The ability to play MP3 doesn't appreciably take away from the resources available to the platform holder to render better visuals - its software. Adding HDMI in, motion controls and the NFL channle does have an impact on the overall budget and therefore force compromises in overall design that gamers will notice and appreciate. Not seeing any hypocrisy with gamers noting that and being bothered by it.
If anything they are being consistent, they don't want things hidden behind paywalls that the device is perfectly capable of doing but are restricted from doing so Sony and MS can charge us additional fees to use features that should be standard out of the box.....
I was certainly on all forum going berserk about the DRM crap. Because I think it was rational to do so, the impact was on the entire industry for the forseeable future, it was worth the effort. However the presence of MP3 playback at launch is not at that level, it's a small detail that is easily corrected later. Nothing like a make-or-break situation. Hence my comment. I was talking about your last posts here that are all ignoring or refusing what yosp is saying, and ignoring past situations that were followed by similar communications from Sony. They all ended up fine.
