maabus1999
Member
I'm not the most knowledgable person on the "banned" console subject, but if he sold his "banned" console, can a store or another get it "unbanned" easily? Or is this screwing someone else over?
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Just got my console (and I assume my account) banned from Live for playing Halo 4.
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I'm not the most knowledgable person on the "banned" console subject, but if he sold his "banned" console, can a store or another get it "unbanned" easily? Or is this screwing someone else over?
maabus1999
Member
Any other person who works retail in this thread comment that if they did actually receive Halo 4 two weeks prior to launch? His picture does show him having a real copy but two weeks early is impressively early. Doesn't make him a thief but does make people just walking in to his thread want to know more details on how Halo 4 was shipped to retailers.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
This is still rather unnecessary to ban. He has a real copy. It could be me or you in that scenario and maybe we threw away the receipt.
Even if he stole it, he could lie and say whatever but the bottom line is he has a real copy. He could have gone to a friends house who somehow got a copy and stole his copy and it would still not justify the ban from Microsoft's end. I don't advocate stealing but the end result of obtaining a non pirated copy is the same.
maabus1999
Member
Didn't he send an unaltered receipt, that would make point #3 moot would it not? The receipt number and store info would have to be on it.
This whole thread is sorta bizzare.
DangerousDave
Member
I have to say that, even if I'm still against MS position in the banning, their customer service has been great for me, at least recently.
I had a problem with my account (somehow corrupted), and I pressed a button on the customer service and they called me inmediately, and the woman on the phone was assisting me during more than an hour until we fixed the issue, very kindly.
The Faceless Master
Member
this is all because of Piracy really.
remember how for years, MS would have ban waves and then the pirates would come up with better anti-detection methods?
the pirates won.
this is Microsoft's last desperate attempt at ... well, nothing really, since pirates just have to wait until the launch date like everyone else. only the idiots and legit users who get the game early are affected.
remember how for years, MS would have ban waves and then the pirates would come up with better anti-detection methods?
the pirates won.
this is Microsoft's last desperate attempt at ... well, nothing really, since pirates just have to wait until the launch date like everyone else. only the idiots and legit users who get the game early are affected.
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Deleted member 20920
Unconfirmed Member
Kind of late but I'm in the same situation as Lexi. If you look at my steam account you would see that most of my games on steam (out of 165) have few or no achievements because I buy too mucha nd play too little. Sometimes I buy games on Steam even though I already had it for my PS3 or other platforms. It is not an indication of piracy.
Whatever the case might be, it is pretty shitty of MS to ban players for playing a game before release date. The average consumer who has no idea when the release date is will end up suffering if he or she even accidentally purchases a copy from a shop that decided to break the dates. Piracy is only one of the possible reasons for someone to have early access to a game.
Zoe
Member
They're calling it altered because of the sale date.
You sod, I just replied to that thinking it was a recent post. Shit.
Uno Venova
Banned
This is so ironic it hurts.
Duane Cunningham
Member
Wow, every time this thread gets bumped, I assume it finally has a happy ending. It never will. Good ol' MS.