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Sounds like you may have missed the news http://www.giantbomb.com/profile/snide/blog/

On topic, Drew is awesome but I think he'd get overpowered as a regular on the bombcast but I'll take as much Drew as I can get.

I don't think Sony have painted themselves into a corner, if you listen to Patricks Interview it seems pretty clear Sony are going to lead the way on second hand but if Third parties try to block it Sony won't stop them.

I think the big mistake is with Microsoft trying to jump the gun on all digital distribution (which is all their account based system is) rather than letting it happen naturally. Before the new generation ends I'd expect discs to look antiquated and at that point allowing used games will do too. Remember Sony are pushing for day 1 digital and you can't sell or lend those.

@darji: That link doesn't show anything new, the list is of Xbox on Xbox live supported countries, which is not the same as saying you are only allowed to use it there.

The paragraph about authorised resale/activation just means it's region locked, which we already knew.

I really wish people would stop digging around for half a reason to blow something out of proportion and mark MS as Satan. They're doing a good enough job of that themselves.

I'm guessing this is what it refers to: http://www.giantbomb.com/forums/general-discussion-30/some-notes-on-today-s-security-issues-1436325/#0

The original Xbox same as we always did

Late to the party but difficulty can be useful to level up, if you find an easier mission throw a full crew of newbies in and see what comes out the other side.

@flacracker: Where did you get the 86x?

If it's from the spec sheet which labelled the CPU as x86 then that is incorrect, the x86 refers to the architecture. X86 is used in PCs and modern Macs as opposed to Power pc in the XBOX 360 and older macs and Arm used in a lot of mobile devices.

Mouse and keyboard is for FPS and strategy games.

Platformers, driving games and in general third person games I find better with gamepad.

How have I read 3 pages without seeing someone mention Big Bo?