I have had a few downloads that where reasonably fast the new Motorstorm demo came down really reasonable. And sometime the other downloads are just as fast as the 360. But more times than not it has been very slow on average all the firmwares have taken around 40 minutes for me. My connection is a 3MB DSL and I know there are faster connections but I suspect I am may be getting only around 50Kb/sec download when its acting up(guessing based on PC download times).
I really hope this model has the upgraded D Pad I mean if they have worked out the design like they announced at Leipzig as a limited addition there is no reason, well I guess other than factory retrofitting cost to not just just stop making the ones with the bad Dpad. I am betting they will just stealth these out but as soon as I get confirmation there are new Dpads I think I will buy one or 2(don't have 4 yet anyways).
At its root I do not think a review should not change for a final retail game. Now I do think its fair if say a review copy goes out that really isn't the final game aka an honest mistake then I say its cool to change a score but it must be completely explained why. I think the answer for DLC is review the DLC itself. I wouldn't even mind in the case of Alone in the Dark for 360 having a re-review at the time of patch as long as it is kept along side the original review and the new review men...
I don't know this can do good on either the PS3 or 360 if there is no 1st party support of the device. Now if successful this does make it easier to port successful Wii games for 360/PS3. But I don't see this being a revolution to pull casuals into the 360/PS3 away from the Wii. It seems to me Nintendo has built a product recognition in a small sexy shiny white box that appeals to a mass market much like the Ipod did, even if something comes out to 1 up it mind share will not come easy. But i...