Steam is an amazing product. As one person said before i can download my games anywhere. I can even give a friend my login and they can play my games as long as i'm not playing them. (I'm sure the violates ToS but whatever). I even preordered a product(AION) and played the beta and it was having miserable lag. I emailed and said i was disappointed with the game and would be interested in a refund if the problems weren't fixed by the end of beta. They said they would gladly refund my purchase if the problems weren't fixed. They fixed the problems and there was no problem. Well at least not until i hit level 24ish and the game turned into a grind and i cancelled, but i digress. They are a corporation maximizing profits. Monopoly is inevitable in capitalism without government intervention. If you don't like this you really don't like capitalism. Which is fine. But there's no point in nitpicking a system over one thing when you dislike the entirety of the system.

Key word "Retail" value. What you value as high MSRP is probably a few hundred tops on ebay combined. I don't fault our officers for not spending time looking for them if there are more pressing issues. Exaggerating stories by overstating value may fool maroons, i doubt it fools many at slashdot

He *LEFT* it on a plane. When i was a kid my mom said finders keepers after 2 weeks if noone comes to you for an item. Honestly only now that i'm successful and older would i return an item. If i was 19 and in college and found a laptop/kindle/etc i'd just keep it.

Professional poker players also share similar qualities. They only complain to peers they respect because they know people beneath them will just give poor analysis. They also prefer logic over politeness.

Gangsta party...

It's easy to balance a few diff classes. I would way rather have 4 characters classes that were near perfectly balanced than 10 classes that were a mess. This is the problem of WoW and other MMOs. They keep trying to add more and more classes when they haven't balanced what they have. But what does your average fan want?? They scream for more! Give us new! I'd way rather WoW, Aion, etc fix what they have in an expansion and with their manpower than create the placebo of new classes. It can be done but since there is no money in it and bad/newer/casual players are using capitalism to vote for NEW things instead of a balanced games these companies are just going where the economic vote is and giving what they want. In short if you were going to play in an Adult rec sports league would you rather have a league of 4-6 teams where you were all equal or would you rather have 10-12 teams where 4-6 teams were equal and 2-3 teams you absolute crushed and 2-3 absolute crushed you? I don't know about you but i'd take the smaller league with a ton of parity any day and twice on any given sunday.

bigger problems in life than getting caught or what people think of you. First of all gamerscore is just a con job by the video game companies to give the illusion of more content without creating content. I mean if you are really worried about your gamescore i'm sure you could use a bit of sun, and maybe a few more friends. It's an imaginary score that has absolutely no meaning!

This is true but you can get a used PS2 or PS1 for 10$-20. You can get a used xbox for around $10-20. The price of games are trivial. I mean why complain about a system that has graphics you can't even seen? Better to get an older system that is designed and infinitely cheaper.

But when its $300-$400 for a console or $500 for a TV twice as good how is it even a contest?

Seems backwards. It's like having an expensive stereo in a cheap car.

HD channels are like $5 extra a month here. Not sure about UK

a 500$ TV. You can get a 42" LCD 1080p for 499 at Costco last i checked. I mean why would you have a PS3 and NOT have a 1080p TV? Seems pretty silly. Sell the PS3 and buy a TV and then buy a PS3 again when you can afford it. It's well worth it for watching all the sports in beautiful HD.