I did read the article. I am not saying I agree with the practice or I see no negative aspects to the practice. I'm just surprised at the recent uproar over this when Microsoft is by no means the first company to do this. Sure their agreement states you can't say anything negative about the X1 but how is that different from publishers sending free games for people to review? Do you not think those people realize negative comments will most likely persuade publishers to stop sending them free games?