so since YOU can do things YOUR way, then it's fair to assume EVERYONE can do it that way too?  that's jsut not the case.  Hell, I have internet connection that's pretty good and I don't LIKE being online all the time.  it hogs the bandwidth if I'm,  say, downloading a game or something, imagine if someone had dialup and the game forced you to shut down all internet connections? 

What if you're like most people who have internet that is good but is prone to occasional outages?  nothing more frustrating than being in the middle of an epic killstreak and having the internet flicker.  what if you were saving your game, or in the midle of a quest and hadn't saved and your internet flickered?  what if you're at, say, a cottege or something and brought your console BECAUSE there was no internet?  

There are too many variables, and it's too much of a hassle just to combat piracy. Piracy isn't that big of a deal, console game sales are the highest they've ever been and the gaming community is constantly growing.  The idea of an 'always online' console is ridiculous.  I think Microsoft (or sony, or anyone who implements that kind of DRM) is pants-on-head retarded.  Not just that, but greedy and selfish.  it's disgusting. 

Same goes for used games.  I'd blow a gasket if the next gen came around and they decided it was best to destroy the used games market. I almost always buy new and never sell my games, but that would just  be a horrible, selfish, disgusting abuse of capitalism.  "yay, let's destroy an entire business (used game sales) becuase we need MOAR MONEY!"  it's bad enough the fuckers make used game buyers pay for online passes, but anything more than the 5-10 dollar license fee for playing a game online and...well, fuck that.  I honestly think I'd consider giving up gaming if it came to that.  I have over 130 games in my posession to play and beat, as well as dozens of games I'd happily return to.  realistically, I could not buy another game for 5 years and still have plenty to do.  

so what am i complaining?

I'm not sure if raw console sales are their main interest, it might very well be software sales/ gold accounts.

did you not read what I typed or something? the answer is right there. anywho not something worth dragging on about, just an observation

so what am i complaining?

It's goes back to the history of England /UK . An island nation physically separate from mainland Europe but also tied to it through proximity , shared bloodlines , history e.t.c , but a lot of that history made up of wars , rivalry in the way of Empires plus an us against the rest mindset . honed during those wars , also the fact that the UK only joined the European common market in the 1960's , which itself was seen in some quarters as a sell out of the commonwealth , and has politically never fully embrace Europe even now shows  the UK still has that mindset.

I was actually wishing the next box would go back to using cartridge based games... :(

learn to read, I already gave you the answer to that. anywho we are derailing this thread now. If you have any furthure Q's hit me up on my wall

so what am i complaining?

do you or anyone think MS or Sony will launch their console below 500$?

this is not 2005/06 any more... people buy 3 million "half PCs" in a day for 600$ a piece... and they will do it again the next year... why not pay 500 or 600$ for a console that will last at least 5 years (will do more, but 5 is for sure)... so these are the days that people will buy 500/600$ consoles and stop living in the early 2000's.