Well, Microsoft wasn’t kidding when they said they were going to be cracking down. The banhammer has been dropped on 600,000 users, mostly for modding and piracy. Microsoft says they are aiming to increase that number of bans to 1 million by the end of the holiday season.
It seems though that Microsoft’s call centers have been getting lit up by people complaining about their bans,
Our office has gone to hell, People have been calling in around the clock and most of them are screaming teen-agers who don’t understand the terms of use that comes with the console they bought.
Well, if you do the crime, you’re gonna do the time people.
Microsoft Bans 600k Xbox Live Accounts, More to Follow [Pinoy Cosplay]
Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 4:00pm by Kreyg
Filed Under: 600k, Main, News, Xbox 360, bans, live, microsoft, xbox
Well, I never thought I’d see something like this, but hey, life is full of surprises. The Crieff Hydro hotel in Perthshire, Scotland has decided that for this holiday season, video games are banned from their hotel. The hotel managing director Stephen Leckie, who is a father of four sees the role video games play in the lives of youth saying,
As a father-of-four, I’m well aware of the role that computer games play in youngsters’ lives and they undoubtedly have a place. However with Christmas holidays being the ideal opportunity to spend quality time with our families, we’re asking our younger guests to set their consoles and games aside for just a few days of the year and, instead, sample some new activities which they may never have tried before
I’m sure this will have a lot of parents Scotland that might want to give this place a shot this holiday season. While you might think, that sucks, the Crieff Hydro is offering a bunch of activities for the families staying there to take part in. Leckie had this to say,
“We’re offering festive alternatives to being glued to a computer game, with the most varied festive entertainment programme available since I took over the running of the hotel 15 years ago.
Instead of being “glued to a computer game” people staying at the hotel can partake in badminton, quad biking, outdoor laser quest, Higland games(no idea what that is), archery and family quizzes.
While it’s great to see that they are promoting family this holiday season, I personally wouldn’t be able to stay at a place like this. What about all the great games one might get as holiday gifts!
Hotel bans computer games over Christmas [STV News via GameCulture]
Posted on November 3rd, 2009 at 4:01pm by Kreyg
Filed Under: Banned, Chirstmas, Computer, Crieff Hydro, Games, Holidays, Hotel, Misc, Perthshire, Scotish, ban, bans, scotland, video
If you’re one of those JERKS who loves pirating games for the 360, be warned: Microsoft’s got a special goodie bag ready for you, and it’s loaded with poison and apples with razors in them.
A Microsoft spokesperson told IGN “”We have taken action against a small percentage of consoles that have been modified to play pirated game discs [...] to combat piracy and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox LIVE community, we are suspending these modded consoles from Xbox LIVE.”
Apparently, the banning has been going on for about the past week, as evidenced by the amount of whiners on the Xbox.com user account suspension forums.
Arrr, matey. Pirates not be welcome here.
Microsoft Performs Mass Xbox Console Banning [IGN]
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Posted on October 30th, 2009 at 8:05pm by John
Filed Under: News, Xbox 360, bans, microsoft, modded, piracy, xbox-live
