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This is an article on the bbc website, no surprise really...
Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers
Xbox Live allows gamers to play against one another
Thousands of gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.
Online reports suggest that as many as 600,000 gamers may have been affected.
Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users.
Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 360 console "violates" the services "terms of use" and would result in a player being disconnected.
"All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the Xbox Live terms of use, will void their warranty and result in a ban from Xbox Live," Microsoft has said in a statement.
"The health of the video game business depends on customers paying for the genuine products and services they receive from manufacturers, retailers, and the third parties that support them."
Many gamers modify their consoles by installing new chips or software that allows them to run unofficial programs. Some chips are specifically designed to play pirated games.
Reports suggest that the ban does not stop the console from working and only affects a gamer's Xbox Live account.
Industry figures suggest that piracy may cost the video game industry as much as £750m a year.
In other news, a UK court has dismissed a man's appeal against an earlier conviction for selling modification chips - "modchips" that allow gamers to play illegal games.
Christopher Gillham's earlier conviction was upheld by Hereford Crown Court which found that playing counterfeit games on a modified console infringed copyrights.
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Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers
Xbox Live allows gamers to play against one another
Thousands of gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.
Online reports suggest that as many as 600,000 gamers may have been affected.
Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users.
Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 360 console "violates" the services "terms of use" and would result in a player being disconnected.
"All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the Xbox Live terms of use, will void their warranty and result in a ban from Xbox Live," Microsoft has said in a statement.
"The health of the video game business depends on customers paying for the genuine products and services they receive from manufacturers, retailers, and the third parties that support them."
Many gamers modify their consoles by installing new chips or software that allows them to run unofficial programs. Some chips are specifically designed to play pirated games.
Reports suggest that the ban does not stop the console from working and only affects a gamer's Xbox Live account.
Industry figures suggest that piracy may cost the video game industry as much as £750m a year.
In other news, a UK court has dismissed a man's appeal against an earlier conviction for selling modification chips - "modchips" that allow gamers to play illegal games.
Christopher Gillham's earlier conviction was upheld by Hereford Crown Court which found that playing counterfeit games on a modified console infringed copyrights.
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I thought this was posted but i dont remember.
Yeah this sucks for all those people who couldnt just wait for MW2. Now they have to buy a new xbox
Yeah this sucks for all those people who couldnt just wait for MW2. Now they have to buy a new xbox
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Oh rite, i havn't seen it, it was an article from bbc put on the website 35 mins ago so i don't think it has been posted.
But it says it has afected 600,000 gamers, that is insane. If they all buy a new xbox for £129.99 then microsoft will of raked in £7,799,400 just from banning people
But it says it has afected 600,000 gamers, that is insane. If they all buy a new xbox for £129.99 then microsoft will of raked in £7,799,400 just from banning people
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Reminds me of the old 'Home Taping is Killing Music' slogan
Which to me was 'Home Taping Is Skill in Music'
They're all just uber - fascists
We just wanna have just a little fun eh
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Which to me was 'Home Taping Is Skill in Music'
They're all just uber - fascists
We just wanna have just a little fun eh
Sno
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Snowhiter wrote Reminds me of the old 'Home Taping is Killing Music' slogan
Which to me was 'Home Taping Is Skill in Music'
They're all just uber - fascists
We just wanna have just a little fun eh
Sno
So true
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It is all a profits game, everyone will need to buy a new xbox, therefore christmas sales look better than playstations and nintendo's and they retain the bestselling chrismas console crown. Basically everyone who wants an xbox already has one so they need to boost sales, what better way than banning xbox addicts and making them buy new consoles?
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i dont realy get it, so the banning does affect your account?i thought olny bans ur console
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