

Legal firm is looking for banned Xbox owners to participate in suit








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By Targon on 11/23/2009 10:29:59 AM , Rating: 3
The agreement for online use is that you use the hardware "as is", and this sets a level playing field. If you want to mod your device, you have to accept that you are not following the rules, and online play SHOULD be disabled.

On the flip side, if a company "bricks" a modified device, this is an area where people have a legitimate complaint. Companies set many rules to try to protect their customers from cheating, and allowing modified units to go online through the Microsoft service opens the door to all sorts of potential problems that some people just don't understand.

Again, you have an Xbox 360, you compete with others with a Xbox 360. It is a level playing field, and there is no need to level the playing field between those with a faster or slower machine to make things fair. That is why some people prefer consoles over PCs. The moment you allow for overclocked machines with a hacked BIOS or other modifications, that harms the experience for those who have an unmodified unit.

Nothing here says that I disapprove of modding, but in the console world, if you want to go online, you need to understand the rules of the online service in the first place.

By phattyboombatty on 11/23/2009 10:41:55 AM , Rating: 2
Your comment seems to imply that the reason for blacklisting the modded 360's is to prevent cheating. I was under the impression that the mod that was targeted by Xbox was a DVD mod that allowed users to play copied disks, so the real reason for the blacklisting was to punish pirates.






