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No Love From Microsoft For Xbox Modders

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the war-of-1812 dept.

RandyOo writes: "Only 4 days after news of an XBox port of MAME was posted to Slashdot, Microsoft contacted the admin of mame.net and downloads have now been removed. Knew I should have downloaded it earlier this morning ... Thank goodness for P2P!" And scubacuda writes: "According to The Register, one group of Xbox hackers have decided to halt development on its Xbox mod chip. It will be interesting to see how other developers follow suit."

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  1. Shock, Amazement by drinkypoo · · Score: 2, Flamebait

    Remember; listening to microsoft too much killed Sega as a Console producer; Now they've been reduced to software. People who buy X-Boxen deserve what they get, IE a kick in the ass.

    Can't shake the devil's hand and say you're only kidding.

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    "You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
  2. Re:People still use X-Box? by pi+radians · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    PS2 is like you'll have to buy these $50 games and then pay $10 to each of the Publishers for the right to play on their network! No thanks to that, 3 games = $150, $10/month * 3 * 12 months = $360/yr, $150 + $360 = $510/yr just to play 3 games on the PS2.

    Where did you come up with that? I am sure for some games it is true, but not all. Example: Tony Hawk 3. It only costs the price of the modem and a broadband access to play online (a one time purchase). Most games will probably be like this.

    So in closing... just stop being ignorant... I'm tired of ignorance on Slashdot, are we a community of well educated tech people or are we a community of ignorant bafoons that have nothing better to do at work then spread FUD.

    Well then here's an idea. You stop being so ignorant first, and the rest of us will follow suit.

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  3. Re:Its gonna be a cold day in hell by Spankophile · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    And you know what else?

    Fuck you you good for nothing pirate. You can do whatever the fuck you want with your hardware. Throw it out the window.. masturbate all over the joypad.. and Microsoft won't give a fuck.

    People want mod chips so they can PIRATE GAMES.
    But you can't accept that can you? Guns don't kill people, people kill people right?

    Create/Sell your own GNU/GPL console then.. the best part is that you won't then buy an XBox, and drive up the price of my games with your piracy.