I've been reading this series of books for the last 17 years, so I'm nervous here...for sure!

Reductions in staffing levels doesn't ALWAYS mean pink slips...there's early retirement, and other incentive packages to see people out the door, without firing them. M$ is interested in reducing it's personnel cost...it doesn't mean sacking people....necessarily.

Zune Handheld?

Won't a price cut just eat up the reduction in production cost, and still have it sold at a loss...also, let's not forget that part of this cost reduction was the downsizing the features of the original ps3...so it's not quite all that it seems.

ROFLOL...Home is a disasterous trainwreck waiting to happen.

This is far too risky...maybe have a lower monthly fee to cover basic operating cost, and some micro transactions. It will help to reduce gold traders.

I just got the 3-year subscription re-order in the mail...lol...guess what...it's been ripped up. i when thru this with a MMO magazine a few years back...out of business and I'm out of my money.

Great Job sony!

As a fan of HALO 3, this is exciting as heck, and while we all love Master chief, it is VERY nice to be playing someone else. Maybe we can even customize the character for more personalize play. From a business perspective, it's a MASSIVE boon for M$. I'm not sure if this will go retail or stay DLC, but here's this…

Hmmm...I've been sitting on the fence on handheld for years, but an upgrade DS might do the trick for me.

360 smks th cmpttn...PS3 ws sppsd t cr cncr, bt tht slb f ht mss sn't gd fr nythng thr thn wtchng vrprcd brd mvs.

It's called NDA...this buffon violated that, so I'm not sure what rights some think he has.

For all those saying..."I don't understand M$..." I have to offer this point of view...Nintendo! They are making a killing off their 1st party games, and in fact. some would say it's the 1st party software that is primarily responsible for Wii's success. Microsoft Games Studios was a shell organization, basically…

Look at me, I'm a sony fanboy...."waah waah waah...I'm a crying little b1tch...waah waaah waah..."

Sony fanboys are going to start crying like little b!tches about this news...oh wait, they already are...lol.

It's all spin, according to PS3 fanboydom...lol.

ROFLOL...this has been the writing on the wall since Bungie bolted and Nintendo first party are partying up the sales chart. M$ realizes that 1st party software is the best way to ensure a massive launch of your console. The traditional model that they used for PCs isn't going to work, and M$ Game Studios has to be a…

I'm in the beta as a White Lion...it's kinda cool, but you're nothing more than a gloried hunter with a cat. Like with LOTRO, it's hard to say, ...this is better than WoW, or that is...since the frigging game seems like nothing more than WoW wrapped in another covering art. I basically started up the game, and needed…

Rumor: M$ is going to give 1 million to the first 100 buyers of xbox in Oct.

I love all these people saying WOW is a crappy product...yeah...errr...10 million people playing and it's crappy...ROFLOL. Just because you're an idiot doesn't make us all idiots either. I'm in the WAR beta, and I'll check it out, but ultimately, WOTLK is were my MMO time will be spent later this year.