Might end up costing more than the Xbox, what with the 2-year commitment, but then again, maybe game consoles (especially those that predicate online subscriptions and such) ought to be "free" like that, too. I've got to say, though, and before the onslaught of my anti-MS vitriol, that it's a far more impressive piece of technology. Smaller things usually are, but why is that? The 360 looks and feels like a PC made for kids, that $100 laptop or whatever …there it is.