Uncharted 1 & 2, LBP, Pixel Junk and other PSN games, the PSP games I will be buying are in my games list.

Fuck yeah i love my Zune!! I will be getting a zune HD as soon as it comes out. I am so tird of ipods. And yes i have owned many including (iphone and ipod touch) i sold both as 16 GB is not enough and they arent all that great. But yeah my zune 120 rocks

Wow
Microsoft has been pretty brave lately

First, bashing the Playstation brand in Japan and now bashing Ipods

Big balls, Bad ideas

This is absolutely incorrect.  I have 2300 songs on my hard drive that agree with me.  But, yes if I did cancel my subscriptions, the music would no longer play, but you most certainly to not stream all the music.  I don't mind paying money for music though as I have been able to easily get introduced to a wide, wide variety of music for a not so bad price. 

Oh, and M$ is seperating the Zune Marketplace from the actual Zune player so that the software is decoupled from the hardware.  Meaning third party hardware mp3 players will be able to use the Zune Marketplace.  We could also see it on the 360 as well, allowing you to stream music, videos, and podcasts while you play.  This was a very big deal around CES this year as they announced they were seperating the Zune division into two sections, hardware and software.

And there is always room for someone to pick up scraps in a given area of the market.  Look at the PS3.

PS.  I find it very wierd that the Halo soundtracks are not available on the Zune Marketplace. WTF?!?!

I like owning my music and thus pay for it, if im worried about drm, i burn a cd (gets rid of itunes drm), keep some nice back up copies on hd and im fine.... I have always hated the idea of renting music ..... ive got a radio, 

Let's assume the Zune HD will be a success, not as big as the iPod, but quite successful with making some money. The combination of Xbox360 + Xbox Live + Zune HD + Zune Marketplace + Windows Mobile sounds hot to me. There would be a lot of oppertunities to connect those machines, software etc.

Remember "Live anywhere" that was something MS worked on back in the days. Think about video messages made with your Windows Mobile phone, sending this video message to the Xbox360 of your friend, download the latest gametrailers on your Zune, put it in your 360 and watch them on a big screen at home. The music you downloaded on your Zune is the new ring tone for your cell phone etc.

Sky would be the limit.

About time!

Ah... so you actually do have the files. They just sort of lock down I guess if you don't have a subscription anymore. Thanks for correcting me! I just assumed based on how the Ars article read with it saying you only get to keep 10 songs per month and what not. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused!

It's funny. Without piracy MP3 players wouldn't be half as popular as they are now.

and Sony complains about the PSP.

Itunes is crappy for the honest consumer though.  The few that there may be like me.

Meh, I don't care much for iPods/iTunes or Zunes.

I'm more interested in other brands that offer good features with a good price.