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Originally Posted by vailpass
Millions of people doing a thing does not make that thing wise. Far from it.
At any rate I don't allow my kids to play video games online. I admire M$ for making $ from the video game nerd for a service that the more popular boxes give for free.
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From Bill Gates and Microsoft's position, it is absolutely wise.
And for your second point, I'm not sure how anyone could consider the 360 the least popular of the boxes. PS3 is not even close. In America, which for this argument is all that matters, the 360 still holds nearly a 2-1 advantage in hardware sales and now that the initial sales due to the Blu Ray capability have slowed, that gap is widening. The Wii has outsold the 360 by a 12 and half percent margin, but that gap is actually shrinking. Doesn't really matter though, the Wii serves a completely different segment of the market than either the 360 or the PS3 anyway.
Don't color me a 360 fanboy either, all of the consoles have their strengths and weaknesses.
Edit: So I hadn't read the last 2 pages worth of arguing to see that most of these points had already been made, albeit in a much less elegant fashion.