@rocketpig, some people were claiming that MS doesn't need to make money off the 360 for another 20 years, that the 360 was part of a larger vision of MS, to get in to our homes. I was just using the term media center because it is the combination of the features you talked about and Live Marketplace movies and such. My point is that MS isn't going to keep this up if they are losing so much money. They have been losing money since 2001. I am not saying that they won't be profitable by the end of this gen, but if they aren't it will be over for xbox as we know it.
The idea of Xbox as a media Extdender is a cool feature but it is nothing revolutionary in the household. You have to use MS products with it. No SD, no third party hard drives means you are limited.(179 for 120 gigs? Goto Newegg.com look at external harddrive and tell me that's anywhere near fair). My cable box and DVD player (has an SD slot $48 at walmart) do more than the 360 as a media extender, with out the cost (of course it doesn't play games, and that is the real reason people buy 360's).
Want toyou know you can put a video out to your tv with a $29 card and a $3 audio wire and get a bluetooth remote for like $40 or an IR one for $13 (if your PC is with l.o.s.) I watch movies, listen to music, view picture from my pc on my TV.
The 360 is a game machine. Yes it does other things, but nothing that can't be done anywhere else by stuff you probably already have in your house. It has a lineup of excellent games. It has a good chance of turning around in the next couple of years, but if it doesn't it won't have a successor.
I would cite regulation, but I know you will simply ignore it.
