I'm really surprised that Microsoft didn't surprise. "Elite" creates expectations, and when hearing the rumours I thought that they would adress the real shortcomings of the 360 (in comparison to the PS3); WIFI and HD disc drive built in. Let's face it, the stand alone HD-DVD-drive is far from a slick solution and buying "the Elite" and then still having to shell out for the gaspingly expensive WIFI addon just makes the Elite-sticker ring slightly untrue.
Microsoft has the momentum right now and a bigger and more attractive games catalogue, and I really thought that they would introduce a system version that erased the differences between the 360 and the PS3. It could have tilted the HD-DVD vs. Blu-Ray tug-of-war back towards the former, thereby attacking Sony on both ends.
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