Is a US class action about to be filed against Microsoft for its banning of modified Xboxes
Well, it is the US, so it was bound to happen. A small-time American law firm has posted a document on its website seeing a more nefarious reason for the bannings, other than that stated by Microsoft – ie, gamers modifying their Xboxes so they could play pirated games.
In part, the post said:
“As has been reported widely in the media, tens of thousands of Xbox owners have had their modified Xbox consoles banned from Microsoft’s online gaming service Xbox Live. Although modification of Xbox consoles is against the terms of use for Xbox/Xbox Live, Microsoft “conveniently” timed the Xbox console ban to occur just after the release of the new Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 game and less than two months after the release of the very popular Halo 3: ODST game. This “convenient” timing may have resulted in more Xbox Live subscription revenues for Microsoft than it would have generated had these Xbox console bans taken place at some time before the release of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 and Halo 3: ODST. Additionally, sales of both Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (published by Activision) and Halo 3: ODST (published by Microsoft Game Studios) would likely have been greatly diminished had the Xbox console ban occurred prior to the release of these games.”
Just can’t see how this would get at start in any court – even in such a litigious country as America. Once the terms have been breached, one would assume it was game oover.
Sounds like more like a certain section of the US law fraternity is trying to live up to its reputation as ambulance chasers
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