Microsoft Crushes Reach Pirates with Banhammer

[L34dP1LL]

Looks like Reach was still "out of reach" for them.
(Buh-dum-tsh)

YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!, hehe.

I think that the punishment fits the crime.

 

[tk1989]

Im sorry, but doesn't this whole "banning" thing seem pretty pathetic on Microsofts part? yeah, i know there is little they can actually do, but its not exactly hard to get a new xbox live account. Also taking into account that many people who play pirated games have two xboxes (one for pirated games, one for xbox live games etc) after the whole MW2 banning spree etc, one has to wonder whether these "bans" will have any real significance....

 

[Lt. Vinciti]

Poor Pirates...


-sigh-

Oh well you can only fight the system for so long...

Also @ Microsoft...You brought this on yourself... DERP!

 

[imnot]

well it's not like it's a long time until it come's out, what is it about 20 day's?
So good one Microsoft!

 

[KaiRai]

They should go on the rules of car banning. Playing an early release should be like a driving without a licence ban - 12 months and 6 points on your Xbox live.

I'd love to see that x'D

 

[spartan773]

I'm really glad to see companies cracking down hard on this sort of thing. Bravo, Microsoft: You have won my respect.

i second this. hopefully this teaches pirates not to hack shit.

 

[ArMartinez02]

I wonder 'till what year the pirates got banned, lol 2999 perhaps?

 

[Burningsok]

I'm really glad to see companies cracking down hard on this sort of thing. Bravo, Microsoft: You have won my respect.

Agreed with that

serves them right. Also, I'm really starting to like that gif for some reason lol.

 

[lacktheknack]

Ban console and player? I'm all for appropriate punishment but isn't banning the machine a bit excessive, even if it is modded?

No. Break the law (modding consoles, stealing unreleased game), the law (Microsoft) breaks you. I have no sympathy for these people, and I don't think you should either.

 

[firemark]

My best guess is that they'll either 1) Sell their banned consoles to buy new ones, which will screw over anyone that buys their used ones, and just create new accounts or 2) Just hack the system again and act as if it never happened. They managed to obtain the full game off of Live, I doubt that there's much keeping them from playing again. Overall, I feel justice was served but no one's going to stick around for the meal.

 

[imnot]

Looks like Reach was still "out of reach" for them.
(Buh-dum-tsh)

YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!, hehe.

I think that the punishment fits the crime.

you forgot to put glasses on!
*put's sunglasse's on L34dP1LL*

 

[Treblaine]

And the crowds go wild for this case of extreme justice gone RIGHT!!!

Those guys should be grateful for not facing criminal charges!!

Right, so how does banning these consoles and users from Xbox Live stop them being pirates?

Now the ONLY way to use their console is through FURTHER piracy with custom firmware updates and copied games.

The overwhelming majority of Xbox 360 owners don't bother with online multiplayer anyway (I don't, XBL is a shitolla service (not a pirate though)) and LAN + split screen multiplayer remains even on these banned consoles. Halo has always have great split-screen multiplayer and I believe even a banned mod'd Xbox 360 can still LAN play with a legit console.

I also remember reading about a hack of emulating LAN play over the internet (the consoles "read" it as LAN, but is actually emulated across computers connected online).

"Sticks" don't work against pirates, the more you hit them, the more they move away.

The way to fight piracy is with "carrot", look at what Steam is doing.

 

[chaos order]

Looks like Reach was still "out of reach" for them.
(Buh-dum-tsh)

Doesn't that need sunglasses and The Who?

There we go;

w8 w8 is he putting on sun glasses over his sunglasses?

OT: i think that this punishment is nowhere near as harsh as it should be. if anything microsoft let them get off easy.

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

i have to say its a good buisness move. Since now they have to spend at least 200$ for a nuew xbox and live. But thank god these guysgot caught.

 

[InsanityBaronOfAtrocity]

Incredibly excessive there microsoft. Just smack them with a long term ban instead of forcing them to buy new xboxs to squeeze just that little bit more from them.

Also, pirating Reach seems a little silly to me anyway. Just play through halo 3 again but invent a slightly different story in your head. Sorted.

 

[ohgodalex]

Serves them right. If it's games that barely even exist anymore because they're 20 years old, it might be arguable, but before the game is even released? That's inexcusable.

he said, illegally downloading Doom for his PC.