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Originally Posted by BreakABone
Paying for online.
Basically being a Shooterbox.
No web browsing.
A random points system (why can't 800 MS points be 8 bucks?)
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I don't really see paying for online playability as a wrong. Xbox Live is polished. And it works. Online play is smooth and functional (at least from my experiences). You've got voice chat. They have a working web cam. And at this point, Xbox Live is far superior to anything Nintendo or Sony have brought to the table. I feel like if we weren't paying it wouldn't be as good.
If Sony or Nintendo ever present an online service that works as smoothly as Xbox Live, then Microsoft can start thinking about either reducing the pricing or making it altogether free.
And I feel like web browsing is just a bells/whistle function. Unnecessary but to cool to have. Its neat if you have a large TV too. But navigating with a controller is so much slower and time-consuming. Its just so much easier to hop on the computer. That's my opinion at least.
I agree with you on it being a 'Shooterbox'. The reason I sold my 360 is because I'm not a big FPS fan. I just never got into it. Of course now I wish I had kept it because of Rock Band.
I never utilized the points system so I can't say anything there.
Its unfortunate Microsoft implemented HD-DVD. No one knew who would win the format war at that point. But it plays DVDs regardless. And at this point, thats still the medium the majority of folks are using in their homes. So I don't think that would be a 'critical' issue until next generation. And at this point, its hard for me to even imagine Blu-Ray becoming mainstream next gen. But we'll see.