Microsoft Starts Banning 360s on LIVE - MS Confirms

[Jeremy1]

if you are outside of U.S then dont hope about getting IPTV, just like video marketplacem it will be US only.

Not just US only, but it's an actual service through AT&T. The 360 acts as a set-top box, just like one from your cable or satellite company. You have to be an AT&T Uverse subscriber to use it.

[gentoogod123]

hmm

I was actually thinking of modding my xbox360, i had in fact even opened my console and was about to mod but the sata chipset is not compatible with my ms28 drive and i had no luck of finding that VIA PCI Sata Controller, so i just put back everything together without modding it. I kinda felt bad because my warranty got voided [4 months warranty was left]

but now i am kinda happy. Honestly xbox live has still not launched in India so i have never really played online although i have downloaded demos and videos using a .us account but thats about it. Once Xbox Live launches over here, i am gonna see if its any good else i will get my 360 modded.

The point is that Microsoft is continuously adding new features in xbox 360 like the upcoming iptv thingy which is scheduled to be released during the holiday time so i just think that people whose console got banned will be missing these new things.

If they were banned, theres lots of people including me that are still on live with modded setups.

[FreqFace]

if you are outside of U.S then dont hope about getting IPTV, just like video marketplacem it will be US only.

Incorrect.

About the banning of consoles; I personally think it's a good idea... I don't see why I should have to pay for games whiles others get them free illegally. Yes, I know it can be used for backups... but we all know 98% of the time it's used for getting games for free. Sucks for all the people who modded their console... and it sucks even more for the people who said MS wouldn't be able to detect the firmware hack.

I just hope they don't start banning unmodded consoles by accident.

[Monte]

i got innocently banned from xbox live. never modded in my life. i dont believe in that sort of thing. Good thing I purchased that extended warrenty from best buy. hello PS3.

[neoadorable]

i don't blame you dude. if this were to happen to me i'd be on the PS3 wagon too.

[OhMuffin]

I just sold my banned box... :whistle:

Lets just say I made money on my initial purchase. :rolleyes:

360 Elite here I come... although I should probably just get the Premium, that way I can have some money for games.

*sigh*, I have to buy games now.

[PL_ Veteran]

Now why do I find it hard to believe that the people who have never modded in my life got banned? :rolleyes:

[CactuzJak]

Jeez who'd you sucker into that, I was thinking of maybe selling mine as well, but I wasn't thinking more than $250 or so. So the fact you made money is quite astonishing.

[Sheppard]

Now why do I find it hard to believe that the people who have never modded in my life got banned? :rolleyes:

Just like the legit Windows users that got locked out due to false positive WGA detection. Microsoft is hardly perfect.

[b0m8er]

Now why do I find it hard to believe that the people who have never modded in my life got banned? :rolleyes:

I don't believe in these stories also... they either:

1. did not know that their console was modded

2. flashed their firmware back to original and hoped that MS will not ban them.

It is simple - you mod, you get banned! Stop crying about it, you were warned when u signed up for Live.

[OhMuffin]

Jeez who'd you sucker into that, I was thinking of maybe selling mine as well, but I wasn't thinking more than $250 or so. So the fact you made money is quite astonishing.

I don't know, eBay..

I paid $420 for it a year ago, and somehow sold it for $475 yesterday.

Guess I'm going to Best Buy to get a new 360 Tuesday evening. :whistle:

[Olemus]

i sold mine for a loss over here in the UK, a huge one at that, i did have to rush it through on a 1 day buy it now though,ebay kept removing my listings, decided to go fully legit now and just use my legit box .

[OhMuffin]

I did a 3-day... I hinted that it was a modded box in every way possible.

I had about 15 questions asking "This is a modded 360, correct?"

[FreqFace]

I did a 3-day... I hinted that it was a modded box in every way possible.

I had about 15 questions asking "This is a modded 360, correct?"

can I see the auction, out of curiosity?

[OhMuffin]

can I see the auction, out of curiosity?

No, because I'll probably get flamed for it.

Some other guy already basically copied my auction word for word. Its on eBay somewhere.

Hint: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=140119950792

[markwolfe Veteran]

can I see the auction, out of curiosity?

No, because I'll probably get flamed for it.

Could it be because you were deliberately hiding an important problem with your unit?

[spenser.d]

Could it be because you were deliberately hiding an important problem with your unit?

Looks more like it was very carefully worded :p

-Spenser

[markwolfe Veteran]

Looks more like it was very carefully worded :p

-Spenser

Different euphemism for the term "deceptive".

[laz45]

I just returned mine to BestBuy and got a new one :p Now the long wait till the new firmware...

[DrunknMunky Veteran]

I hope they start warning employees at all these stores to check for the error code and you're all stuck with it :no:

[OhMuffin]

I just returned mine to BestBuy and got a new one :p Now the long wait till the new firmware...

LOL i guess that works too.

[Jeremy1]

I hope they start warning employees at all these stores to check for the error code and you're all stuck with it :no:

Seriously. These morons are scamming innocent people because they were too cheap to pay for games and got busted. :(

[zeta_immersion]

bull****

feel sory for the modded guys but fear not, patch is on the way and we shall rise again

[Jeremy1]

patch is on the way and we shall rise again

Until Microsoft smacks you down again. Until unsigned code can be run on the 360, there's absolutely no chance you can hide from Microsoft.

[Meshuggah]

bull****

Someone who knows what they are actually doing, will make a new firmware and we will rise again by downloading it from our private bittorrent site.

:p