Microsoft. Its no secret I'm not a fan of the Xbox 360. However I was expecting some really big announcements from them to counter the PS3's gaining on their year lead and bring it within 5 million in the US. Microsoft's Master, Bill Gates, a long time ago showed that he could take someone elses idea and rip it off very well. Microsoft was bragging about titles that the PS3 will get. Big Deal! This isn't a reason to jump ship from Sony and join the Microsoft crowd and the exclusive titles were sequels. If I didn't buy Gears of War or Fable before why would a sequel influence me now. No the evening was pretty much a demonstration of how Microsoft hasn't lost its touch when it comes to skillful art of Cut, Paste and Copy. Avatars! wow that sounds like Home. Lips? don't you mean Singstar? Viva Pinata rips off Eye of Judgements card loading abilities. and getting a francise like FF 13? I hear rumor its not the full version that the PS3 is due to Blu Ray to DVD port won't allow it. But we will see if that's true later.

The answer is very simple. Fantasy. Let me explain. Do you remember the original show? what attracted you to the show. The idea of having that kind of power and doing all sorts of cool and good things with it. Running and Jumping at incredible speeds and heights. Its a daydreamers best love.

Now after 20 years you bring it back. With today's new special effects and more sophisticated audience its bound to be a hit. Its a no brainer. Girls especially will lap it up and Guys will get an action show with a very pretty girl. However you let the writer's (who after this screw up have some nerve to ask for more money) go crazy. They make the bionics less cool by adding flaws. That a highly trained soildier can outwit your bionics and beat you. They are prone to malfuctions and finally, you have about five years to live unless we can fix a flaw with the new bionics. Now why in the world would I want this? Why would I fantasize about less power and a chance to die in five years?

Gone is the OSI a ultra cool spy outfit fighting the good fight. Now we have the burka instititute, an organization that doesn't know exactly whom they are working for from time to time. The original had a very small cast. This was so not to steal from the star of the show. Now you have way too many people with too many agendas. Its a confusing mess.

Jamie is played by a british actress. Now if that's not a slap in the face. Tons of American girls would love this role and they went to english woman. And yes the accent is good but you can tell she's not america Adding a sister to the cast was a stupid idea. we don't have time to babysit or hear about her whiny problems.

I was expecting to see a show about Jamie Summers with a deep theme like the morale implications of Cloning, Sleeper agents and experimentations on human. State of the art special effects. Its a sci fi show. We should have seen fights with Killer robots, Genetically enhanced spys, Mutants and Psychics. Not just regular spys. any average person can beat those. I thought that after the success of Heroes. NBC would pit Jamie against secret organizations give her "24/alias" like adventures with huge killer conspiracies. Not show her having a heart to heart with her teenage sister. Or wondering why that cute CIA agent hasn't called. WTF! I will not be surprised if the rumors of this shows cancellation are true.

No one cared about the originalXbox's demise at microsoft. Many people bought that system to only have it discontinue after a tiny 5 years. Microsoft saw that as a gamble to get a new system out beforeSony and Nintendo. However we still have yet to see the original 30 million Xbox owners upgrade to the Xbox 360. Many were upset with the short life span of the system others were frighten off but stories of thering of death ( R.O.D.) Microsoft hopes that they can use their ties with the American press to smear the name of Playstation 3 and the Wii. They keep saying the Playstation is a failure. and that the Wii only has casual gamers. Where did this term come from? Where the Gamecube's owners casual gamers? No. This is just a term to make you feel that any success that the Wii has isn't to be considered real. That these aren't real gamers. They are posers. Why? And how do they know? When I owned a Supernintendo it was a success. no one called me a casual gamer. So believe me when I tell you that its all hype bought on by the American press. The same press that didn't go after Microsoft when the R.O.D started becoming more and more often. It was the Austrailian press that started doing in depth pieces on the failure of the Xbox 360. And still microsoft ignored the cries of its consumers. When the story started appearing on blogs, chat rooms, forums, internet news before finally the media press couldn't ignore it any longer did microsoft decide to offer this deal. Deal they call it. everyone knows that the Xbox 360 should have been recalled but that the type of thing that would have destroyed the Xbox 360. In an interview with G4's Attack of the Show. Then President Peter Moore refused to say exactly what the problem was. (Trust me its a problem that exist in every Xbox 360. Some will show it sooner than other but the flaw is there.) You would think that they would hit him with the hard questions. but they let it go!! They actually moved on!?! What type of hard hitting journalism is that? If this R.R.D. had hit Sony's Playstation 3. They would have gone for blood. I was so disappointed by their lack of response it seem to me that they were colaborating with him. Later I saw a piece on the Today show about the 3 gaming systems. They were quick to point out that Microsoft was the leader. However, when asked about the Ring of Death story they explained the new return policy. Al Roker asked about a recall. And the supposedly impartial reporter said "No! no recall!" When Al Roker asked what's wrong with it? He said "Well we aren't getting into that. But I can say that its being fixed" What was the reporter afraid of? Or was it his real adgenda to make sure that parents knew which system is the hot seller and not about the fault it had. I know many think this conspricy talk but I've seen recalls over much less and usually the press leads the charge. Deep pockets my friends real deep to keep the press off of this story. But not enough to reach Japan,England, Austraila, or New Zealand. Not enough to stop the blogs or the forum chats.

If the problem been fixed why can't we know what it was? Why hide it? Just seems strange to me is all. But hey that's big business.

I've been thinking about Sony gameplan. What possible reason could they have to keep the Playstation 2 going? Then it came to me. Now would be a terrible time to cancel the PS2. The Playstation 3 need to have more exclusives and more cutting edge titles.Titles like: Final Fantasy 13, Metal Gear Solid 4, Killzone 2, God of War 3, Gran Turismo 5, Little big planet, SOCOM: Confrontation,Time Crisis 4, Eye of Judgement and Playstation Home. Once these and other titles become availiable I see the PS2 ending production. I also see the Playstation 3 getting another price cut. With this many exclusives and 3rd party titles coming out at the same time as the Xbox 360 Playstation 3 should start selling at a much more robust rate. So hang in there and watch cause come 2008 things are going to heat up.