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Xbox 360 Game Piracy Spreading In China

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the slippery-slope dept.

simoniker writes "Xbox 360 game piracy appears to be spreading notably in China, with at least one Shanghai-based vendor offering Xbox 360 titles such as Hitman: Blood Money for around 30 Chinese yuan ($3.50). This comes after hackers managed to flash changes to the BIOS on the Xbox 360's Optical Disc Drive earlier this year, which allowed non-authenticated (copied) games to be played. Microsoft's John Porcaro commented at the time: 'The core security system has not been broken. However, on some Xbox 360 consoles the authentication protocol between the optical disc drive and the console may be attacked.'"

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  1. Re:$3.50??? by RingDev · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You want a cheap luxury vacation? Head for China, check out the nightly prices on high end hotel suites and stake and lobster dinners. The joys of an artifically low currency value.

    -Rick

    --
    "Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
  2. Shameless plug by sinner6 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I would like to take this chance to plug my own website http://www.digital-misfits.com/ where I sell modded XBoxes.