It will likely be locked to just one console and one PSN login, and you will have to be logged into PSN to play it. If your internet connection goes out, you can't play Burnout. And you can't trade it in.

EA used to put the names of their game designers on the front of their boxes all the time! Look at any of the boxes from the 80s! They made their packaging look like an album cover just for that reason. These guys were artists.

I have a bunch of those game "albums".

@Suda51: "Most of the stuff isn't even innovation, and in Halo your not "editing the map" your just sticking stuff in it. (As opposed to like a CS:S map where you can open hammer and EDIT it as in change the mountains buildings blabalba.)"

I had no idea that so many people lack the ability to click on a link and read the article.

Innovations in Halo 3:

I absolutely love The Middleman. I've been watching it from the start, and every episode is better than the last one.

@MistaJeff: Gears is the type of game that I played almost exclusively for 9 months, and still pop it in about once a week.

Yikes. 7 maps is a really bad limitation, even for a $40 game. In fact, I'd go as far as to say that a $40 multiplayer only game with only 7 maps is a rip off.

Naughty Dog also said this about percentages (straight from their web site):

That graphic has been like that for ages.

@fuzzymuffins: "as if someone who has a ps3 or wii will actually want to buy an xbox because RB2 comes out a month early."

berribrand: The Wii and PS2 don't have hard drives. And I suppose you could download a few songs to the 256MB flash card included with the Arcade. :) That would give them a taste and have them running out to buy a hard drive within a month. ;)

@enewtabie: No doubt.

Very interesting given the fact that the XBox price cut is happening on 9/7/08.

@PepsiPerfect: "So he prefers developing on the 360 because it's easier to show tech demos off at shows? Awesome."

PS3 hard drive file systems are encrypted. PS3 hard drives can NOT be swapped to other PS3s! The 2nd PS3 will not read the existing data on the hard drive from the 1st PS3.

@CrimsonAngel: "IT would be cool if you could use gaming points to buy some things for your avatar. "

Because a guy that hasn't worked with XBox Live would know best.

@Scott3D: The cymbals are optional, and I don't think they will be included with the base drum set. They will be in their own package.