I don't think he should get his stuff transferred to another account. If he deserves to be perma-banned, he should never be allowed access to Live again. He should have the ability to re-download his already purchased titles, though.
I pirated 360 games and MS banned me, what the hell?
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I don't think he should get his stuff transferred to another account. If he deserves to be perma-banned, he should never be allowed access to Live again. He should have the ability to re-download his already purchased titles, though.
I don't know about the rest of you, but I am not a us resident and I buy stuff from amazon through a courier service. Guess I am a fucking thief then. See y'all Gaf. I am turning myself in.
My initial response:
To drive home the point further, if I got my free game because a cashier rang me up incorrectly (the equivalent of the XBOX Marketplace allowing a regional exploit), I shouldn't be banned.
I didn't even do this Oman thing, but the analogies in this thread are really bad.
Oh my god. You're comparing legally downloading a free license for a digital game with invading private property to steal whatever you want? Fucking really? Apologizer.
reynal1287
Member
That really sucks.
mysteriousmage09
Member
Yes, but if it's higher then 12, it's clear as day past December which means it's not American, which in the case of that date shows.
yeah he just cant connect to xbox live anymore
PotionBleue
Member
Why did ABSOLUTELY NO ONE else reported that they actually got banned in the Oman thread? He probably wasn't the only person to have taken advantage of the mistake, yet it appears he's the only one banned, so how could it be the ban's reason?
I believe so. You should be still able to play any games already downloaded and licensed to that system.
So weird, in the year 9999 we're going to have 31 months!
America is one of the only country that still use Month/days/years
ThoughtsOfSpeaking
Banned
That Digital future. Make some of you stay there :- You always have something to say about being the victims fault till it happens to you.
There is categorically NO reason why a consumer should be barred from accessing their purchased content on any service at anytime. NO MATTER WHAT.
Break the TOS = A ban from live and the marketplace,outside of a aways accessible download list of purchased content. Cool.
Not, you broke one of the rules = You are banned and can never play the games your purchased again.
Some of you are vindictive, mean spirited and generally badmind to even suggest such a thing.
There is categorically NO reason why a consumer should be barred from accessing their purchased content on any service at anytime. NO MATTER WHAT.
Break the TOS = A ban from live and the marketplace,outside of a aways accessible download list of purchased content. Cool.
Not, you broke one of the rules = You are banned and can never play the games your purchased again.
Some of you are vindictive, mean spirited and generally badmind to even suggest such a thing.
WAR recon zero
Banned
Doubt he has all 50 games installed
Also he's stuck with the same system. If it ever breaks his games are gone.
disastermouse
Banned
You won't have any luck with MS 'support' either way. I had an MS support person tell me that debit cards straight up don't work with Live. I found out later that this is bullshit.
MS= 'We don't care about you, fuck you.'
Almost?
Mystic_Wanderer
Member
Oh, the irony of this post. An equally awful analogy. An incorrect ringing up by a cashier =/= knowingly exploiting a loophole illegally. An actually accurate analogy would be walking into a store and taking a game that was unknowingly left unlocked, but that'll likely soar far above your head.
Salmonbottle
Member
Would be nice if Major Nelson would look into this. Banning for the Oman thing seems really extreme.
And that should mean he can't play any of the legitimate games he's paid for in the past? Nah.
Edit: I thought he'd lost access to it?
Given that no one else has reported being banned for the Oman thing and the OP seems to have admitted to game sharing in the Oman Exploit thread, it's far more likely the OP was banned for game sharing.
TheBaronOfNA
Banned
He can play them offline if they are installed in his hard drive .
maquiladora
Member
Oh man.
Facism
Member
Maybe his friends gifted him games for a birthday or funeral or something.
Zumblakladla
Banned
I have offline account and one more US account (NFL Blitz purposes) but can't remember email or password :s
Not even fucking close.
Exploiting an error in the system is not stealing an item off the racks. There's really no gray area here.
he has no access to that stuff
only the enforcement team can look that stuff up. not even the typical customer rep can tell you why youre banned.
StudioTan
Hold on, friend! I'd love to share with you some swell news about the Windows 8 Metro UI! Wait, where are you going?
Physical discs can get destroyed, what if your house burns down? What if you're robbed? There go all your games. If my console is stolen my next console will still have access to all my digitally purchased games. There are pros and cons to both systems.
Pretty much this. Number one reason why I always buy retail when I can.
Well I frequently get people to gift me US versions of games on Steam to get around Steam regional pricing.
I guess you could call that an exploit.
Mystic_Wanderer
Member
Like I said - miles above your head.
Moosehole
Member
ToS exist for a reason. Read them. Know what you can and can't do and what the consequences will be if you violate them. No one to blame but yourself for ignorance.
Not saying I agree, just saying those are the facts.
Salmonbottle
Member
Oh, whoops. That's what I get for skipping right to the last page of the thread.
Glad to hear the ban was reasonable.
So you added another bad one?
Microsoft didn't forget to charge him for the games, they didn't charge him because he pretended to be in a different bloody country. That's a tad different. Your analogy would be more apt if you presented fake ID to the cashier and that's how you got the product for free. Which... would probably get you into a whole mess of trouble.
Even besides that, the Oman thing is very unlikely to be the reason he was banned, considering the things he's implied and just applying the common sense that shows that nobody else was banned for the Oman thing.
*shrug* You can be as overtly dismissive as you want. That doesn't make me wrong. It just makes you unable to articulate yourself.
I can see the merit of the ID thing. That makes a bit more sense to me, I suppose. The whole "stealing" thing is still silly.
baphomet
Member
If i were robbed my physical games would be replaced. However when my 3DS was stolen all my games were completely gone for good with no way of replacing them.
File a police report and Nintendo will replace them.
Zumblakladla
Banned
I remembered my US account details. Logged in and its not banned.
So... Oman thing backfired.
So... Oman thing backfired.
The Cowboy
Member
This is true, which is why I find it pretty strange how gaming sites never really talk about it/complain about it, sure we get the odd EA/Origin story when something major happens (SimCity), but this is something that should be talked about a lot more (more so considering how big some of the digital markets are).
A good example of digital rights being ignored by the gaming press is, earlier this year it was announced in the UK that new laws would be getting added to aid consumer rights with digital products, to make it so we can get refunds and compensation for various reasons (current laws don't actually cover these despite what some think).
You know how many gaming sites covered a pretty big change in digital gaming rights in the UK? - none.
.... what?
baphomet
Member
Again, a police report was filed and faxed to them. They said too fucking bad.
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