Microsoft Bans Xbox 360 ‘Pirates’
There are always dangers in modifying a console, not least of which is nuking your warranty, but now Microsoft has stepped up its campaign against modding by banning ‘a small percentage’ of Xbox 360 owners from its online service, Xbox LIVE. Didn’t it do this last year too? Microsoft has banned gamers that have modded their consoles to allow them to play pirated games - naughty, naughty. Speaking on his Major Nelson blog, Larry Hyrb, Xbox LIVE’s director of programming said: “I’ve gotten a few messages and seen some forum threads pop up on console bannings so I thought I’d post and let folks know what’s up. In our our continued effort to keep gameplay safe and secure for our community of more than 14 million members, Microsoft has taken action against a small percentage of Xbox 360 consoles that have been illegally modified in order to play pirated games. You should know that modifying your Xbox 360 console is also a violation of the Xbox LIVE terms of use, will void your warranty and result in a ban from Xbox LIVE.” A small percentage of 14 million LIVE gamers could be quite a few. Of course, some of those banned - and others in possession of modded Xboxs - feel hard done by and have complained but then if you can do the time…. To be fair, some gamers are reporting that their unmodified and perfectly legal Xbox 360s have been banned from LIVE too in the current purge so let’s hope Microsoft is quick to sort it out. -Martin Lynch xbox games xbox 360 console
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Original post by nafiz