I think it is. I accept your point on the uphill battle, with types like us they have much to do. I have friends who are fairly typical gamers, a few read articles on the web etc, some don't. For all of them, they are 100% going for the Xbox. I am partially to blame as I lead them to the Xbox 360, all were PSnuts before I harped on about the 360, and my original Xbox. Only last week, a gaggle of 4 of them berated me heavily at a family BBQ. A quick mention of some of the issues of the last month or two and they had very little idea of the actual facts. A couple came out with some real nonsense. My point is that I am the only one that spends time investigating the recent issues, all the rest have only a very basic idea of there being an issue, and the majority thinks that MS has fixed it (although they have no idea what the "fix" is or even what was "fixed"). All of them have pre-ordered the Xbox.