Microsoft Banning 1,000,000 Xbox Live Accounts
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Do you really have to ask how they know that their software that runs on their hardware and is connected to their network was ripped?
That's were "connected to their network" comes in play, or you believe that they can't find a way to find out that xbox was mod chipped? So they ban you not for ripped game but for modified box.
16. Service Operation and Equipment.
The Service may only be accessed with an original Xbox, an Xbox 360 console, a personal computer, or other device authorized by us, or by logging into your account via Xbox.com . You agree that you are using only authorized software and hardware to access the Service, that your software and hardware have not been modified in any unauthorized way (e.g., through unauthorized repairs, unauthorized upgrades, or unauthorized downloads), and that we have the right to send data , applications or other content to any software or hardware that you are using to access the Service for the express purpose of detecting an unauthorized modification. Any attempt to disassemble, decompile, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, modify, further sublicense, distribute, or use for other purposes the Service, any game , application, or other content available or accessible through the Service, or any hardware or software associated with the Service or with an original Xbox or Xbox 360 console is strictly prohibited and may result in cancellation of your account and/or your ability to access the Service, and the pursuit of other legal remedies by Microsoft. Microsoft may take any legal action it deems appropriate against users who violate Microsoft's systems or network security ,this contract or any additional terms incorporated or referenced in this contract, and such users may also incur criminal or civil liability.
16. Service Operation and Equipment.
The Service may only be accessed with an original Xbox, an Xbox 360 console, a personal computer, or other device authorized by us, or by logging into your account via Xbox.com . You agree that you are using only authorized software and hardware to access the Service, that your software and hardware have not been modified in any unauthorized way (e.g., through unauthorized repairs, unauthorized upgrades, or unauthorized downloads), and that we have the right to send data , applications or other content to any software or hardware that you are using to access the Service for the express purpose of detecting an unauthorized modification. Any attempt to disassemble, decompile, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, modify, further sublicense, distribute, or use for other purposes the Service, any game , application, or other content available or accessible through the Service, or any hardware or software associated with the Service or with an original Xbox or Xbox 360 console is strictly prohibited and may result in cancellation of your account and/or your ability to access the Service, and the pursuit of other legal remedies by Microsoft. Microsoft may take any legal action it deems appropriate against users who violate Microsoft's systems or network security ,this contract or any additional terms incorporated or referenced in this contract, and such users may also incur criminal or civil liability.
You don't need one, you just modify the DVD drive's firmware. (This is how it's done nowadays)
Also, now Microsoft has a million new people with NO ACCESS TO XBOX LIVE. <- Why would these people buy the game now? They can't play online...
If they want to play online they have to buy a whole new box. Fuck it, at that point I would just buy it for my PC. I say to hell with Microsoft. :as he's using windows 7:
If they were moding the box in the first place, what makes you think they were buying the game?
A buddy of ours, who works at Ubisoft, is sending us a pre-release of Assassins Creed 2. He says that we got to disconnect our 360s from the internet if we plan on playing it before the 17th, otherwise, Microsoft will ban our accounts. Our accounts are not flagged to play the game before the release date, so microsoft assumes it's pirated.
It was timed around the release of Modern Warfare 2, I was thinking it was some kind of failed monetization strategy. Hey, it was Microsoft's idea, not mine.
Probably no different than the rate of red rings of death victims 
stupid fucks... the decline of microsoft after gates left..
the only reason windows and office is used by everyone on such a scale is because many people pirated it... the people that did not wanted it so they purchased it...
basically it is like a phone... if only a few people had it then most people would not get it, but if many people had it then you would almost certainty get it too, then this goes into developers developing shit for windows because of a large amount of users (users = $$$$$)
I am to lazy to go into this... but basically if you got rid of all the pirates for windows (same as xbox games..) then people would eventually choose something else like the penguin or apple (they are both much superior to anything Microsoft can ever put out)
the only reason windows and office is used by everyone on such a scale is because many people pirated it... the people that did not wanted it so they purchased it...
basically it is like a phone... if only a few people had it then most people would not get it, but if many people had it then you would almost certainty get it too, then this goes into developers developing shit for windows because of a large amount of users (users = $$$$$)
I am to lazy to go into this... but basically if you got rid of all the pirates for windows (same as xbox games..) then people would eventually choose something else like the penguin or apple (they are both much superior to anything Microsoft can ever put out)
No joke. Why bite the hand that feeds you? Do you think THAT many less people were going to buy the game.
I'm not convinced that Microsoft just did something stupid, on this scale. I'm sure they considered the impact.
Many saw this coming already. Around the time the 1.61 firmware came out for the Samsung/BenQ drives.
Modern Warfare 2 was released almost two weeks ago on the scene though, but M$ may have waited until the official release date to coincide with the mass ban to "prove" a point. Not sure if they ban by IP (there was talk of this), by gamertag, or by MAC address (per console). Probably one of the latter.
Regardless, new firmware is already being reworked and is said to be the most "ban-safe" ever, lol. We'll see. I have both an unmodded and a modded box just in case.
Modern Warfare 2 was released almost two weeks ago on the scene though, but M$ may have waited until the official release date to coincide with the mass ban to "prove" a point. Not sure if they ban by IP (there was talk of this), by gamertag, or by MAC address (per console). Probably one of the latter.
Regardless, new firmware is already being reworked and is said to be the most "ban-safe" ever, lol. We'll see. I have both an unmodded and a modded box just in case.
I'm not surprised, piracy is out of control and online services like this are the next generation of DRM. Love it or hate it, the only way to protect copyright these days is through 3rd party services.
There's a reason that lots of games don't come out for PC now.
There's a reason that lots of games don't come out for PC now.
I understand that, knucklehead. Maybe I wasn't clear in my question.
I guess this proves that MS actually has some potentially privacy-violating callback routines build into their system then.