Xbox 360 Update Shuts Out Hackers, Fixes Issues

Gamasutra reports on the update to the Xbox 360's Live element, which fixes a number of bugs and smooths out certain elements of the system. It, allegedly, is also intended to shut out folks trying to hack Microsoft's new console by making the demo disc unusable on retail machines. From the article: "The demo disc in question was produced for Xbox 360 retail demo kiosks, and was found not to contain any copy-protection when hackers obtained their own unauthorized copy of the software in mid-December ... meaning it was possible to run demo versions of the Xbox 360 software on the disc on burned media. Several commenters on website Xbox-Scene seem to confirm that the disc is no longer functional."

Comments

Re:Changelog?

[EggyToast]

I thought Microsoft patches only fixed problems? To get new features, you have to buy the next version...

Re:It's only a matter of time

[coolgeek]

It is curious though that when a bug threatens to root boxes that M$ owns, the patch comes out in less than a month. When a bug threatens to root boxes that their customers own, they basically could give a fuck and take months or even years to try to fix it.

Re:Nintendo doesn't.

[Anonymous Coward]

That is not accurate. You should know that Nintendo pulled the same trick on Atari before. Sell the hardware at a loss but make up for it with the software. Granted Microsoft's loss is probably at a different order of magnitude.