By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
City17 said:

Well as far as I'm concerned this is great news for Microsoft fans. Right now you can download pretty much the entire collection of xbox360 games off the internett for free and Microsoft is losing very much money.

If people feared losing their LIVE! account they might think twice about piracy and its negative impact on the gaming industry.

 

Stop game theft NOW!

 

It could be pretty horrible for Microsoft actually too. 

One could make an argument that without the piracy,  the console sales could see a sharp downturn and even with assumed improved software sales you also might see a drop in the amount of Live accounts. 

  And you could potentially see more console sales in the favor of the competition.  After all,  If I wanted to play tons of HD quality games for the cheapest possible price currently, the Xbox 360 would allow that. (Especially if I'm pirating games, I would have almost zero software costs.)