The whole discussion about "free" is pretty silly. The real cost is our time.
The first bar to pass for any experience is "Is it worth my time?".
The second quesion is "If it is worth my time, am I willing to pay for it?".
If the the answer to the first question is "no, it is not worth my time" then the second question about the payment is irrelevant.
But worst, if you already spent hours under the promise of an exciting experience and you were let down then you have all the rights to complain about the waste of your time (which is not free) and about being misled by the promoters.
If you purchased the $400 product partly under the promise of the exiciting free experiences it will deliver and the product failed to deliver then you really have the right to feel cheated.
Prediction made on 11/1/2008:
Q4 2008: 27M xbox LTD, 20M PS3 LTD . 2009 sales: 11M xbox, 9M PS3
