Xbox 360 bans rise to 1 million, banned consoles go up for sale

You get what you deserve. Hope you game pirates have fun shopping for a new xbox LOL

At least MS dosn't want to put you in jail for not having health insurance! now thats something to be unset about!
Modding give you an advantage over those who don't ! bann the Xbox and player!
Follow the rules and quit cheating

At least MS dosn't want to put you in jail for not having health insurance! now thats something to be upset about!
Modding give you an advantage over those who don't ! bann the Xbox and player!
Follow the rules and quit cheating

dead right we're better off without the modders maybe they should have their credit card details handed over to the authorities so they can get charged for all the copyright infringement.

good we're better off without you lol

It is OK. People who bought XBox 360's in the first place will just pony up more money and buy another one. No harm done.

And yet all Sony has to do to prevent cheating on games is patch them. Seems to work just fine. A lot of the people I know on Sony's servers that glitch actually report the glitches to Sony, rather than actually cheating in them. Those that cheat on a regular basis, only get banned for a single game title, forcing them to create a new account, rather than banning the console from future online play. Microsoft's tactics are too harsh for a system that rarely works correctly to begin with.

to sum up Microsoft's thinking,

ban 1 million consoles = 1 million more console sales.

they feel the ps3 coming up on their tail fast and are trying to get every last ounce of sales out of their consoles so they can boast the numbers to investors.

right now MS has 33 million consoles sold and Sony has 26 million. if you take into account the people who bought a second console when their first went RROD Sony could have more FUNCTIONAL consoles out there than Microsoft. They are feeling the pressure and are grabbing at anything they can who cares about the backlash and the probable hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting customers who buy banned consoles as long as people keep dumping money into the Microsoft Marketing Machine they don't care.

Correction...

to sum up Microsoft's thinking,

ban 1 million modded consoles = 1 million potential pirating consoles off their network

They will lose far more money than they will gain from this move, and they knew it from the time they started. More people will leave in disgust and grab a PS3 than will go out and buy another Xbox. But, you see, Microsoft could care less, the ones leaving are the ones they don't want - mods have a much higher potential to affect profit margins and overall revenues than the loss of some customers. What those of you who keep saying this was done to sell more consoles fail to realize is that MS makes a pittance on each unit, it's the licensing fees that make the money. Even if they only get a fraction of the console sales, they will get a nice huge chunk when the slimeballs who were pirating their games and had to get rid of the modded console now have to actually *gasp* BUY the game if they want to play it.

The ones who are the most ticked in this situation (with nobody to blame but themselves) are the ones who are upset because their free ride just had a huge consequential price tag dropped on them. Those who are mad because they got banned without knowing they had a modded system, keep in mind that ranting and raving at Microsoft as being stupid and not caring about them is misplaced - the culprit in this was the person who sold you the invalid unit, please direct your venom accordingly.

Good Luck with all this interest in a solution it won't be long before those greedy Bastads at Microsoft are playing catch up again... In the meantime I'll be using my PS3 ..Long live the revolution!

Ok first and formost i will admit to having a modded xbox, and that my console was banned, this is how my story starts, i went out on the 1st day that the 360 was released and bought my console and in general was very happy with it, until about 7 or 8 months later i had a hardware failiure, had intact warranty so it was ok, another 3 months later another fault, 5 months later same problem and then joy no problems.

Then 1 day i got the famous rrod so i call up m$ and get told that i am 20 odd days over my 3 year warranty, but they can fix it for £65 and £30 delivery, now at the time a core was only £139 so do the math, so i decieded to take mine apart and fix it myself which i did for the cost of £1.07.

Now i must admit i felt rather slighted by m$ for trying so much for bad hardware they had applied to the console in the 1st place, once i had already taken my machine apart i got my friend to flash the machine, and got some games, although i can honestly admit that 90% of the games i got were games that i had honestly bought before but had traded in.

Now i have been banned, but although M$ tried ripping me off before it is my fault and my fault alone that i got banned, at the end of the day i have to take it on the chin, i knew i was violating terms and conditions, but then i did that when i fixed my own xbox.

Long and short is that i will go out and buy a new console as i love online gaming, (by the way i have a ps3 and apart from their service being free nothing else compares), and i love M$'s machine.

I have learned my lesson and other people out there that have been banned should do the same, quit bitching, you knew what you were doing and knew the risks.

Modders shouldn't be pissed if they get banned, MS are fully entitled to do so! If you break the t&c's that you signed up to, it's totally reasonable for them to cut off your service. Moreover, it makes no sense to ban the account and no the console, as modders can just go ahead and make a new account. It may seem to suck, but MS are out there to make money; if you sign up to their service, then fart in their faces by breaking their terms, you can expect them to be not too happy about it. You want to play their games, you've gotta play by their rules.

The Xbox seems like a product to avoid buying in the first place. Microsoft never really lets you own it do they?

They gave fair warnings, people just don't read them. Apple did this with Atom users, so get the hell over it and stop this one sided whining.

Good for Microsoft. Just making it one more reason why no one wants to buy anything associated with their company. I wish everyone would just stand up against Microsoft and say I Wont Buy Anything That Microsoft Makes. Download Chrome OS Next week.

Whining?? ..................Never. Boasting?..........Not a chance

Fact is, I simply made a comment......I bought a retail copy of MW2 which I always intended to do in the first place.....I played it on my modded console, for a day or so, then I was banned....Nothing more, nothing less....See your mistake is assuming that I'm depressed about being banned...Not in the least. I was going to be banned eventually regardless and I already have a new unbanned, unmodded xbox to play on live with, and I have my modded banned xbox to continue playing those "pirated" games, on... I have a great job and make more than enough to buy my games any time I choose.....However, I choose not to spend my money on games that are crap or I may play only once or twice...Some of you seem to take it personally that you buy your overpriced games, and others can play the same game for free.....Well guess what, get over it... When it comes to XBL itself, everything is fair, everyone pays for the service, so stop YOUR whining about what you have no control over anyway.........

Look, i was apparently banned around on November 14th, 2:30am - 10:30 am, I have no idea why and it sais that they cant tell me why, if you have any ideas on how i could possibly fix this it would be extremely helpful, or even just talk to microsoft


I live in Australia so our timezones may be different if you live in America

It's a mickey mouse system, so suppose microsoft are doing you a favour by banning....see thy are still trying to rule the world and piss on competion

Xbox or microsoft are con artists who just shot them selves in the foot cause i reckon people are
going to buy ps3's cause xbox is rubbish

yeah i know my friend just got banned, so he bought a new console, switched covers on the consoles, and sold his banned console back to target with a different serial number. someones gonna be pissed. lol