Xbox 360 hackers: Microsoft remove 600,000 from Xbox Live
Filed under: Gaming, Xbox 360
Microsoft have recently confirmed that they have banned a small percentage of Xbox Live users, this is due to the fact that they have been running modded consoles.
This small percentage is said to be approximately 600,000 users, this equates to roughly 3 percent of the current 20 million Xbox Live users out there.
To be honest I know of people who have been playing on pirated consoles for a few years now, and it surprises me more that Microsoft have taken this long to ban users, the ban was warned in our previous post here.
I think most consumers won’t complain, because lets face it the amount of money they have saved on games over the past years has probably far outweighed the cost of a new console and a couple of legitimate games.
It is thought that the ban will not completely stop the console from working, however you will be unable to connect to the Internet with it, therefore Xbox Live will not be possible, find out more on Pocket-Lint.
Do you think the action taken by Microsoft is too excessive?
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I think it is way to excessive, I bought my xbox in June or July…And you mention that there have been people using modded xbox’s for years. I still used to by MS points and paid for my xbox live account, so they were still making money from the modded xbox. So now I guess I’ll trade in my xbox for PS3 since the internet there is FREE. Xbox had the fact that you can mod it more appealing, now I guess I’ll go for the better gaming console.
Your sense of entitlement amazes me. You think a company should look the other way because you still give it some money? Well, I stole $5000 worth of games, but I bought $5 worth of microsoft points, they should just be happy I gave them $5 is a ridiculous argument.
They aren’t even stopping your from using your XBox. They are just saying if you want to mod it, then you can’t go online. Very simple.
I suppose you believe that Big Brother is a good idea as well. Idiot.
Yeh its too harsh…. I have recently been banned for havin a modded console…. I am a gamebattles pro user and I can no longer compete…. Why does it matter to microsoft if your using a modded console when at the end of the day you have to pay for xbox live…. what the hell is that all about?
Okay, i had probably 10,000$ worth of games and some games i bought. i pay for msp/live. but still even so. Microsoft cannot have kids/adults playing pirated games because, the companies that sell games will drop them if they keep getting thier games pirated. Bungie, activision, all those high up thier company’s will no longer make games for the xbox if they know about 600,000 + compies are not going to be sold…