Nice summary.

@ NJ5

I understand that, and have stated that mandatory installs suck.

What I'm talking about is the people who said "Installs are only for PCs", etc. who are now all of a sudden on the "installs, FTW" bandwagon. People who didn't even want installs whether or not they were optional are now okeydokey with installs.

Hypocritical, no?

@DMeisterJ: If someone actually said it that way, maybe you have a case...

However, the PC case is yet another one of mandatory installs, which would make most mentions of PC installs go right back to what I said. I don't remember anyone saying they were against optional installs (which tells me there were few or none against those).

There were.

I could sift through thousands of threads or posts, but I don't have the time for that. 

But most assuredly, that was the case.  No lie.

I guess for every person you found who was against optional installs, I could point you at 10 (probably more) who were just against mandatory ones... Hardly anything worth making a big deal about, probably just a few extreme people.

Yeah.

Of course there's different sides to every spectrum.  And my experience could have easily been in the minority.  I have nothing against this.  It's a good idea to those who want it, but not a game-breaker, or any reason why any multiple console owner would own a game on either system.

DJ's shtick is getting rather old.

...and yet it keeps getting posted, over and over again...

edit: optional installs = good. Mandatory installs = fail

installs that have clear benefits = good, installs that make an experience similar to one w/o installs(PS3 vs. 360 up until now) = fail

What "schtick"?  Truth?

Well, if you want to hate on me for spreading the truth, then so be it.

The truth that was known since the day the 360 launched. Just how desperate are you to keep it repeating for the past 2 1/2 years over and over?