And this is exactly why all the other online distributors link the purchase to the account of the buyer and not the hardware.

@xsonicchaos People like me????

@xsonicchaos Hey, if you can make a market for the sale of bottled air, then more power to you.

@shingui5 Since when did corporations have to start providing services for free? Microsoft can charge whatever they want, and the consumers will then decide if they should or shouldn't pay for it.

People complain about paying $60 annually for Xbox Live where you can find hundreds of hours of entertainment, but they don't seem to mind paying near a hundred a month for their smartphone's dataplan. Seriously, if you can't handle an average of $5 a month for online gaming, then don't pay for it.

How about F-Zero??? Come on now, its been almost ten years since GX came out.

Innovation and Oversight: The story of today's Nintendo consoles. For every good thing they do, they drop the ball for something else (sigh). I wonder how long it will take Nintendo to fix the sluggish OS.

Still waiting for that jumbo iPod touch announcement...

I want a 3d Mario, SSB, Starfox, and F-Zero more than anything. Maybe someday...