Personally, my problem with DMK's stance is he seems to think all these things he doesn't care about will ruin gaming for him.
It's just not true.
1. Online gaming. I hate, but the vast majority of big online console games have great single player modes as well--Halo, Gears, and on down the line.
2. Hard Drives. Not much negative here, can be used for faster loading (metroid prime 3 would benefit greatly from this), add ons etc. The threat of rushed games and patches hasn't really panned out to be much of a problem in consoles. Microtransactions can be annoying, but for the most part most DLC has either been useless, or full expansions like the Oblivion stuff that's worth the price and is great because it extends the game.
3. High Def. Stupid to hate this. HD TV is the future, and the games still play in SD, so best of both worlds. I want my games to look as good as possible personally.
4. Acheivements. Don't care about them, so I just ignore them. Not a negative in any way, shape or form.
5. DLC. Again, microtransactions can be annoying, but most are useless. Full on expansions like the oblivion stuff is great as it extends the game--and the game was super

ing long to begin with so not like they were selling stuff that should have been in the game to begin with. Great for music games as well, as more songs can extend them forever...just need better prices than what Guitar Hero has had thus far.
That said, I do get that DMK is an ultra cheap ass, and a lot of his concerns are that the above are behind the $400-600 prices the 360 and PS3 launched at and $60 games. And that's somewhat fair. But he's such an uber cheap ass that he should just stay in his cave and buy consoles and games a generation behind and quit all the bitching.
Not many people online get under my skin, but he earned a place on the ignore list by posting that shit repeatedly. I just know he's "that guy" that's in every gamestop. You know the one. The weird, socially awkward, annoying as all

guy that always seems to be their annoying everyone spouting off non-sense about gaming everytime you go in.