Xbox 360 Game Piracy Spreading In China

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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You know what this means?

[jandrese]

This means the 360 might start picking up popularity in Asia, especially in China and Taiwan.

Ruled by the market?

[Rob T Firefly]

Hitman: Blood Money for around 30 Chinese yuan ($3.50).

That's about what I'd pay for that game.

Hmm.

[Future Man 3000]

"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."

Cheers for the core security system! Jeers for the authentication protocol!

Re:Piracy? No, Just Their True Market Value

[toolie]

I'm pretty sure it was modded 'flamebait' because 'dumbass' still isn't an option.

way to sugar coat the issue

[matt328]

The core security system has not been broken.

This core security system doesn't seem to do much if one can play pirated games without breaking it.

Re:way to sugar coat the issue

[IamTheRealMike]

You missed the point of the security system - it's to stop game developers bypassing the Microsoft licensing fees. If you have to pay MS to write games for the XBox then their business model of subsidising the hardware works. If you can avoid it, then XBox is a financially losing proposition.