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Microsoft disconnects Xbox gamers

2009-11-11 10:27 by
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Thousands of gamers may have been cut off from Microsoft's online gaming service Xbox Live for modifying their consoles to play pirated games.

Online reports suggest that as many as 600,000 gamers may have been affected.

Microsoft confirmed that it had banned a "small percentage" of the 20 million Xbox Live users worldwide.

Microsoft said that modifying an Xbox 360 console "violates" the service's "terms of use" and would result in a player being disconnected.

"All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs violates the Xbox Live terms of use, will void their warranty and result in a ban from Xbox Live," Microsoft has said in a statement.

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by Sava700 - 2009-11-11 13:30
If you are playing pirated games and connecting to Xbox live in the first place you should be smacked over the head for being stupid! Sure its bad to even steal the stuff anyway but its like stealing a car and driving it into a river thinking it will float.
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