So, Scott Miller thinks Valve is not a good route to follow, with quotes like "I’m not a big fan of using Steam, because I’m not a fan of a strong competitor of ours having access to our download stats and revenue totals." or "if Valve doesn’t do well for a game or two, Steam will get cut before their internal game development". Then, the same day, Prey gets released on Steam. At full price, when the boxed game is already selling 50% off in stores.

Microsoft releases a new 360 update with "Improved support for HD video output over VGA, including 1080p resolution", but many gamers all over the place report that after the update, their VGA screens no longer work. Some reports also talk about the console failing to work again after the patch, something which already happened with the previous patch.

Speaking of Microsoft, two days ago they also announced that "the credit card associated with your [XBox Live] account is required to match the billing address and country your account is set up in." Two small details: 360 owners are known to move to other countries, but there is currently no way to change the country you selected when you created the account. Or you might live in countries not listed in XBox Live account’s country list (Iceland, Israel, Colombia…), and therefore have to select some other random country instead. I’d like to believe this change is limited to buying video content, but apparently it affects any operations on your account’s credit card, including Gold subscriptions and buying games in the Marketplace.

Some days I feel like I don’t understand things anymore.