sterb5

hi guys went to a computer fair recently and came across this flashing and chipping thing.any viewes on this would be great.

DJ Dunk

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I heard that your ***** will fall off if you did this. I'd steer clear.







Lets face it, its just plain dumb. Its a cracking (excuse pun) console with massive future development support from MS. If you decide to cheat the system, you'll miss out on all the future goodness to come your way. If you want to use it online, and you will at some point with all the new features heading its way, you'll be found out and punished one way or another.

spectrum48k

so how come there are loads of Xbox 360 disc images on *cetain websites* ? The console hasn't been cracked, has it ?

jpor

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I believe you can download something to flash the firmware on the drive to play that back-up copy of the game you bought. But not heard of anyone doing this as most 360's are under warranty.

DJ Dunk

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The DVD-Rom firmware has been hacked so it tells the console that the discs an original.

xxQuartzxx

i have the firmware .. plus instructions .. for both sets of drives that are installed on the xbox 360 ...

gotmashed

you can get the info on it from xbox-scene however it can cause problems and a few people that have downloaded the updates from xboxlive have had there 360's go dead

molko

I've not heard that before. I know a few people who have updated the firmware on their 360's and they have all also downloaded updates from XboxLive without any problems at all.

KiwiGTI

Aren't those for thieving pikey losers who don't have the mental capacity to grasp the concept of intellectual property?

sterb5

so kiwi gti. people who do this to save money on games instead of payin 50 pounds a game every other week for there kids are all pikey thieving scum as u put.

KiwiGTI

Yes, because you are stealing, as I said some people just can't undestand it.

leonpoole

I agree

sterb5

sorry but get taxed enough in this country. so a few quid savings in my pocket will do me fine. u can keep payin ur 50 pounds a game .i think 5 pounds a game is a bargain

KiwiGTI

What's it got to do with taxes? Do you think that game marketing and development is free?

leonpoole

I hope your xbox blows up

gatecrasher3

Don't care TBH if the games were a little more sensibly priced then I would buy originals but until then I'll stick to the wonderful firmware I flashed onto my Hitachi drive. Which incidentaly is still working a treat on Live even after the massive update. As fast as Microsoft try to put a stop to it the hackers will crack it. A prime example is the PSP firmware!

KiwiGTI

No excuse. You can rent games these days and even at £40 (which is what you can get most games for) it works out at good value if you consider the average game would be minimum of 10 hours to complete

leonpoole

In other words you cant afford them

gatecrasher3

Feel free to jump to your own conclusion. But while you do ask yourself who the real mug is. The one who pays £50 per game or......

leonpoole

If no one paid the 50 pounds then they would be no games though would they

gatecrasher3

Course there would. There would be the ones that were sensibly priced.

leonpoole

What do you think would be a sensible price ?

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Have to say, the 360 games generally are worth the money, just so lavish and detailed, dont want to jeopordize further MS development by getting it chipped to get loads of games that prob wont work anyway and I wont play.

Also, it helps working for a games retailer, got TDU for 32 quid delivered !

Its funny how much I have warmed to MS due to the Xbox and the 360.

ScoobyDoo555

calling Jack Clark

<sits back with some popcorn>

I used to have a chipped Xbox with plenty of backup games. My whole outlook has changed since getting the 360, as the product is actually worth the rrp (or whatever you pay @ play.com etc)
What grinds people into using the backups etc is when they don't feel they're getting their money's worth. Again, look at the PSP (let's face it, it's overly expensive sh1te) and of course, the whole DVD issue.
The PS1/2 was/is the same, with so many poor products available, it's only to be expected that this attitude (albeit illegal) will appear.

The 360 seems to be a little bit different (and to a lesser extend, Mac software compared to PC) - the product is good. Micro$haft have actually got it right this time Yes, a few hardware development issues, but they've addressed it very quickly....

But, back to the topic, so basically, you're too pikey or cheap to pay for legit games then...........


Dan

gatecrasher3

£20

RoadrunnerV2

I was in the same boat as you with the xbox and I completely agree with what you say about the 360.

RoadrunnerV2

You can get the latest 360 games for around £20-25 on ebay after just 2-3 weeks of release. I sold splinter cell double agent for £28 after just 7 days of owning it. If you say your prepared to pay £20, how come you don't buy your games there instead of chipping?

RoadrunnerV2

How do you think the consoles development and manufacturing costs are funded, goodwill?

RB5-Black

to further comment on the price of games now. Most online stores have 360 games down to 37.99 and if you order the multi-region games from play-asia you benifit from the great exchange rate , meaning 360 games for 21 of your pounds.

I chipped my original Xbox so I can use Xbox media centre. Chipping/flashing the 360 is for no other reason than playing copied games. so it's a pikey trick IMHO

gatecrasher3

Second hand? No thanks. Would happily buy new at sensible prices.

Do you not think lower priced games that sold at higher volumes would not see the same or higher returns

Of course you never played a "backup" on it did you