I'll take your word for it. I too, have a stubborn jack ass friend that won't budge and I know how hard it is to deal with people like that, especially with a friend.
I was into it but it just got sooo boring. I hate how everyone is obsessed with it too. They keep changing everything for no good reason. ODST was awesome but had no playback value and was so damn short. Firefight was fun for about 10 minutes.
I know. I'm saving for it. I have $15 and my brothers paying me some money for being in his wedding at the end of the month. That should be around $50 and for reinsurance I'm selling Halo 3.