Poor XBox. It's not even worth teasing anymore.

Meanwhile, Wii, you keep on doing what you do so well and knock'em all out of the water! :D

Wii-esque avatars? Why does Microsoft feel it needs to completely own all gaming demographics? One console cannot be the 'be-all-end-all' in video gaming. You either try to dominate the hardcore market or the casual market, but not both. The tastes and attitudes between the two types of gaming personalities are just too different.

I want my Xbox to stay edgy and to keep delivering the hardcore games I love to play. I don't need some cutesy avatar dancing on my screen. I don't WANT to have avatar parties!! I want GoW2, RE5, Fallout 3, know what I mean? The Wii is great for my wife and daughter and I also have a blast with them once in a while, when I'm in the casual mood. Thats why I have both consoles: one for casual, one for hardcore. Two very different machines for two very different tastes in gaming.

Please, Microsoft, spare us the identity crisis and do what you do best. Keep delivering the best hardcore games available and the best online gaming, bar none.

I know Monkey will beg to differ and that's cool. :)

I totally agree with you Claudio. I couldn't care less about an avatar on my 360.

:D Thanks for the love Claudio but yes, I must grandly differ as to Microsoft delivering the best hardcore games. Yet I am being quite the hypocrit in saying so, as Microsoft supplies me with an OS for my PC.

That being said nothing I say should be held without any weight behind it as I have dropped out of the console wars and am sticking whole-heartedly to my PC.

I see the PS3 and 360 not as enemies but as equals, since neither of them can best it's creator, the mighty and all-powerful BEAST..

(Beast is the nickname I gave to my PC :P)

As a side note I am sad to see that there was no mention of the new Red Faction game coming out... Nothing beats being able to COMPLETELY destroy the building and obsticles that surround you, hehehe

Happy Gaming ladies and gents, looking forward to some heavy gaming in the close future.

(for game previews check out the G4 website)

One thing to say; I'm glad This update is coming, since we can now download 360 games on our hard drives now. I dont care about the avatars, but this utility will be decent.