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Jenni
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 Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 09:19 Post subject: [XBOX] Stolen 360 development kit photos. |
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http://xbox360.1stgame.nl/
Heh MS are considering a $100 Million court case because of them, although I have no idea who they're going to start legal action against.
Back to the subject, on those photos they've already tried to mod it, but his soldering skills are terrible.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 09:30 Post subject: |
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SmartXX returned the boxes IIRC.
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I saw things like that in here and in other "woman problems" topics so...... Am I the only one that thinks some authorities needs to be alerted about Saner and him possibly being a rapist and/or kidnapper ? |
Saner is not being serious. Unless its the subject of Santa!
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 09:42 Post subject: |
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hehe...his soldering skills are indeed questionable...
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Jenni
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 09:44 Post subject: |
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Smartxx did indeed return the consoles. However, ten were stolen, three recovered, four returned by smartxx, which leaves three unaccounted for.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 10:51 Post subject: |
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Wow thats really quite fascinating! Although upon reading the thread topic, I did think it was photos of the 360 development kit that had been stolen not the actual consoles lol. Anyone got any more info on this other than the pics?
May the NFOrce be with you always.
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Jenni
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 11:08 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Piracy fears surface ahead of the launch of Microsoft's next generation console
Platform holder Microsoft may face a new piracy threat, as reports surface of ten Xbox 360 development kits being stolen from a warehouse in Duren, Germany, with the hardware believed to have fallen into the hands of hackers.
According to an article on Spiegel Online, the shipment of ten dev kits was delivered to a warehouse in Germany in unmarked packaging. The kits were supposed to be distributed onwards to developers in order to create games for the new console platform.
A few days after the shipment went 'missing', photographs of the kits appeared on the Internet, with the serial numbers edited out. Police raids in Austria and Germany recovered three of the units, but seven kits remain untraced at present as the investigation continues.
Microsoft's original Xbox console was plagued by piracy and modification, including the installation of mod chips which bypassed DVD region encoding and copyright protection measures. Pirated software and modified games which gave players an unfair advantage in Xbox Live matches have also been prolific on the Xbox.
In a recent interview with Gamespot.com, Microsoft's chief executive J Allard suggested that piracy on the new console was a given, which the company has already accounted for.
"The philosophy that we applied on 360 is 'It's going to happen," he said.
Allard also hinted that the inevitable bypass of security measures was less important to Microsoft from a financial perspective, but significant in its potential to ruin the online multiplayer experience for genuine customers.
The improved community gaming and media functionality of Xbox Live is a key strength of the new console, which Microsoft is hoping will attract a wider audience of casual gamers when the new console launches in Europe on December 2nd, 2005.
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 11:14 Post subject: |
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Nice one thanks Jenni!
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Jenni
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| Posted: Wed, 26th Oct 2005 11:23 Post subject: |
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lol Ive seen that loads before. Thats old. Ive read so much debate over whether its fake or not than Ive ever read in a single article!
Also how come the Xbox 360 controller has a USB type cable attached in the Smartxx pics? I thought the controllers were supposed to be wireless?
http://xbox360.1stgame.nl/smartxx-xbx360-08.JPG.jpg
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