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November 22nd, 2009 at 06:00pm
Under Xbox 360
In response to a possible class action lawsuit resulting from a recent round of Xbox Live bans, Microsoft has now asserted the legality of its position. A spokesperson has told the Financial Post that piracy is a violation of the company’s terms of use and that Microsoft is “well within its legal rights” to ban users from its Xbox Live.
It was reported earlier this month that the law firm AlbingtonIP is “investigating” the possibility of a class action lawsuit against Microsoft over the bans. The firm argues that timing of the bans — shortly after the release of Halo 3: ODST and just prior to the launch of Modern Warfare 2 — was designed to get as much money from Xbox Live subscriptions as possible. In other words, the firm believes that Microsoft personally waited for a time when many people — modders in this case — would be purchasing Live subscriptions for popular games — money that probably wouldn’t be refunded after a ban.
Joystiq’s Law of the Game columnist, Mark Methenitis, classified the suit as a likely “cash grab,” explaining that anyone savvy enough to mod an Xbox would know to stay well away from Xbox Live. We might add that major releases, like ODST and Modern Warfare 2, are the biggest targets for piracy, and likely correspond with rises in illegal downloads. And that just might have something to do with the timing of the bans in question.
[Via Kotaku]
Microsoft says it’s ‘well within legal rights’ to ban consoles originally appeared on Joystiq on Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 9th, 2009 at 03:45pm
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The disc drive out back may be a bit precariously placed, but ‘Hailrazer”’s portable “NCube” reeks of everything we’d want in a handheld version of the last-gen Nintendo console (except for wireless multiplayer, of course). Engadget spotted the 90-hour-in-the-making portable GameCube over on – surprise, surprise! – the Ben Heck forums. A breakdown of the construction process can be found just after the break in video form, though you may want to set up the drool tray now before proceeding.
All set? Alright, now go ahead.
[Via Engadget]
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Portable GameCube hack brings Sunshine everywhere it goes originally appeared on Joystiq Nintendo on Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:45:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Tags: ben-heck, engadget, gamecube, hailrazer, handheld, handheld-gamecube, mod, modding, ncube, portable, portable-gamecube
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October 9th, 2009 at 03:40pm
Under Xbox 360
It must be great to be a celebrity. Take rapper Lil’ Wayne for example. In a GTR video clip, he tells about an Xbox he received from a friend that plays “every game from A-Z, Atari, Nintendo, pong, movies & even porn.” Can you imagine? We didn’t even know Microsoft made an Xbox like that, and here celebrities are getting them as gifts. … What’s that? … It’s a modded Xbox? Oh come on, now you’re just being naive.
Kidding aside, you can say what you will about our close personal friend Soulja Boy, but at least he pays for his games before he totally misunderstands them to be about drugs and alcohol.
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