Xbox 360: Gamers warned not to buy used consoles

We recently wrote an article asking if you were one of the 600,000 Xbox 360 users banned from Xbox Live, PC World are warning gamers to be careful when they purchase used Xbox 360s on auction sites, as a number of banned Xbox 360 consoles have appeared on Craigslist and eBay. Some are going for a bargain price, while others are going for more than a thousand dollars.

People will have to be careful if they were to buy a used Xbox 360 from these auctions sites, as they could be one of those that have been banned from Xbox Live. We recently reported that Microsoft have been banning modified consoles from its Xbox Live interface, if you have such a games console, then you will no longer have access to Xbox Live.

What you are left with is a console that is a big piece of plastic; you will be playing games alone as you will not be able to connect with other players. It seems that what turned out to help users save money has now cost them the price of the console and all of their games as well.

It certainly seems like a safer option to purchase a new Xbox 360; I know that this is not an ideal solution as most will not have the money to do so. However, there are often great deals to be had, such as the deal that Walmart recently had on as part of its build up to Black Friday