A lot of you might have seen now, through Gamespot news, the new Xbox 360 Elite that has been released. I'd like to take up just a small amount of this blog to describe why, in my eyes, this is out of line, and totally outrageous.

 1. I payed £270 for the Premium Xbox 360 pack the day it came out. That's loyalty and trust in a company who hadn't let me down before. I thought I'd be getting the best from the 360 with the money I spent, and when I spent it. Apparently not. Not that it bothers me, but no HDMI port, and (this does bother me) my console is cream white, not an awesome jet black.

2. With my Premium 360 pack came a 20Gb Hard Drive. I got it for a reduced price bundled, rather than bying it seperately (since I shelled out more for the premium pack). This memory has rapidly been wiped by music and demos and themes and trailers etc. and a 120Gb hard drive is perfect...Only now to get one, I have to spend more than people who have backed off buying the 360 for ages, and are now going to buy the "Elite".

Basically, I have to spend way more money to get my 120Gb HD, and WAY more money overall to get a black 360...Microsoft, you've really stabbed us all in the back. In some petty attempt to out-muscle the PS3, you've double-crossed loyal customers. Shame on you.