me) get the content for free (COD2 maps ect.) while 360 only gamers have to pay....

As much as I like my 360 there are many things wrong, and Msoft keep balancing all the bad decisions, with purty updates, and content...

Oh and the idea of PAYING for an XBL subscription is a joke. Msoft would be laughing all the way to the bank, with the knowlege that they have forced their users to pay for the privilage to play online, even though they give NOTHING back to the users in return. I cant wait to see how hostile PC gamers will be to Live on PC - I mean we already have X fire and Comrade......
And only STEAM is a trustworthy microtransaction netowork....

Oh and that $100 laptop drive, already gives the company profit from its price...
The extra $80 means that MS is effectivley charging $80 EXTRA for the plastic finish (which would cost JACK, and reaping an EVEN LARGER wad of cash...