Microsoft's shorten long tail

(tags game, Microsoft, Xbox 360, criticism)

As a game archiving dilettante, I am annoyed that Microsoft is considering deleting the "cruft" from the XBLA. I can't be bother to find a (Joystiq?) forum post that highlights the many classic games that miss the Metacritic 65% or above cut, but Robotron 2084 was one of them. The mind boggles! I want to rant some more about it, but Kohler at GameLife summarizes my position neatly.

I have too many video games myself, but I really feel like can't part with them because there's no easy place around here where I can just rent them, unlike books and movies.