Xbox 360 Modders Banned From Xbox LIVE

[SomethingUnrelated]

Well, that's just fair enough. Piracy is theft, and they're defending their property. Fine by me.

 

[darkshivers]

thought this was already the case oh and i also hate Larry Hyrb his video's annoy me

 

[Distorted Stu]

This thread reminds me of the good old times where everyone had their ps2 chipped to play copies.

 

[VanityGirl]

How will they know if the person is playing a pirated game? I'm fairly curious.

 

[zidine100]

*deleted sorry for the rant people*

 

[Hitman 43]

So I guess the only ones who will ***** about this are the ones who are doing this illegal crap in the first place. I'm ok with that!

Same here.

Hopefully this may even weed out a few douches from the LIVE community

Hopefully.

 

[Drakeneo]

doesn't really bother me. Just like half the LIVE community

 

[Dr Faust]

How will they know if the person is playing a pirated game? I'm fairly curious.

As of 2009, the only way to reliably play a pirated 360 game is to change the 360 hardware. There are checks that can be run from MS servers to make sure you haven't changed the hardware. Unfortunately, there are a lot of great things you can do with a modified 360 that aren't piracy that would still get you banned.

I considered modding my 360 back at the beginning of the year, but decided to hold off. Wouldn't you know it, got the RRoD--thankfully it was still in warranty and still unmodded. I haven't got the guts to do it anymore (I think it can read my thoughts).

Most likely no - the modding that they're banning for are mod chips, re-flashed DVD drives, and other similar hardware changes.

Recently I replaced my optical drive in my Xbox 360 (refurbished, yay $20 savings). I ended up just swapping the PCBs but I was all prepared to flash the drive. If I was banned for just trying to repair my own console I'd be pissed.

Be anti-piracy all you want but being anti-modding is ridiculous. The anit-modding thing is strictly profit based. How are they supposed to rape you with insane repair and accessory costs if you can do it yourself?

I really hope that won't be banning me for home repairs to out of warranty systems. I've got spare parts for all sorts of systems stashed around my place, and I don't want to start losing money if draconian anti-modding checks catch on.