Theres another rumor going around with the XBOX720 being unable to play used/second hand games (including borrowing off mates), I have about 25 ps3 games and only 4 of them were bought new by me, new or second hand its all the same to me the bluray discs are very tough, disabling second hand games would be a big turn off for allot of people who complete games quickly and trade them in etc. I think releasing first is a smart move, sony did it and won with ps2, microsoft won with the 360, they may get a very big foothold if they launch very early and its proven to be a big step up in specs.