Flare Bought an Xbox 360

**javierdlopez** · 08-14-2010, 08:02 PM

I use Tversity. Works good...

**Flare** · 08-14-2010, 11:20 PM

Originally Posted by NE146

I think HOMEBREW is a lot of the appeal of it too, not just piracy. If it was just for free games, the simpler route of flashing a 360 is all you need (some people can do it in 10 minutes flat.. opening, flashing, and closing). But yeah the Xbox 1 was probably the last great homebrew console with all it's emulators. It's too bad the 360 is such a difficult one. I'd love to have a 360 emulation console

What are you saying? There's the possibility of playing XBLA off Usenet in an Xbox that is not jtagged? Please, do tell.

**NE146** · 08-15-2010, 05:15 AM

Originally Posted by Flare

What are you saying? There's the possibility of playing XBLA off Usenet in an Xbox that is not jtagged? Please, do tell.

Sorry I guess I wasn't clear. I was only talking about regular retail 360 games (which I guess is the primary draw for most people), not XBLA titles. You cannot play bootleg XBLA titles on anything except a jtagged 360.

**entexman** · 08-15-2010, 07:39 AM

XBox Live Arcade games are cheap (most only costing $5-10) so why would you need to pirate them in the first place?

**Flare** · 08-15-2010, 08:27 AM

Originally Posted by entexman

XBox Live Arcade games are cheap (most only costing $5-10) so why would you need to pirate them in the first place?

You are right, what I'll end up pending extra for a jtagged box will be more than just buying every XBLA game that actually matters.

So in this case, I should be looking for a modded Xbox that is not banned, so I can still get online and buy XBLA games.

I don't remember, what are the factors that can get you banned on XBLA?

**javierdlopez** · 08-15-2010, 08:30 AM

I'm going to agree with Entexman here. You can sort of justify piracy I suppose against the large publishers, since they are huge businesses and typically sell their games at prices that don't necessarily reflect the value of their product. But in the case of XBLA or PSN games, these games are typically small developers that are barely making it as a business. You're basically screwing over "the little guy".

Personally, as I've gotten older I've sort of come full circle with the moral implications of piracy. Stealing is stealing, just because you're not physically breaking into someone's house, doesn't make it right. So you're no better than the assholes who broke into Shane's house earlier this year and wiped him out. You're not in Mexico anymore, man...

**Flare** · 08-15-2010, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by javierdlopez

Personally, as I've gotten older I've sort of come full circle with the moral implications of piracy. Stealing is stealing, just because you're not physically breaking into someone's house, doesn't make it right. So you're no better than the assholes who broke into Shane's house earlier this year and wiped him out. You're not in Mexico anymore, man...

You are right. Stick it to the big man, but support small, indie developers.

**Flare** · 08-15-2010, 08:42 AM

OK, so does anyone has a Flashed, not banned Xbox 360 for sale?

**alexjlopez** · 08-15-2010, 08:48 AM

Originally Posted by Flare

You are right, what I'll end up pending extra for a jtagged box will be more than just buying every XBLA game that actually matters.

So in this case, I should be looking for a modded Xbox that is not banned, so I can still get online and buy XBLA games.

I don't remember, what are the factors that can get you banned on XBLA?

From what I understand, it's actually quite hard to get banned. Playing anything you shouldn't be playing (like an import demo or a game before it's released) will generally do the trick. Also, I've heard that they do "sweeps" whenever a big game is released like Call of Duty or Halo sequels.

Neither of my 360's are modded, but I know guys who have been modded forever and have never had any problems other than keeping up with the firmware updates as they are released. Depending on who you talk to, this seems to be a pain in the ass. Involves opening up your 360 and your PC each time from what I understand. The thing, of course, is that not updating when you are supposed to is supposedly one of those ways they can tell your machine is not on the up and up.

If XBLA games are important to you, you may want to consider just going legit on this one--grab the latest build of Shane's "Under $10" app and feast on 5 years worth of bargain bin goodness. Otherwise, ditch XBLA and just grab a dirt cheap banned box for $50. Many (not all) all of the great XBLA games are available in disc compilations anyway (like Geometry Wars, etc.). If you're not going to be doing much online gaming, I think there are enough disc based games in the 360 library to keep you busy for a long, long time--certainly enough to get your $50 worth.

**NE146** · 08-15-2010, 09:16 AM

Well.. to answer your question directly, sorry I don't have any I am willing to give up. At this point I have three "core" 360's. One is flashed, one is legit (and easily flashable if need be), and one is UNTOUCHED & very jtaggable (a valuable item

). All my original 360's have died so I got this batch all free from clubbing.com but they were hard earned through months of bot-game playing at 1000 pts a day. So I it'd be too hard to part with them... sorry.