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No Love From Microsoft For Xbox Modders
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."
[clear throat, sip water]
Microsoft is to Software what an Asshole is to Shit.
MICROSOFT SUCKS!
No, seriously now. Microsoft is so stupid. They are so greedy, and yet they don't see a gaping huge business opportunity when it's coming right at them. And they have NO forethought whatsoever. Here's why: First, Washington Billy decides to make an Xbox. Now, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that when you make a game console, good people are gonna hack those consoles for various purposes, including education and fun. So why does Washington Billy make an Xbox then, with this knowledge being so damn obvious? The only reason to do something like this is to TAKE ADVANTAGE of the fact that a game console serves a dual purpose (playing the damn game, and hacking), and making a shitload of money off that. Like Id does. They make Wolfenstein 3D, and folks start hacking it. Granted, Id didn't plan it that way. But they profitted BIG TIME off it. So then, they make Doom, but they release little tidbits of information every so often, to help the hackers. And what do you know? Everybody and his uncle buys DOOM, and Carmack drives a fancier car than Washington Billy. So then they release the source to Wolfenstein, and later, to DOOM, and later, they even release the source to Quake! And the d00dz who wrote it are rolling in dough. So what does that teach you? That Washington Billy might have caught on to the clue and figgered out that if they can make millions by doing that, he can make zillions. But then what does he do? He bitches and moans when someone hacks the Xbox. Well, d00d, it was obvious that it was gonna happen!
It reminds me of this stupid girl I used to know... this might have been about 8 or 9 years ago. She was hot. And she kept smiling at me and talking to me and shit. So one day, I ask for her phone number, and she gives it to me. Anyway, an hour later, I'm talking to some shmoe, and she comes up to talk to me. I say I gotta do some shit, but I'll call you later. No, don't call me, she says. I say why not. She says she has a boyfriend. So I say why did you give me your number. She says cuz you asked for it. I say, "WELL WHAT DID YOU THINK I WAS GONNA DO WITH IT?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?!"
So Billy is doing the same thing. He should have used his friggin noggin first. But noooooooooo. So let me tell you something. I hope NOBODY EVER HACKS/MODS/BUYS/USES/THINKS ABOUT USING an Xbox, EVER. It's made by Micro$oft. Therefore, like Windoors, Internet Exploder, Lookout Express, and all their other defective excuses for products, the Xbox is garbage, and nobody should support it.