What kills the warm and fuzzies I have about the 360 (a game like Assassin's Creed 2 is just...gorgeous. To see it running so incredibly on 5 year old hardware

What kills the warm and fuzzies I have about the 360 (a game like Assassin's Creed 2 is just...gorgeous. To see it running so incredibly on 5 year old hardware is a marvel) is Xbox Live. The operations of that service take an enjoyable platform and put a greasy, scamy salesman in front of it.