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| Thread ID: 104892 | 2009-11-11 23:19:00 | Beware if you're using a modded Xbox | Speedy Gonzales (78) | Press F1 |
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| 829289 | 2009-11-11 23:19:00 | And you're using pirated games on it. You'll be banned (news.bbc.co.uk) if you go online, to pay them | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 829290 | 2009-11-12 01:33:00 | There are ways around it, without going into detail. also ""Industry figures suggest that piracy may cost the video game industry as much as £750m a year."" There is a assumption that EVERY pirated game would have been purchased therefor its lost money. Of course in reality maybe only 10% of piracy is a loss, as many people cannot simply afford to buy games or happy to pirate a game for free but never want it enough to buy it. Its no excuse for Piracy but there calculations are very very flawed. Microsoft also ow a degree of gratitude for piracy, its one of the reasons Xbox360 has outsold PS3, this may be hugely debatable but there has got to be some truth to it. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 829291 | 2009-11-12 01:37:00 | Probably is besides buying another Xbox. Altho the people who have complained / found out, they've been banned, on the Xbox site, dont know what it is :lol: Most of them have been told its not reversible (unless they provide the ID/serial) of the Xbox, and if theyre wrong, well, it'll be worse. Good thing, I dont play online. If mine was modded, I'd blame Netguide. Since thats where it came from (c/o MS in Oz) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 829292 | 2009-11-12 01:44:00 | No sorry I mean there are ways not to get banned in the first place lol. Think MS are shooting themselves in the foot a little. Many people pirate and buy games, they will loose those people imo. |
Battleneter2 (9361) | ||
| 829293 | 2009-11-12 01:48:00 | lol well yeah dont mod it easy. Or dont go online. Or dont turn it on. Or sell it. Let some other sucker get banned lol | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 829294 | 2009-11-12 03:20:00 | many people cannot simply afford to buy games or happy to pirate a game for free but never want it enough to buy it. Hmm. If they don't want it, then they don't want it. If they do perhaps they should BUY it. I buy mine sometimes full NZ price here but sometimes overseas for a lot cheaper. So price isn't really much of an excuse. I can't afford a RollsRoyce but you don't see me stealing one do you? |
pctek (84) | ||
| 829295 | 2009-11-12 04:10:00 | I can't afford a RollsRoyce but you don't see me stealing one do you? No because then the person you stole it from wouldn't have it any more. :eek: If you pirate a game the original owner still has their copy. |
CYaBro (73) | ||
| 829296 | 2009-11-12 10:22:00 | You are not actually taking anything so how can it be stealing? Perhaps if they gave people what they wanted, no DRM, no STEAM, CHEAPER prices... |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 829297 | 2009-11-12 10:47:00 | Calling it stealing isn't telling the whole story, but there's no way of calling it ethical, that's for sure. I've downloaded a few pirated games, but for the most part I pay for them. I've only ever pirated games that I didn't want enough to buy, but was curious about. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
| 829298 | 2009-11-12 10:51:00 | You are not actually taking anything so how can it be stealing? Perhaps if they gave people what they wanted, no DRM, no STEAM, CHEAPER prices... Have you ever seen the credits at the end of a video game? They can go for hours (or at least it feels like it)! Who's supposed to pay them? It's called capitalism and it's how our society works. You pay money to them, they make a product worth paying for, they pay their employees who in turn buy products from other people. The idea is that eventually one of those people employs you. |
Thebananamonkey (7741) | ||
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