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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:Its gonna be a cold day in hell by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Shut up you fag. You license the hardware, you don't own it. You have NO RIGHTS to do what you THINK is right with the hardware. If you ever tried that with my gaming console (yes, I'm a developer for a major game company, not MS), I'll send my lawyers after you so fast you'll be in jail getting assfucked by Bubba and his friends.

    So don't try it you faggot.

  3. Mod chips... *shudder* by Wind_Walker · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Mod chips should be called "Piracy Chips." There is absolutely no legal reason to own a modified console. People always say "Well, my modified Dreamcast lets me make my own games and play them!" No, it lets you play burned games that you download from the Internet. "But it's my console, I should be able to do what I want!" Yes, it's your console, and you can do whatever you want. But as soon as you put a burned game into that machine, you've committed a felony and, if Microsoft has its way, you'd be paying them royalties.

    Why do you think Microsoft included an ethernet adapter? It's because when "Xbox Live" goes live, they can see your machine. They could see your saved games, they could see how often you play, and nobody would be the wiser. Why? Because the entire operating system is proprietary, and there's no way to disassemble it. You couldn't even install a piece of software on the Xbox to trap packets coming out of it, because it would have to be approved by Microsoft.

    These "mod chips" are all about piracy, pure and simple. No legit user would ever want or need to open up their console to play games, just like no legit person would ever need to open up their toaster "to make sure it works." I, for one, applaud Microsoft for shutting down this modchip site, because without money rolling into game developers, the amount of good games would decline, and everybody would suffer.

    Look at the music industry - Because of Napster, they've lost hundreds of millions of dollars, and it shows; The music they're putting out is crap, and it's because of music pirates.

    There, I'm off my soapbox. Flame away.

  4. 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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  5. 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.