Because the 360 isn't built to last like a SNES or a Genesis or a NES. In 10 years when the lenses cracked and the Hard Drives fail, there's no 5 minute $5 solution of replacing the pin connectors. There's soldering, electrical wiring and much more time put into fixing it. Your 360 games will then be gone forever.

I…

The fact it has to be activated at ALL is the problem. What happens to your games and your scenarios if there is no activation server available, or your friend doesn't have online? Or what happens to your own games, activated and ready to go, when they one day shut these servers off as they move into the following…

It's actually a photo from the Microsoft boardroom.

"BC may not be used by most people, but it's used by early adopters and the people whose opinions their peer groups adhere to"

AMEN. What good is a brand new console when I can't play the last wave of great games that I buy for my old one? Not everyone can shell out the amount to get in on a new console, but with the…

It's extremely short-sighted of GameStop to be defending the Xbox One. Yes, they have worked out a temporary deal where an activation code will be included with "used" purchases for Xbox One games, if bought from GameStop. Destroying your business model by agreeing to be the last one allowed to use that business model…

A fee really isn't the issue (but it would be annoying)...it's the fact these games can be "aged out" right along with the console whenever Microsoft feels like it or something happens to their servers. I have over 172 Xbox 360 games right now with many bought new, but a good deal bought used from different places…

"I would say, hang on to your 360."—Albert Penello

"I would say hold onto your 360"

If you read the source, it's responding to a question about backwards compatability. Actually, it's responding to the question "Should people hold on to their 360s" if they want to play 360 games. The questioner was referring to how Sony is streaming older generation games using Gakai, and was asking if Microsoft had…

I do plan on keeping my 360. Much like I kept my PS2 and skipped the PS3 until it was 4 years old, I will keep my 360 and get a PS4, skipping the XB1 until it is likely of a similar age.

"I would say, hang on to your 360."

Imagine these scenarios:

"I would say, hang on to your 360."

I found this really interesting. This is the same template for indignation that you see in a lot of Jezebel articles, but instead of being seen through the eyes of feminism, it's from the serious gamer's perspective. Now my genuine question here is (not trolling or being snarky), as a self-proclaimed nerd but a newbie…

it's leviosa, not leviosaw!

"Constrained"

Why don't you form your own award winning studio and show them?

just smile & wave boys. Smile & wave.

We all figured that. I, on the other hand, am incredibly handsome.