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Author Topic: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.  (Read 2993 times)

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2007, 08:54:16 am »

It was only a matter of time. 

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2007, 09:56:51 am »
I thought there wasn't much advantage to modding a 360 in the first place. What exactly does it do for you?


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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #3 on: May 18, 2007, 10:03:37 am »
I thought there wasn't much advantage to modding a 360 in the first place. What exactly does it do for you?

Piracy & backups.  There's no homebrew scene yet.

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #4 on: May 18, 2007, 10:40:50 am »
Not exactly shocking but still sucks.

Banned?  Time to check out some other solutions for playing online:

Xlink Kai
http://www.teamxlink.co.uk/

XBConnect:
http://www.xbconnect.com/

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #5 on: May 18, 2007, 11:49:06 am »
There is a homebrew scene, it's called XNA.  No need for modding.

Kai and XConnect wont work for the 360.  Well, for most games.  Most games check for latency when using system link. 

Your account doesn't get banned, your box does.

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #6 on: May 18, 2007, 11:51:44 am »
Look for a huge spike in sales of 360 consoles and the game Crackdown as all the pirates scramble to get back into the Halo 3 beta.  I think I need to buy some MS stock quick!

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #7 on: May 18, 2007, 03:13:26 pm »
Look for a huge spike in sales of 360 consoles and the game Crackdown as all the pirates scramble to get back into the Halo 3 beta.  I think I need to buy some MS stock quick!

Exactly. Read: calculated.
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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #8 on: May 18, 2007, 03:20:13 pm »
anyone want to sell their banned console?  Cheap?

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #9 on: May 18, 2007, 04:16:06 pm »
Look for a huge spike in sales of 360 consoles and the game Crackdown as all the pirates scramble to get back into the Halo 3 beta.  I think I need to buy some MS stock quick!

Exactly. Read: calculated.

They don't make much if any on the consoles themselves.


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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #10 on: May 18, 2007, 04:17:35 pm »

They lose on the consoles themselves.  Quite a bit, probably.  The first Xbox was a huge loser on the console.

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #11 on: May 18, 2007, 07:01:48 pm »

They lose on the consoles themselves.  Quite a bit, probably.  The first Xbox was a huge loser on the console.

Actually, MS is in the black now with production vs. sale price. Only the PS3 costs more to make vs. the selling price.

http://www.lazygamer.co.za/xbox-360/production-costs-for-the-ps3-vs-xbox-360-elite/
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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #12 on: May 19, 2007, 11:59:15 pm »
There is a homebrew scene, it's called XNA.  No need for modding.

Kai and XConnect wont work for the 360.  Well, for most games.  Most games check for latency when using system link. 

Your account doesn't get banned, your box does.

I was actually really excited about XNA before I looked into it.

In order to actually run the code on the 360 you not only have to spend the $100 yearly subscription, you also cannot distribute your homebrew stuff (and have it work) to anyone else except others who ahve paid that subscription.  On top of that, you cannot use XNA for anything commercial.

Until they get to a point where I can make true homebrew games and at least distribute to people who want it (that have not subscribed to XNA, namely friends and family), it's not worth the effort.  Just about everyone there is either working to get their foot in the door in the games industry or they have a lot of faith that XNA will be opened up in the future.  The XNA guys "plan" on that, but they are making no promises.

Additionally, it's only C#, not C/C++ like the real dev kits allow, and it's only a subset of the real dev kit's APIs.

I was disappointed, can you tell?  =)  Anyhow, sorry, almost off topic, but I thought I'd reply for anyone interested.

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Re: Modded XBOX 360s Banned from XBOX LIVE Today.
« Reply #13 on: May 20, 2007, 10:27:09 pm »

I read the license agreement and came away with a very different interpretation.