Yeah so they are modded, and banned, and cheap. So I want one, I don't really care about xbox live but I heard that when a console gets banned you can't use it as a media extender (don't care about that either) and that you can't put it in HD mode? It locks you into standard definition apparently. Is this even true? It sounds kind of bullshit to me. I might just get one anyway though because I don't have an HDTV.

I read in the paper that as many as one million xboxes could be banned.
But "hackers" are finding ways round microsucks checks with stealth chip.

No, it locks you out of installing games to the HDD
so no live, no media extender / divx support, no DLC and no installing games to the hard drive. I haven't tested if tversity still works or not. if it does you can get divx that way.

my banned X360 told me that this is not the case. You can still install games to HDD, but you will not get updates and patches.

This is what Im on about.
Control.

they started locking the HDD down on this latest ban wave.

That is a big ouch. I am thankful that I jumped to PS3 now No ban worry. Only wallet worry

I would rather ban worry then wallet worry

I would rather play games than give a fuck.

so what the fuck are you posting your useless drivel for then? go play and don't give a fuck. no one gives a fuck that you don't give a fuck.

I'm opting for the PS3 this time round - I have fancied a 360 for a while now, but if Im spending that much money then Ill gun for the PS3 - Some sucker will let one go for 100 bucks in the area I live because of their drugs habits then all i have to do is disinfect the controllers and unit its self as to not catch hepatitis or aids.

You do.

your so right! I can't wait for your next useless 'I don't care' post. It makes my life complete to know that you don't like anything that anyone else does. Your such a rebel!
Falling in line by pretending to not fall in line is the coolest!

ha^

well it turns out all these guys I work with play online all the time and they want me to play with them so I'll just wait and save up for a new one. Is there anything I should be looking for when I buy one? I want to mod it and I dunno if some are harder/impossible to mod or something. I read some guides but they are all pretty old.

The latest ban wave disabled a lot. Anyone who knows me knows that I tell the truth but yes, I am pro-Sony for obvious reasons. I'll list what the ban does to your console...

1. Cannot install games to the HDD
2. Disables all media server access (you cannot stream anything to your 360)
3. In terms of achievements, you cannot play games on your banned 360, remove the HDD and load up those achievements onto your Live! enabled 360. Your gamertag will sync with data from before you were banned.

The first two are features provided through software updates for your console or are already inherently there when the 360 was first released. These features should NOT be taken away from gamers, only the ability to connect to XBOX Live!. M$ taking away features you paid for is just asking for a lawsuit.

Ban will lead me to purchase another console which cause a bigger dent to my wallet. So, yeah, PS3 would be more economical for me in the long run since Consoles are not cheap here!


They will win the lawsuits. You are not supposed to mod your X360 in the 1st place!

You miss the point... Ok, I'll see if I can make this as simple as possible. If you're getting free cable and a cable company finds out, what do they do? Shut your cable off. They don't take your VCR/DVD Player/Blu-Ray Player with them. People payed for the basic feature of streaming movies they own to the XBOX 360. If you didn't buy Live! in the first place, you would still have this feature. Taking away basic offline features of the console you bought via hacking your system is against the law. Right now many legitimate XBOX 360 owners were banned during their glee spree, these people have EVERY right to sue M$ for not only taking away console feature that do not require a Live! subscription, but also for falsely accusing them of pirating. Even users who modified their console have a case here.

It's like saying 'It's not your XBOX 360, so we can do whatever we want to it.'. Get it now?

Inky and Skythe are secretly in love.

I could never give my heart to anyone but you

lol that sailor hat smily reminds me of Agozer.

does he have a picture where he has got some sailor stuff on?
Im sure there is one.
Might of been one were ryan fiddled with it.

I finally got around to testing Tversity with a banned console and it works fine. so media streaming and Divx support is no problem.

Why do people keep saying that a PS3 is more economical compared to a modded 360? This makes no sense, Can you play copied games on the PS3 now? Apparently you can't get banned for it if you can? It seems like sony could ban you if they want to if this is the case and I wouldn't count on staying safe for too long.

you can't play copied games on PS3. it's not hacked in any way.

This is how I count (forgive me if I use my currency)

This is what I purchased in the past:
1 modded X360 Elite - RM2200
About 1 yrs of XBOX Live (i am buying a 3-months package) - RM 360
12 original X360 games - RM 150 average per game - RM 1800
1 modded X360 Jasper Pro after my X360 Elite RROD beyond repair - RM 1400
1 Madcatz TE for X360 - RM790 (which KOed on me in one month)
DLCs (3 DLCs for Fallout 3, Oblivion DLCs, SFIV DLCs, SCIV DLCs, KOF98UM, MOTW, FFS) - I put it at RM600
Numerous pirated games at RM10 a piece (i have about 200 i think, of which about 5 - 6 i played regularly) - RM2000

Total X360 gaming cost to me in less than 2 yrs: RM 9150

For PS3:
1 PS3 Slim - RM1180
Online - free
DLC - Tekken 5 DR onllne - RM80
Games - numbering at 10 at the moment - RM1350 (some I buy used)
Going to get an HRAP SA tomorrow - RM650

Total PS3 gaming cost to me so far: RM 3260

So far, i have been very careful with the games i bought. I will really research it out and see which one is more suitable, which one I will play for a long time. So far so good, only traded off some games that i can't get into like Killzone 2 and LBP.
The saving will come from buying less games and free online.

P/S: After all my calculations, i found that i spend a lot on gaming

3 years of modded 360 goodness has cost me
350 for the console, modded my self.
100 for 2 years of live.
about 80 bucks a year on discs.
thats it.
just over 500 bucks to play just about every game that's come out in the last 4 years.
extra controllers, wifi dongles, remotes, headsets, blah blah are secondary, I don't count that as cost of owning a console. hell, Live is pretty secondary IMO. 2 years of live and I prolly only played about 40 hours of multiplayer games. It's just not appealing to me.