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Microsoft Shuts Down Lik Sang

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the real-life-consequences dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has taken legal action, shutting down popular import gaming site Lik Sang for distributing X-box mod chips. Lik Sang is a popular import gaming site based out of Hong Kong. The full article (MSNBC) can be found here." Several people have pointed to the same story on news.com.

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  1. Well, there's always... by -=OmegaMan=- · · Score: 5, Informative

    Easybuy.

    For now, at least.

    Note: I have no affiliation with LikSang, or EasyBuy - they're just pretty similar. LikSang had a larger variety of video-game oriented products, but EasyBuy has most of the more popular modchips as well.

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  2. Re:Score one for Tha Man by TRACK-YOUR-POSITION · · Score: 5, Informative
    If you modded your dreamcast you totally wasted your time--the thing could play ISOs out of the box.

    If you thing Sony and Nintendo didn't have the cash to shutdown Lik-Sang, well, there's a second reason for me to think you're an idiot. They didn't shutdown Lik-Sang because they realized people don't like soldering crap to their expensive consoles, and there really wasn't a big effect on piracy here. Microsoft just went after them because they're obstinate bastards who want to defeat the linux xbox hackers at all cost. Both the hackers and Microsoft are motivated by ideology--linux on Xbox is without value to hackers and without cost to Microsoft--hell, Sony even sells linux kits to encourage people to develop ps2 development skills.

    Yeah, modchips sure ruined the life of PS2 and PS1 ... probably the most successful consoles ever.

    Bottom line, the hardware belongs to however buys it, not whoever sells it. That's what "buying stuff" means.