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Microsoft wields the hammer, smashes pirates
BY Jason Townsend-Rogers Oct. 31st, 2009 More on:

Those who have modded their Xbox 360s have just received a rude awakening, courtesy of Microsoft. The company has once again taken action on users playing pirated games, suspending their accounts from Xbox Live.

“We have taken action against a small percentage of consoles that have been modified to play pirated game discs. In line with our commitment to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox LIVE community, we are suspending these modded consoles from Xbox LIVE,” a Microsoft rep told IGN, adding that everyone should know piracy is illegal and that modifying one’s console goes against Xbox Live’s terms of use.

“The health of the video game business depends on customers paying for the genuine products and services they receive from manufacturers, retailers, and the third parties that support them.”

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    1. cptnobvis
      November 15th, 2009
      at 2:42 pm

      this is a load of crap the gaming industry doesnt realy on originals being baught it relies on customers that are happy and satisfied witht a gaming experience and with the terrible economy modding was inevitable and if m$ thinks that everyone they banned is going to go and buy a new system then they need to stop sucking off bill cause all it is going to do is push for a free server even more its only a matter of time before a private server is developed for xbl hell i have already uncorrupted my gamer profile now just working on the server and my system…SCREW YOU M$, SCREW YOU BILLY!

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