ABBC report last week carried bad news for XBox Live gamers who news for XBox Live gamers who have modified their consoles to play have modified their consoles to play pirated games. Microsoft has decided to cut them off from their online gaming service, saying that modifying an Xbox 360 console “violates” the service’s “terms of use” and would result in a player being disconnected.
Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a “small percentage” of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide. The ban does not stop the console from working and only affects a gamer’s Xbox Live account. Online reports suggest that as many as 6,00,000 gamers may have been affected. Microsoft has not said how it was able to determine which gamers to disconnect.
ABBC report last week carried bad news for XBox Live gamers who news for XBox Live gamers who have modified their consoles to play have modified their consoles to play pirated games. Microsoft has decided to cut them off from their online gaming service, saying that modifying an Xbox 360 console “violates” the service’s “terms of use” and would result in a player being disconnected.
Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a “small percentage” of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide. The ban does not stop the console from working and only affects a gamer’s Xbox Live account. Online reports suggest that as many as 6,00,000 gamers may have been affected. Microsoft has not said how it was able to determine which gamers to disconnect.