... or we could discuss how you got tricked by an obvious scam.

Finely, a reasonable criticism of Windows 8.

You sirDrama queen.

I see what you did there.
I don't see just why you did it, though.

Or, we might get knock-off models at half the price (and half the durability)?

I'm not a big gamer anymore, so I actually would like to try a knockoff next-gen console. Who cares if it breaks in 2 weeks if it cost me peanuts?

Oh yeah, then environment :|

You may be thinking of Sen. Mitch McConnell.
https://twitter.com/McConnellPress

Goodbye 1 problem. Hello 20.

I don't know about the streaming sites, but I know the blocking of torrent sites has had little effect or the more (or less) tech savvy people who use them. People get around not being able to browse for their torrents by subscribing to torrent RSS feeds (for TV), and by using things like Tor if they absolutely need to browse the Pirate Bay or other sites.

The trackers are not blocked, and therefore the torrents still work fine.

Kinda pointless.

... and quite a few other things, if you care to look outside of the US: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADA

That's a good point. I haven't been following consoles for a few years now but, you're right, it was kind of silly of me to assume people would wait to actually get their hands on the consoles before trolling!

... and the fanboy trolling for this generation begins.
This will be a long 5 or so years...

Are you referring to my ding-a-ling by any chance?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p490t_6Z9aY

I've only seen one Scroogled ad but it was pretty clearly nothing but a thinly veiled smear campaign/Outlook.com ad.

BUT, how can you say "they're handing nearly everything over too?" Even the summary states they hand over very little. Much less than I had anticipated.

Exactly. Thanks for mentioning this. I was going to post the exact same thing.

It's only a matter of tim.