Well I would like to congratulate Epic for this move. Design software in the 3D environment has outstripped inflation by hundreds if not thousands of percent over the past few years, and I truly hope this move sends a message to other 3D content software developers.

am I alone in thinking this is the worse case of wheel re-invention in the history of the modern age? You own an xbox 360, which sits on top of a sky box. The sky box can find then go onto record any program up to 1 week in advance, or an entire series, literally in under 10 seconds. Nothing online even comes close to matching it's incredible ability to get right to where you want to be, right when you want to. It has anything up to 360gig of storage space too. And MS thinks we would rather funnel it all through the noisy and under powered (on the storage front) xbox instead? Why? More to the point, who are the lemmings overwhelming the service? And do they know the compressed download into said xbox will never match the skybox for quality of picture?

"For anyone that can actually drive, these racing sims (Forza/GT) are fuck all like real driving, they don't even come close. Anyone who says otherwise clearly doesn't/can't drive a car."

Eh? 'don't even come close'. I have been driving for 25 years, everything from a mini to a 911 turbo. The games still dont relay the shaking you get from mid engine cars at high speed, but 'not even close'? Sorry bud, but this is pretty good in my book. I can see my car in this game, it sounds like my car, it banks on the corners like my car. It loses its steering grip at the same speed as my car. I say it does come close.

good post, they can argue with testicles, but hard facts will need some explaining. I am not a Sony fan, can't stand them, but what is it with Halo reviews? I have yet to meet a gamer who rates any Halo game above 8.5.

I view this as a reluctant admission from MS that their original vision of the HD as the xbox cash cow, is well and truly off the rails. The 360 has zero chance of capturing the digital entertainment market with a HD pricing policy that has 1gig coming with a £1 price tag. Look out for a painful meeting at MS towers over the coming 12 months, when pride is swallowed and the decision is made to release HD storage for the 360 at street price.