I'm wondering, if Microsoft thinks downloading media content is the future:

Why were they trying to sell an HD-DVD player add on to Xbox 360 owners?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360hddvdplayer/

Hmm did Microsoft just realise that downloading was the wave of the future a few days ago or...?

And why do they only allow X-Box 360 owners to use an X-Box brand Hard drive on the X-Box 360?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360harddrive120GB/default.htm

If the 360 owner bought an Xbox 360 Arcade for a low low price of $200, they may miss out on some of the fun:

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/hardware/x/xbox360harddrive/harddriveornot.htm

I was just wondering....

Some theorists say that M$ was hoping to prolong the format war long enough for both formats to fail. This would have made the road to digital distribution much easier.

Accessories bring in a large amount of money. With the price of the arcade being so low, maybe M$ is hoping that some people will realize afterward that they need a hard drive.

because people should be allowed to choose what they want, rather than have someone try to force it on them.

The format war is over, HD DVD is dead. If you can find one for $49.99, it isn't a bad deal. It comes with:

Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote ($19.99)
King Kong HD DVD ($19.99)

You can also use it for a second region DVD Player. Just make sure that the first DVD that you put in there is from the region that you want it to lock to. This will also take the wear off of watching movies from your 360s drive.

Concerning your last two comments, didn't we talk about this in your other thread, where you were interested in buying one of those $200 360s, but ended up bashing it anyways.

Just had to come up with another reason to make another 360 bashing thread? ^_^

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=36585