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Title: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|mrkavanagh on November 12, 2009, 10:31:25 AM http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-10395265-52.html
so now they have to buy a new console 1mil x $199 (arcade version) = cha ching for ms $199,000,000 Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|buzinator on November 12, 2009, 01:07:23 PM I would pick one up cheap to use as a media center extender, but with MS's attitude I wouldn't be surprised if they somehow locked that functionality down too.
Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|CoyotezEye on November 12, 2009, 01:26:59 PM Saw that the other day. Check your local Craigslist LOL. I saw atleast 5 of these posted yesterday. LMAO
Buz.. They claim you just cant do anything online with them. Not sure if that would effect the media center function. Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|buzinator on November 12, 2009, 02:25:12 PM my concern is that there'll be some windowsupdate on the mediacenter machine down the road that will make it detect the modding and refuse to connect.
Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|MightyMax on November 12, 2009, 03:28:51 PM my concern is that there'll be some windowsupdate on the mediacenter machine down the road that will make it detect the modding and refuse to connect. A very valid point.... And CoyotezEye, you are so right ... M$ payday for sure. Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|mrkavanagh on November 12, 2009, 03:54:03 PM A very valid point.... And CoyotezEye, you are so right ... M$ payday for sure. i said it was payday for M$....get it right fool!! :P Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|MightyMax on November 12, 2009, 06:24:54 PM i said it was payday for M$....get it right fool!! :P Oops ... My bad. Take II And mrkavanagh, you are so right ... M$ payday for sure. Title: Re: 1 million users banned from xbox live Post by: rip|forkev on November 13, 2009, 10:51:31 AM QUOTE: Even if someone has been banned, their Xbox will still play offline games, InformationWeek said. But it's not at all clear if the bans are permanent or if Microsoft will allow those who have been booted from Xbox Live to return at some point down the line.
As far as a payday - HELL YEA. M$ should get one. The customer should have never modded the machine in the first place. Let's add up the numbers that mocrosoft lost due to modded/hacked machines and games. I'm sure that number is way more than 199E6. Espically @ 50-60$$ a game per user. If it happened to me, I would keep my console for offline use and then purchase another manufacture's machine (playstation, etc) for online play (if I was into that sort of thing). |