Microsoft Targeting Pirates With Xbox 360 Spring Dashboard Update
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The Spring Dashboard update that started rolling out for Xbox 360 users across the world, holds something that software pirates may not have been expecting. The update is rumored to flash disc drives that have been modified to play burnt discs and render them unusable. The new firmware which is rumored to play a large role in the welcoming of the XDG3 format, is installed during the Spring Update installation.
Piracy has long been a problem on Microsoft’s console, with the company taking a much more proactive approach to the issue by initiating the AP 2.5 protocol into specific games. This AP 2.5 protection alongside the new firmware could strike a death blow to piracy on the console.
Netflix I might try updating with out my dvd drive in later tonight & see if Microsoft wasn't smart enough for that. But like usual, they probably are.
DONT DO THAT !! if you do you get instant ban as soon as you sign into xbox live !
Unless they change the dash so u cant do th hotswapping it wont make a difference i dont think!
Yes it will affect hotswappers, being as they are making it so you cannot play pirated AP2.5 games. You can still hotswap other games that are not AP2.5 protected though.
couldent you get a exact same DVD drive and just replace the flashed one with the totaly NON flashed on then once the update is done just replace the Flashed DVD drive ? or would that not work?
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