Dude im on your side and all, but the 360 is in its third year now.... not its fifth.
None of the adds are intrusive, im sure that everyone here that owns a PS3 though is just complaining because they feel the 360 in its entirety is intrusive.
I work at one of the ones in Colorado! There does seem to be alot of them closing in our area, but it was because alot of the stores had overlapping customer bases. There are trying to get rid of the un profitable stores.
I work at Blockbuster and while it is true Blockbuster isnt going anywhere anytime soon I will say that us buying Circuit City seems to make little to no sense to me. Blockbuster is finally making its first substantial profit in a while, why would we waste it on a buisness that has nothing to do with what Blockbuster as a company does.
Uh last time I checked Microsoft was a company. That liked money.
They are not going to give away a perfectly good OS for free because some kid feels it is the "honorable" thing to do. Im sure in a few years you will understand a little about economics though.