I agree. With Netflix, I can watch as much as I want, whenever I want without commercials ( I don't watch sports). Where cable is $40ish/month with a 2 year commitment AND commercials, I can't really complain about the $18/month I will pay for streaming and 1-at-a-time blu-rays.

I don't know how many games I've played 1.75 times because I reformatted and couldn't find/forgot about the dang savegame files.

Why is litmust test of biological knowledge (for college freshman) whether they know where plants get the majority of there mass? I'm not a biologist... but that doesn't seem to be the deepest or most fundamental principle of biology...

With HDTV adoption just now taking off, and your average console buyer (read: soccer mom) still in awe of the graphics capabilities of current consoles, and the fact that the aforementioned console buyers can't see the difference between 480i and 1080p... a new console would be a tough sell. If I remember correctly, both the xbox360 and ps3 were originally sold at a loss. Why would Microsoft or Sony want to start making new machines that were not obviously better and suddenly lost money in the middle of a global recession? Methinks my xbox 360 will be around for a while longer, that is, unless I get a 4th red ring of death.