Fri, Nov 20, 2009 | 16:39 GMT
XBL bossman: 1 million people were not banned over modded consoles
Xbox Live general manager, Marc Whitten, has told VentureBeat that there “wasn’t a million people” banned for having modded 360 consoles, and is unsure “why people would think it was a million”.
“These were people that were pirating software. We try to keep sanctity of life from a safety and anti-cheating perspective and we protect our partners. We didn’t release the [banned] number.
“I cannot explain to you why people would think it was a million people. It wasn’t a million people. Check the veracity of that claim. It was one news source.
“I think we do a really good job understanding what people are doing on the system. That applies to intellectual property (piracy) and how we treat the community in terms of harassment. We are committed to making it better and better.”
The original source of the large number was InformationWeek, which reported that up to one million consoles could have been banned globally, but it does not cite where it received those numbers.
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8 comments
#1
Syrok
20/11/09, 3:08 pm
It was 2 million!
#2
theevilaires
20/11/09, 3:12 pm
Oh boy this just sounds more idiotic by the day.
#3
Doomsayer
20/11/09, 3:21 pm
Still a good move to ban pirates and modders at the end its us loyal customer who pay for the development of new games
#4
Blerk
20/11/09, 3:21 pm
3 million!
#5
Psychotext
20/11/09, 3:27 pm
0.99 million!
#6
Bulk Slash
20/11/09, 4:00 pm
I thought MS had already said it was 600K that were banned?
#7
Quiiick
20/11/09, 4:28 pm
@ Doomsayer
Unfortunately you wouldn’t pay less if software was not pirated.
These companies just make more money. And no, they wouldn’t reinvest more either.
@ Microsoft
Don’t even start talking about numbers (banned accounts/RRODs/etc …) if your not willing to share this data in the first place!
#8
Cort
20/11/09, 4:30 pm
No-one was banned. Their console was. Big difference.