[Igottago]

I think people are overreacting a little bit. This is the natural place for television/media to go, its a matter of who gets there first and establishes a winning template. Microsoft is taking a shot at it, we'll see how their partnerships with television providers ends up working out. Some of the technology seems pretty cool, the ability to watch hockey and pull up various types of interactive information from the web would be great. I pretty much do that now by having my ipad on the couch and arguing on CP, the natural next step is to have some integration between web features and a broadcast.

Gamers are freaking out because that's what they do, but at the end of the day the games aren't the only part of the equation anymore, there's much more to the business of entertainment, and these companies want a piece of it all. If they can provide me a truly useful all in one tool for my entertainment I'm okay with it. We'll have to see how it plays out though, its a risk for sure, but kind of exciting to see a new direction for "game" consoles.

As for the controls on content, somewhat disappointing but not suprising. We've seen similar things with music and movies, and I'm sure Sony and game developers/publishers alike are all on board with tighter controls on how we can use the media we buy. If its truly as big an issue as people say it is they need to vote with their wallets, and maybe they'll figure it out like Apple did by removing DRM from itunes purchases.