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[ccfman2004]

QUOTE(Weener Mcwang @ Nov 11 2008, 02:53 PM)

Just for the people being all uppity and angry at Micro$oft for banning ya because they're "trying to sell their darned consoles", please absolve your ignorance with this article

Why Game Consoles Are Sold At A Loss

Game companies use the old "Shaving Razor" business model (sell a full razor cheap, replacement blades expensive). It's much like when I was 14 working at a movie theater... the theater made practically zero money from ticket sales which all went to the movie distributors. That's why a medium pop and popcorn costs 15 bucks. Thats also why theaters get pissed when you sneak food in. You're basically cutting off their only source of revenue. This is the same with microsoft, who are more than morally and economically correct to try to stop people from stealing their main revenue stream (duh, its a f***ing business). You should expect to be banned if you mod your console because you knew it was wrong in the first place to do it. You don't like microsoft, fine, but don't blame them for stuff you don't have a clue about in the first place.

BTW, played Fallout 3(seed4me), Fable 2, GOW2, and Endwar as soon as they were released and not banned yet, using an Arcade 360 with benq 1.41. hold on, i'll check again... yup, still good.

I only copy my games so the originals stay safe.  I don't mind spending $1.50 on a new DVD-R DL as compared to $60 for another copy of a game that got ruined.  Anyone remember the issue of 360's that were scratching discs because the console got slightly bumped.

As for the Movie Theatre, I sneak my own food in because the Theatre does not accommodate my heath needs (unsalted, unbuttered popcorn)

[Weener Mcwang]

QUOTE(ccfman2004 @ Nov 11 2008, 08:01 AM)

I only copy my games so the originals stay safe.  I don't mind spending $1.50 on a new DVD-R DL as compared to $60 for another copy of a game that got ruined.  Anyone remember the issue of 360's that were scratching discs because the console got slightly bumped.

As for the Movie Theatre, I sneak my own food in because the Theatre does not accommodate my heath needs (unsalted, unbuttered popcorn)

A perfect example. I'm not saying there's anything really wrong with that, I'm simply saying don't be pissed when the theater staff kick you out with no refund when they catch you cause you knew what you were doing was against the rules.

[cypher21]

Don't know if it helps, but here we go:

My xbox:
360 Elite (first batch with BenQ drives) manufacturedate July 2007
before ever turning it on, I've flashed it with iXtreme 1.4 later updated to iXtreme 1.41 8x speed

I only use scene releases which are verified in mulleter or abgx360 or self made backups which are created with a samsung drive and 0800 firmware.
Not Banned (yet?)


Friends xbox (which I've flashed)
360 premium from +/- June 2006
Flashed with first iXtreme 1.2 and was later on updated with every newer firmware that was released

He plays the same games as I do and is also Not Banned (yet?)

I personally think it has to do with crappy (pre)releases

[Chancer]

As of now could you please post in in
http://forums.xbox-s...howtopic=666197
This will help collate everything into one place at present
Thanks