Comments on: No More Live for Modded Xbox 360s

By: Heet

Heet — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:53:25 +0000

Um…you can play on live modded all day long right now. If you were stupid and didnt use stealthed disks, then you deserve to be banned. With the timing attack just realized, things will be interesting in oh say, two weeks lol.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 19 May 2007 17:32:48 +0000

OldManDeath wrote:

I believe they did the right thing. They are protecting the best interests of the Live community. If anyone mods their Xbox, they have no right whatsoever to whine about not being able to access the Live service, AND they should be stuck with their modded box. If they are so inclined that they must play on the Live service, then they can go out and buy a new non modded Xbox.

Yep, they mostly checked to see what size hard drives users had in the Xbox because at that time it was common for people to be installing 200GB hard drives.

By: OldManDeath

OldManDeath — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:31:52 +0000

I believe they did the right thing. They are protecting the best interests of the Live community.

If anyone mods their Xbox, they have no right whatsoever to whine about not being able to access the Live service, AND they should be stuck with their modded box. If they are so inclined that they must play on the Live service, then they can go out and buy a new non modded Xbox.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:21:09 +0000

XBOX (1) Live was also blocked from hackers?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:36:47 +0000

From what I’ve read Microsoft never allows these people back in. However, I know that with the original Xbox Microsoft was practically forced by Xbox owners to start banning people with modded Xbox’s because they were able to cheat during the online gameplay. I’m not sure if that is the case with the Xbox 360 though.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:08:16 +0000

I think there should be some way for people to clean their console and be allowed back into online play. Hacks are often just for media potential rather than gaming mods. I think it’s like DRM. If you’re paying for the items, you should be able to do what you want with them. I don’t think people deserve what they paid good money for to be crippled without warning.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:41:48 +0000

netster007x wrote:

Otherwise, users are left with a crippled console which I don't think anyone should be stuck with.

I guess it's their fault if they're left with a crippled console though, wouldn't you say?

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:39:02 +0000

I don’t know about this. Many hack consoles just to unlock them for media purposes. I understand, though that game mods can ruin online gaming. Is there any way for those who have modded their consoles to reset the firmware (undo hacks) and play online games? Otherwise, users are left with a crippled console which I don’t think anyone should be stuck with.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:33:58 +0000

The MS bashing is definitely out there, I just came across a bit of it a few minutes ago reading around the blogosphere on this topic.

I think Microsoft did what they had to do. They need to support the investment they have with the game companies, so this makes sense.

By: hunashaman

hunashaman — Fri, 18 May 2007 20:24:25 +0000

Yes, I think MS is totally within its rights. I totally believe in personal freedom and just like you and I have the choice to crack software, steal stuff and hack mod our XBox systems (if we are really willing to accept the consequences) MS has the right to choose who can access their services and who cannot. I can imagine a lot of people going into MS bashing mode again for this, but then – that is their right. It just won’t change anything.