LOL.
IS anyone surprised by this news? Microsoft's been screwing gamers over with overpriced but needed extras for a very long time now, and now they are locking things down further...
I stopped playing my Xbox about 6 months ago, when the good exclusives dried up and I cancelled by Xbox Live(that was not easy, Microsoft made it VERY hard to cancel). The Xbox has been gathering dust since then (I would sell it, but nobody wants to buy a RROD-prone XBox these days, it's practically worthless).
I have since seen the bright side, my PS3 takes any type of harddrive (mines got a Western Digital 500GB in it, the handbook even describes how to change it and mentions it does not affect your warranty), it also accepts ANY USB key for game saves/backups, and even USB HDD too...
Paris, as even she is not stupid enough to fall for Microsoft's dodgy money grabbing tactics and lockins.