14 DAY TRIAL // What do you know, console hacking's days are over. Or at least for those who care about their online gaming through Xbox Live. Commenting on their move as "an important part of our efforts to try and maintain a fair gaming environment for the large majority of gamers that play by the rules," Microsoft has started banning those with modded consoles from XBLA.
Microsoft clearly states that it has "a no tolerance policy towards inappropriate behaviour like hacking or cheating" and that "this topic is more important than ever given the recent release of the Halo 3 beta," as Eurogamer reports. "We have stated in the past that customers can only enjoy access to the Xbox Live community through the use of a genuine, unmodified, Xbox console and we will continue to enforce this rule to ensure the integrity of our service, the protection of our partners and the benefits of our users," says a statement on the global community Gamerscoreblog.
So what do you think? Is this a good thing? Well, if you're one of those cheap a*s gamers modding their consoles from day one of use, burning all the possible games for that system, heck... even install software that the console might not like, then yes, it's a disaster for you.
However, if you're a legitimate buyer of consoles, games and accessories from Microsoft, then the company's move is the best thing that could happen to you, ensuring nothing but the best connection through XBLA and avoiding confusion every time the manufacturer releases an update and then the Internet blows up in flames with broken 360s.
Have you ever thought those were modded 360s, not supporting any more crap from their users...? Anyway, I'm sure Sony won't do the same with their users; as long as you buy the PS3... everything's A-OK. I'm being sarcastic here, everyone knows how paranoiac Sony is with its copyrighted property.