MS Uses Halo2 + XBox Live to Crack Down on Mod Chips
If this story is true, I’ll have to rethink my plan to buy an XBox until a fix is found. I have no desire to buy a machine that I can’t alter, be it a car, a PC, or anything else. Especially when the XBox mod chips add the functionality that makes an XBox worth owning. I guess I could get an XBox and not get Halo2, but that game is the only game I want the XBox for.
Tags: Games, technology
November 16th, 2004 at 1:11 am
While I agree w/ your reasoning, do you not agree with MS’s (purported) reasons for this? My biggest concern isn’t piracy (not guilty of XBox game pirating, so it doesn’t matter to me), but the fact that hackers could cheapen the whole XBox Live experience by cheating; this is one of the main things I hate about PC gaming. Regardless, XBox’s are cheap enough now that buying 2 shouldn’t be a financial burden…one for tinkering, and one for XBox live ;-). Halo 2 is an absolutely phenom game btw, I highly recommend it. I thought you weren’t much of a gamer though?
November 16th, 2004 at 7:57 am
I’m not a gamer at all, which is why the thought of buying 2 XBoxen isn’t something I would ever consider doing.
I don’t know anything about modded XBoxen being used for cheating but I don’t really see that as a valid excuse (nor do I believe it for a second that is it the reason why they are doing this). If a mod chip in an XBox can cheapen the XBox Live experience, then PC users would not be allowed to play Halo online because anything that can be done to an XBox via a mod chip can be done on a PC.
July 16th, 2005 at 7:27 am
Seriously, Shannon. Have you looked at God of War of PS II?
I’m just sayin’. And even if this is an old post.