So far, it is really starting to sound like all the things some of us worried about the most with the next Xbox have been confirmed to be true concerns.

My interest in getting the new Xbox is now completely gone, as used games and lending/borrowing play major roles in my justification of keeping up the video game habit. For PC games, there are ridiculously cheap Steam sales, and for the consoles there are second hand game purchases. Unless Microsoft decides to start doing something similar to Stream sales to cater to us budget gamers, then this console just doesn't sound like it will mesh at all with my gaming needs.