Get over it. Games want to sell more copies, so they will be more and more accessible. I know you don't like that but you won't change a damn thing.

"watch netflix"

"this could have happened to 360 as well"

Owen is being disingenuous at best.

And why haven't hackers taken the personal information from Xbox Live? They haven't gotten around to it yet?

You seem to forget your personal information plastered on a hacker org's server...

It's clear you are going to see it the way you want to see it. Yes, 360's were unusable while they were being repaired...

Did everyone just forget how the Internet works? This is a popularity contest like every other better-than-something poll. The fanboys are going to vote their side and the only winner is Kotaku's pageview count.

And people ask why we pay for XBL...

Somehow, it's much more reassuring when during a catstrophic outage like this we DON'T get a sales pitch about "(playing) games online, (chatting) with your friends and (enjoying) all of the services PlayStation Network and Qriocity services have to offer". I expect bowed heads and drawing circles in the sand with…

I'm always on the lookout for games I can be creative with. In linear games, most of the decisions are made for you. If a game has random elements and dynamically generated scenarios, I'm more likely to check it out and ultimately play it... several times. If it's just another bump-on-the-log slog through someone…

When I considered how Sony should leverage PSN+ to make-good with us, I thought we should see a YEAR of PSN+ content....

I have my suspicions that mexicantaco illustrates the point of this article beautifully.

Respectfully, returning the money is way too difficult. And more over, he said initially that he would donate excess funds.

Big Deal. Chuck has covered OARS, ya know.

That's ok. You don't have to get it.

Better idea for gameplay: have randomly drawn wall lengths for each turn so the speed is varied and there is some manner of strategy involved. Incompatible with ramps though.

Don't show the Japanese! They'll just play JRPG's on it.

Obscure untranslated manga reference for the... loss.

The problem is that Microsoft understands their target market entirely too well, and you are no longer in their target market.