Region locking: The Achilles heel of Xbox360??

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/01/24/italian_court_rules_mod_chips/

Now this has been news in quite long time now...However it made me think: Sony after this legal debacle made PS3 region free to not allow modchips to be legalised...

Why M$ made Xbox360 region locked even if its ONE game (which its not)? Didnt they know that case of PS2? ANd the most important thing is that Italy or EU in general isnt a backwater poor place its quite wealthy and all this wealth will be lost if 360 modchips legalise and people rent and copy games or even download....

it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingskelebull3000

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingTrue_Gamer_

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

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[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingkevy619

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

[QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingTrue_Gamer_

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

you dont need modchips to pirate games. I think xbox 360 proves this.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingkevy619

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

you dont need modchips to pirate games. I think xbox 360 proves this.

Anyway the procedure making it read the copied DVD9...If another court rules again that region locking is the reason to allow consoles run copied games...it would be Pndora's box opening for M$...

1. Today's x360 exploits don't allow region unlocking.

2. Most games released recently seems to be region free.

The legality of modchips don't have anything to do with region unlocking or whatever, you own the hardware and can do what you want with it. You are not doing anything illegal until you run pirated software (yes, backups of games you own are legal) on your system, at least not in most countries in Europe.

[QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingTrue_Gamer_

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

you dont need modchips to pirate games. I think xbox 360 proves this.

Anyway the procedure making it read the copied DVD9...If another court rules again that region locking is the reason to allow consoles run copied games...it would be Pndora's box opening for M$...

that doesnt make sense. Why? I own my xbox 360 I can modify any way I want to. Now on the other hand, if I start charging other people money to hack their xbox I could be in trouble. See how things work?

yeh....mod chips wont hit the streets big time.

Just because all the game companys would dry up....who makes a game that they know is going to be pirated. By half the world

Both 360 and PS3 are region free. But companies have the option of putting software region locks on games if they want to.

[QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingTrue_Gamer_

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

Mod chip were legalised here in Australia a couple of years ago. Besides, there is nothing to stop devs from region locking PS3 software, It has allready happened, I cannot import Straglehold for the PS3 becuase it is region locked and the uncharted demo is region locked.

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingMarka1700

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

Mod chip were legalised here in Australia a couple of years ago. Besides, there is nothing to stop devs from region locking PS3 software, It has allready happened, I cannot import Straglehold for the PS3 becuase it is region locked and the uncharted demo is region locked.

Then we can all expect same court action...Hell if modchips are legal in Australia people just can get their Xbox360 chipped and ready to play copied DVD9s rent copy and play...

um there are region free games on the 360 aswell

its up to the publisher if they wanna region lock their game or not

and as of yet there are no chips or ways to mod a 360 to avoid region lock so i cant see how that is a argument to make chips legal

[QUOTE="True_Gamer_"][QUOTE="kevy619"][QUOTE="True_Gamer_"]

[QUOTE="skelebull3000"]it doesn't seem to be harming the wii. look how well that's sellingMarka1700

The console may sell well piracy even pushes more machines to be sold...however the software sales will get a huge hit if modchips legalise and being sold/installed on high street at daylight...

Who wants to pirate 25 gig ps3 games? 50 gig ps3 games are on the way. I think this is why ps3 games arent being pirated as of yet.

PS3 is region free so no court will legalise teh modchips...read my OP again..plz

Mod chip were legalised here in Australia a couple of years ago. Besides, there is nothing to stop devs from region locking PS3 software, It has allready happened, I cannot import Straglehold for the PS3 becuase it is region locked and the uncharted demo is region locked.

uncharted demo was un-region locked. they said it was an error and they fixed it.

Most games release only a few days later in the Uk for 360 anyway so its not a big deal. Even then some are region free. The one console that does concern me with regions is the Wii. All the games are region locked from what I gather and Ninty frequently leave big gaps between the US and Uk releases. To my great annoyance Medal Of Honor seems like it might be the next one to do this. mirlegend

It will be quite sad to see wii modchips legalised and people chipping their machines at daylight in highstreet shops...piracy will run rampant...