This is one of those things that I tend to stray away from with consoles. Especially ones that are hooked to the net..

It's only a matter of time before Microsoft releases a mandatory patch (they already did it once) that thwarts this idea... I'm thinking they could move to the Sony PSP route and release mandatory firmware updates where a certain new game won't work until you upgrade.

It's a constant cat and mouse game. But, we'll see how it goes...