Some people on Gaf think that the upcoming update might disable the disk drive on the modded 360's. Microsoft tricks pirates into coming online, Microsoft sends out compulsory update, pirates can never use their 360 for pirating games, ????, profit!
The unban thing is apparently real, on the same Gaf forum, people are taking their modded 360's online and have reported they have been unbanned, though they could be lying, but people usually get called out fairly fast on Gaf if they lie.
Smart stuff from Microsoft, I have a feeling that they've done something similar before, can't remember when or what it was.
I'll also point out that only modded consoles are being unbanned, people that have been banned for other things are reporting that they have remained banned.
If this is a trick, cool, if it isn't and Microsoft are just doing it just because, then it's pretty dumb that they'd let cheaters back on to their service, which was the main reason why they started mass banning people a while ago.
Bet with Conegamer and AussieGecko that the PS3 will have more exclusives in 2011 than the Wii or 360... or something.
