Comments on: Wanted: pissed off XBox modders

By: Voxleo

Voxleo — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 17:21:25 +0000

Re RW: “Micro$oft have just cost themselves an annual revenue stream of nearly $30 million ”

Yup. Apparently corporate greed has gotten so short sighted that can’t even see their own noses, which they have now cut off to spite their face.

Darwin Award.

By: BigTopP-Wee

BigTopP-Wee — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 04:39:25 +0000

wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh XBox’s are made so cheap and know people who’ve been suckers and bought 3-5 of them since they’ve been out. u have to open it and mess around to try n fix it.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:30:51 +0000

“a system the customer rightfully paid forâ

The system was rightly paid for. But were the games the system was modded to play also rightly paid for or were they stolen.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:41:17 +0000

“DRM on a system the customer rightfully paid for”

They can still use the system they bought. Last I looked, XBOX live is purchased separately from the XBox.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 01:39:30 +0000

“When a customer purchases a XBox, since he/she paid money to gain owner status of that system”

That is correct. And they can still play all the games they want. They just can’t play on XBOX Live, which is separate from the XBOX itself.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:43:11 +0000

Here’s what I don’t get: Whether they mod their console or not, everyone who wants to subscribe to XBox Live has to pay the same monthly fee (about $50 a year if I’m not mistaken). An estimated 600,000 consoles have been banned from the service, and since the majority of those users probably cancelled their subscription as a result (rather than purchasing an unmodded console), that means Micro$oft have just cost themselves an annual revenue stream of nearly $30 million—-not including the revenue lost from blocking access to the Marketplace.

Way to go, idiots.

By: RIAA Hater

RIAA Hater — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:48:48 +0000

When a customer purchases a XBox, since he/she paid money to gain owner status of that system, that customer has the right to smash it with a sledgehammer. That said, the customer has the right to modify anything on the system since they paid money from their own pocket to get it. Microsoft’s version of DRM on a system the customer rightfully paid for. Sound familiar? Oh yeah! The music labels did the same thing on music downloads!

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:27:56 +0000

They knew the risks when they got the mod chip.
suck it up whiners

By: D

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:00:41 +0000

Whiners unite! Seriously, if you’re going to give a real attempt at a lawsuit don’t go using the “convenient timing” excuse as your primary argument.

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:08:27 +0000

does this mean when my ps3 updates they can see the 45 movies on my hard drive?.DOH!