Yeesh, if Circuit City hasn't stooped to a new low

<i>Ok, the big question is...why isn't the xbox360 backawards compatible out of the box....

Well, that's the same reason why Nintendo went to ATI and PowerPC, since Sony backed out of any deals since Nintendo backstabbed them after the SNES, and just before the N64 came out (which was why Sony did the PlayStation in the first place).