not that it is that necessary given that the bottom line is I'll have to wait, but at home, my dad doesn't allow us to have xbl even if we pay for it, which isn't really so bad because we live in a dead zone connection wise. At uni, I won't have an xbox because my brother takes it during the semester, and having xbl would be too much of a distraction to me anyway, plus the connection at my uni isn't stable enough for online play anyway