Microsoft Japan is already actually paying people to take the machines, with little success. "We hope more people will be able to enjoy Xbox 360," said marketing marketer Takashi Sensui, "and we can stop enjoying quite so many of them. We also have this fine pile of HD-DVD drives ... Wait! Come back!" http://notnews.today.com/?p=63

Analysts have all lost their relevance completly when they thaught the PSP would completly trounce the DS on brand alone...how do these people keep their jobs?

I think Nintendo have a better chance of getting core games on its wii than microsoft do for there xbox 360.