You're kidding, right? What does Sony do if you pirate their games and get caught? Nothing?

Are these people cereal?

Spotify DRM: If you have an internet connection, we'll give you ten hours of free music a month, paid for by advertisements. Then we'll try to sell you on a subscription service with unlimited access, offline play, and no ads.

Microsoft DRM: We'll have you pay $500 for a console, $60 for a game, $50 per year for an online service, then we're still going to put ads on XBox Live, and we reserve the right to brick your system at any time.

They're not tied to a PSN account, and your console doesn't lose all functionality once you're banned from PSN. The games play from disc, and don't need any internet connection for them to function offline. They'll continue working.

Also, piracy on the PS3 requires very specific firmware and measures these days. Measures that'll not allow you to get on PSN probably, anyway.

So... compared to that, nothing.

There was also one time ~release of the X360 slim that Microsoft did a massive ban run on pirated 360's. They lost not only XBL forever, but lots of other functions - which exactly - I don't remember anymore and am too lazy to search for. Let's just say the pirates needed to buy another console. It wouldn't surprise me if post XBL ban on the XB1, you'd truly be left with useless pieces of plastic rather than game discs. Microsoft doesn't joke around.

edit: I found you some links anyway.

http://www.ps3news.com/XBox-360/more-on-xbox-live-bans-hdd-crippling-possible-ban-causes/#ixzz0WOpiuaK[/SIZE

http://www.pcworld.com/article/182010/xbox_users_banned.html

xbox support tweeted this information, so it is believable and im pretty sure drm has its fault but i give you this your internet analogy was pretty good

I know some guys who were invited into a CoD lobby in the Xbox version. They just thought it was a normal game but when the level loaded they were greeted by a hacked "challenge lobby." They were then systematically picked out, slammed with allegations, and finally permabanned without any chance to appeal.

I also accidentally joined a challenge lobby in MW2, completely oblivious to what they were, and I did not get banned. Game's are meant to be fun and people having been exploiting glitches in games (both single player and multiplayer).

So why punish the player who's invested so much into the console and games, because of the game/console developer's inability to create a hackproof game/console?

Well if MS excs. cant answer questions well, i doubt their customer service can do much better. Hopefully this isnt true cause people will take it the wrong way.

And thanks it pretty ironic eh?

...or the fault of someone you share your account with.

What make you think only pirates will be banned?

Who else would be? People swearing just get muted. I've had multiple freinds muted but never banned unless they pirated or used hacks in games.