Author Topic: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
zacparis  18178 posts
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Date Posted: 10/26 9:45pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
Did you end up getting one from your cousin?

I'm so tempted to upgrade to a 250GB elite. thinking Not so hot on the MW2 graphics plastered all over it though.

 

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Jedi_Matt  2453 posts
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Date Posted: 10/27 12:29am Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
How shocking is this? We're being forced into the mentality where we consider 'upgrading' to a newer console.

You're not doing it just for the hard drive space, you're also doing it for some extra peace of mind about not getting the RROD aren't you? tongue

Manufacturer crapiness making us voluntarilty give them more money...

 

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zacparis  18178 posts
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Date Posted: 10/27 11:43am Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
Not really. I want the bigger space is all, and for the price of a separate 120GB, I might as well spend a bit extra and get an Elite and loan my old one to my brother or something.

Upgrading consoles has been done for years anyway. How many people "upgraded" to the PS1 and PS2 slim? They were actually no different than the previous models, you just got less plastic for your money. tongue

 

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MarcusP2  12824 posts
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Date Posted: 10/27 6:33pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
My 8 year old original-size PS2 and 10 year old original PS1 are still going strong. tongue

 

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JediMatteus  734 posts
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Date Posted: 10/27 9:37pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
he still has not gotten the 360 to me, but we seemed to agree on a price $80

 

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zacparis  18178 posts
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Date Posted: 10/28 10:40pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
Damn, I just won an invite to an Xbox Insider Tour, trouble is, when I entered I didn't realise I have to get there and back myself. I'd hate to think what a ticket to Brisbane and back would cost at such short notice. frustrated

 

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JediMatteus  734 posts
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Date Posted: 10/31 12:56pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
man they should pay for your ticket

 

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Leto II  11844 posts
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Date Posted: 11/12 9:24am Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion - Date Edited: 11/12 10:08am (3 edits total) Edited By: Leto II
Modded 360 consoles are now getting banned from Xbox LIVE.

Also, Kotaku's report on the situation. The ban is permanent. A lot of people on another board I recently visted (that specializes in legally-fuzzy territory) are freaking out and pitching a fit. It's hilarious. People are getting seriously pissed that Microsoft would actually have the gall to take steps that prevent people from stealing games from them.

I've read some stories on the Xbox forums where people who got their RRoD-ed boxes fixed locally, rather than sending them Microsoft, also got banned. Another guy said all he did was open up his unit to retrieve a stuck disc. Grain of salt on some of these stories, but it looks like pretty much anybody who so much as cracked the case of their 360 got tossed.

 

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Darth-Lando  8045 posts
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Date Posted: 11/13 10:01am Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
A guy I know who has often laughed at me for NOT modding my 360 got his banned. Justice is sweet. tongue

 

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Date Posted: 11/17 11:18pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
lol @ all the bans of modded 360s...

...except at work now I have to field all sorts of questions about if our used 360s are modded or not and we also have to be super careful about taking 360s in trade in case the people who got banned try to foist their modded, banned systems on us to get new 360s...

 

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zacparis  18178 posts
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Date Posted: 11/19 3:52pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion - Date Edited: 11/19 3:53pm (1 edits total) Edited By: zacparis
Up to a million bans.. that's a huge number, and all we ever hear about is how piracy is killing the PC game.

But how many are just consoles that have been modded for other reasons I wonder. MS must see some benefit in banning all those consoles at the risk of their owners moving to the free online competition.

 

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Aragorn327  10396 posts
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Date Posted: 11/20 10:05pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
I believe those that mod for non-piracy reasons are members of a fairly small community, and accepted voiding the warranty going in.

But I'm not too familiar with mods on the 360 beyond copying games and playing them entirely off a hard drive.

 

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zacparis  18178 posts
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Date Posted: 11/20 11:12pm Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
I think there's a few who flash the DVD drive to play games from other regions.

 

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Date Posted: 2:01am Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
I've decided to join the best modern gaming world and get an 360 on Friday. Maybe I'll elbow someone in the throat at Best Buy. tongue

 

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zacparis  18178 posts
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Date Posted: 10:34am Subject: Billie Gates is Not My Lover: The XBox 360 Discussion
Awesome! Which version you going for? thinking

 

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