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Microsoft Disconnects Modded Xbox Users

Posted by timothy on from the sure-it's-in-the-tos-somewhere dept.

S-4'N3 writes "The BBC reports that Microsoft has disconnected approximately 600,000 Xbox users from Xbox Live because the devices they are using have been modified, either with software or with new chips, to play pirated games. 'Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide. Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 360 console 'violates' the service's 'terms of use' and would result in a player being disconnected.'"

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  1. Re:You know what they say... by Disgruntled+Goats · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    No one forced any of these people to buy a 360 and no one forced them to agree to the terms of using Xbox Live. That they voluntarily purchased a 360, modded it, and attempted to use it on Xbox Live in violation of the agreement they made with Microsoft means that the ban was entirely their fault.

  2. Creative and engaged users, not cheaters by mollog · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Did Microsoft really think this through? The people who mod Xboxes are their best customers. They are the enthusiasts who care enough to learn more about the console.

    I doubt that this effort will even result in an increase in revenues that will be enough to pay for the enforcement. There must be better ways to improve profitability.

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