I agree with what you are saying about the internet and this "gen of gamer", but I disagree with your view on MS. MS screwed up their release, and no matter how much the net shouts, that is not what would make MS change their policy. MS changed their policy because they were loosing the pre order battle because they screwed up. A company just doesn't go and restructure itself because they are afraid of the internet backlash. Look at the problems they are having, Surface was dead on release, Zune failed and caused much of the reasons why people do not trust MS on DRM, as the DRM for Zune was the cause of many DRM issues within MS's own ecosystem. Windows phone came out too late, and Win 8 is too much of a mobile interface to please Desktop users. MS has dug the hole they are in right now, and they don't seem to learn from their mistakes. They should have known that a always on 24 hr check in was not good for the system after Adam Orth opened his big mouth, and that was before the announcement fail they had. They limited their market by making that 24hr restriction, to only the people who have a fully reliable, dedicated connection to the internet, which many in the US do not have yet, not to mention that number is even less outside the US. Even living in NYC I constantly have connection problems that sometimes last weeks. Construction crews accidentally knock down lines, trees fall all the time, last time I lost internet for a week it was because a drunk driver crashed into a pole. Now look at the number of countries that will be left out of the X1 launch or will have decreased functions at launch because they are not in the US. It shows to me that MS has had their head in the sand for far too long and only now are realizing the trouble they are in, after seeing dismal world wide pre order sales. Here in the states they will probably be fine, but world wide is where they are in trouble. This has nothing to do with internet outcry and everything to do with mistakes made within MS and MS misjudging the market.