Microsoft to Crack down on Non Microsoft Produced Accessories

[ameratsu]

DirtyP2002 said:

ameratsu said:

DirtyP2002 said:

this is a push against piracy and I can't wait for it.

Great job MS!

 

Explain.

afaik there are some people downloading games and saving it directly on the HDD. Then connect the HDD to the xbox360 and play it from the HDD (u do not have to insert a dvd) but the 20 GB was not big enough so they used other HDDs to get more games on it. With the 120GB or 250GB, things have changed quite a bit.

I know there is this DVD-flash-stuff thing, which is kind of mainstream for piracy, but I read about this way too.

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and from MS perspective: Why should you allow unlicensed hardware work on your console? you do not make any money with it and your hardware accessories won't sell. It is your product at the end of the day.

 

I'm tired so this is going to be short.

The first part isn't true (about xbox 360s booting isos off a harddrive), you might be thinking of the Wii.

So given that the piracy card you played is BS, you are all for microsoft stopping users from using third party harddrives because Microsoft doesn't make any money. I assume users are doing this so they can, among other things, store more paid content, movies, and DLC. You know... things that make Microsoft money. Some people want to give Microsoft more money by purchasing more content, but think that the asking price for an actual MS drive is too much, so they buy a third party drive. This course of action strikes me as something reasonable.

The degree to which some people support decisions that are patently bad for them and solely adventageous to companies never ceases to amaze me.