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Post by Quickshot on Nov 12, 2009 18:34:07 GMT -5
Sometimes you just have to love Microsoft.
From Yahoo!
"As many as 600,000 Xbox 360s were banned from the Xbox Live service this week in the latest in a series of crackdowns by Microsoft on illegally modified consoles.
One affected Call of Duty fan, a self-confessed software pirate called "Raz," told the BBC about his disappointment.
"It was a big day yesterday, the latest game we've been waiting months and months for. We've played the whole series and this one's come out, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2...I sign in online and next thing I see, 'Your console has been banned from Xbox'...now I don't know what to do," he told the BBC's Newsbeat.
Most law-abiding gamers will have little sympathy for Raz"
And before you go defending piraters and modders, it's a violation of a contract. Pure and simple. It's sweet, sweet justice.
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Post by @Wilycat on Nov 12, 2009 19:37:04 GMT -5
Of course now all of these banned xbox's are being sold off through various means, including used resellers like Gamestop. Which means unsuspecting people who don't know any better are going to buy them, take them online, and find out they're banned since bans are linked to the console hardware.
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Post by Quickshot on Nov 12, 2009 19:57:39 GMT -5
Right, but the tools are readily accessible to Gamestop or others to plug it into the wall and see if it can connect.
That's the seller's fault, not Microsoft's.
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Post by turbonutta on Nov 13, 2009 7:24:19 GMT -5
... I work in an EB Games Quick. We have the means to plug them into power and see if they boot up, but we have NO way in store to check if they have been banned from online. We don't even have internet access! Only intranet system tie in. I sincerely hope there is some way for Microsoft to lift the ban on a console if it's confirmed it's been traded in.
That said, I have no sympathy for pirates either, but this has the potential to cause headaches for us. *bonks head on desk*
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Post by nwreck on Nov 13, 2009 11:23:20 GMT -5
... I work in an EB Games Quick. We have the means to plug them into power and see if they boot up, but we have NO way in store to check if they have been banned from online. We don't even have internet access! Only intranet system tie in. I sincerely hope there is some way for Microsoft to lift the ban on a console if it's confirmed it's been traded in. They could. But they won't. |
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Post by @Wilycat on Nov 13, 2009 14:37:34 GMT -5
Pretty much. From what I've heard it's standard policy that once a piece of hardware is banned, if you buy it used you're pretty much screwed as far as getting MS to lift the ban.
On the one hand, I suppose it propagates new hardware sales to those in the know who don't want to risk/deal with the possibility of buying a used unit that's already banned.
But ignorance will not be bliss in this case as I can just imagine parents who try and get a good deal on a used 360 from a retail reseller will be saddling said reseller with all the blame and ill will.
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Post by Mind's Eye on Nov 13, 2009 17:00:57 GMT -5
turbo, did your store get the email about checking for the factory seals on 360s? I work at a Gamestop for the winter (the third time I've done so, and I keep up with most stuff going on in the store even when I'm not working there), and we got a message to do that with all 360 trades. Broken seal = no trade, so that's how we're trying to keep on top of the banhammer.
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Post by nwreck on Nov 13, 2009 20:04:12 GMT -5
turbo, did your store get the email about checking for the factory seals on 360s? I work at a Gamestop for the winter (the third time I've done so, and I keep up with most stuff going on in the store even when I'm not working there), and we got a message to do that with all 360 trades. Broken seal = no trade, so that's how we're trying to keep on top of the banhammer. Some modders are good at carefully taking them off and carefully reapplying them, or so I hear. |
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