[BreakABone]

1) I will agree with your friend's assertion that they did this to force people to re-buy Xboxes, I mean come on just a week or so before the biggest release of this generation.

With that said, I think they got what was coming to them. Piracy is a bitch, and its especially rough in this day and age where companies are going belly up left and right.

Now I was trying to reconcile while I have an issue with video game piracy, but not with like movies and music, and I guess the only thing I could come up with is that its the sole source of revenue for games. You can see a movie in theatres, you can pick up a DVD or Blu Ray copy, you can rent it via Blockbuster, and I do all of those, and tend to buy anything I truly enjoy. Games though are just that, if you don't buy it.. there's nothing else. Not a lot of them get merchandise tie-ins or sponsors and stuff.

Also, for anyone who doesn't care to play online... there are a TON of cheap Xboxes on craigslist.