Microsoft ‘Xbox Live banning spree’
p2pnet news view | Games:- As many as 600,000 gamers may have been cut off from Xbox Live for modding their consoles.
Or as Spong puts it, “Xbox Live Gamer Culling Season Starts”.
“All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the Xbox Live terms of use, will void their warranty and result in a ban from Xbox Live,” say Steve and the Boyz in a statement, according to the BBC.
“The health of the video game business depends on customers paying for the genuine products and services they receive from manufacturers, retailers, and the third parties that support them.”
Says Pinoy Cosplay »»»
A conversation with a friend who works for a call center that handles an Xbox 360 account has yielded a disturbing truth: Microsoft has started its annual Xbox Live banning spree and it has disabled 600,000 accounts so far in the US and Canada.
The target of the banning spree are mainly people who have modified their consoles to play pirated games. My trusty source says that they have been given instructions to push for a million banned accounts by the time the holidays are over.
“Our office has gone to hell,” says the source. “People have been calling in around the clock and most of them are screaming teen-agers who don’t understand the terms of use that comes with the console they bought.”
Stay tuned.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Spong- Xbox Live Gamer Culling Season Starts, November 11, 2009
BBC – Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers, November 11, 2009
Pinoy Cosplay – Microsoft bans 600K Xbox Live Accounts, More to Follow, November 11, 2009
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