The God's are in synergistic command! EA and Apple Ipod. Yikes!

As an actor in SoCal, I know the types of submissions the film industry will claim, to get their piece of the pie. California has a allotment set aside, that is 10 times that amount, to be used strictly for films, and this year's budget only has $400K left. The film industry employs many hundreds of people on a film, both directly and indirectly, in many facets of business (who provide both services and products). Their lobbying for a large sum of that money is inevitable (and good for the economy). I say "Good luck!" to the already established (and bankable) software companies, who already have their established personnel (and don't seek the many businesses that a film production does) in getting the funds they seek in this "Tax Break". If, on the other hand, there was a similar benefit solely for the game studios, that would be something to rejoice about.

I bought my Xbox 360 on the first day of release. Yeah, I did get a RROD about 18 months ago, but just once and the turn-around was only 10 days for me, here in San Diego (I played my Xbox and PS2 while it was missing). Since it was bought with that huge 20-gig (snicker) hard drive, I've been attempting to reserve space for only the best DLC. I would love for the Elite to drop in price. I have a 72" 1080P HDTV, so the addition of an HDMI port would also be a worthy upgrade for me. I'm currently wondering if even the 120-gig Hard drive is actually big enough. i have a 120-gig Ipod, and it's already full of music (no videos or extra games, just 30,486 songs).

I like the point that StealthBadger makes about the dual price drop not affecting the competition that much. I agree, too.;An Elite vs. PS3 with equal price drops would not sway the buyer's mind. Usually, at this price point, buyers come into a store with preset desires about what console they want to spend money on.

I do love my current 360, but wouldn't mind a discount on an upgrade.

Mark 4RE...........................

I bought my Xbox 360 on the first day of release. Yeah, I did get a RROD about 18 months ago, but just once and the turn-around was only 10 days for me, here in San Diego (I played my Xbox and PS2 while it was missing). Since it was bought with that huge 20-gig (snicker) hard drive, I've been attempting to reserve space for only the best DLC. I would love for the Elite to drop in price. I have a 72" 1080P HDTV, so the addition of an HDMI port would also be a worthy upgrade for me. I'm currently wondering if even the 120-gig Hard drive is actually big enough. i have a 120-gig Ipod, and it's already full of music (no videos or extra games, just 30,486 songs).

I like the point that StealthBadger makes about the dual price drop not affecting the competition that much. I agree, too.;An Elite vs. PS3 with equal price drops would not sway the buyer's mind. Usually, at this price point, buyers come into a store with preset desires about what console they want to spend money on.

I do love my current 360, but wouldn't mind a discount on an upgrade.

Mark 4RE...........................

I'm sure the Natal, unlike many other add-ons for many of the consoles in my past, Wii be very successful, and will be supplied by a rich assortment of 3rd party games. "They're not reinventing the wheel(there is no wheel)". So if this is a joke, not even Sony is laughing. Corp.'s like EA and Ubisoft, as well as gaming business celebs are also excited about this. I can hardly waait for them to work the bugs out of the software and increase the response time to gaming speed.

(And then send Obama a free sample and see what he says about gaming vs. exercise)

Mark 4RE . . .