Comments on: Xbox Live Banhammer Comes Down on Modders

By: Angry customer

Angry customer — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 21:14:29 +0000

It’s bullshit I went and bought a brand new xbox 360 elite and had it for about a week. It shitted out and the eye wouldn’t read the disc so I called Microsoft and they suggested I take it somewhere and get it cleaned. So I took my brand new xbox and got it cleaned. I got it back and was very pleased with the xbox workin again. I bought call of duty modern warfare 2 and was playing for about a few days I was 2 prestige level 50 something. I went to get on my xbox and the xbox had the red ring so I went to get it fixed and the fucker that fixed my eye tore the warranty seal. So I had to pay about 100 dollars to fix it. So I fixed it and when I got it back my xbox console was banned from live?? WTF!?!?!

By: FenixFire

FenixFire — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:40:22 +0000

Pirating content weather it is a game, photoshop, movie, or music is a side effect of our modern culture where the children have all been raised and spoiled in luxury, and now believe everything should be given to them for free or without earning it. It is a disgrace that parents have instilled such values in their children. As a member of the development community I applaud Microsoft in the efforts to thwart piracy…just wish they would brick the boxes and the accounts not just ban them form XBox Live.

By: pete

pete — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:44:57 +0000

i agree ms are so gunna loose revenue now xmas is on the way..sales for ps3 are through the roof already…well done ms there goes ur custom….

By: Bill

Bill — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:53:52 +0000

I have been on xbox live since the first day it was released, my box is modded, but have played at most 2 modded games on it since it was modded. If I am banned from Xbox live, I will have the excuse I need to jump ship to PS3. Microsoft needs to wake up and realize that alienating your customer base will only lead to a smaller customer base. This is going to become a PR nightmare for MS. What they should do is ban the account not the box.

By: Dark_Heart

Dark_Heart — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:19:41 +0000

I agree that albeit they are banning people for modding their consoles one of the primary reasons is that it might make people go out and buy another console to play on xbox live. But surely Microsoft must also realise that the rise in the number of people modding their consoles is due to the fact the price of games especially in the economic climate is a luxury that many people cannot afford so they are losing money in this respect but banning people from xbox live is also going to cost Microsoft as even if all 600,000 people banned only bought a month subscription to xbox live at £4.99 it has just cost Microsoft £2,994,000 in lost revenue!!!

By: drejay23

drejay23 — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:01:40 +0000

i think its crap to ban for pirate copies do you jobs and make it harder to copy the info i think they leak the stuff for games just in the hopes you will try it ban your box so you have to buy another one