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Originally Posted by CleverClothe
By not pissing off people that actually pay for games? By not pissing off the 95%+ of gamers that don't cheat?
I think it is clear that DawnFalcon is one of those that were banned.
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No, let me be very very clear: I work in the games industry. I do not own a working 360*. Take your
slander and shove it where the sun dosn't shine. I'd advise you not to repeat it.
PKFFW - So then anyone who mods a console should automatically be written off, quite probably forever, as a revenue stream for the games industry? Ask the music industry how well that one's working out for them, eh?
I am not suggesting doing nothing, I am suggesting that Microsoft are doing the *wrong* thing. Modded console? Oops, there goes your account (and associated purchased content, achievements and gamerscore). New account? Mod check...if the console's been unmodded, welcome back.
Also, I think you misunderstand how contract law in the UK works. If there was action taken against Microsoft for false advertising and breach of contract by a user, and they won? Yes, the liscence terms would be tossed.
dmaul1114 - Assuming that 80% of those million they just banned were legitimate, which is reasonable, then of the 33 million sold, ~24 million in active use (low, but reasonable given how unreliable the hardware is), then Microsoft just banned about 3% of their total current 360 userbase.
Plus roughly the same again banned in the past (per announcements). That is not rare or uncommon, it's only the announced ones, it's only the ones they're caught, and it's actually ignoring the fact that there are only about 15 million active live accounts...which makes the percentage even higher!
You're writing off a massive amount of active gamers, many
for good. This simply screws the industry over, in even the medium term.
(*I have the corpses of 4 in a cupboard. One day I'm going to salvage one for a linux box...)