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Microsoft bans "small percentage" of Live accounts // News
I wouldn't call 3% of the total users to be small, but that's just me.
In response to this:
Banned 360 users call and threaten to kill Xbox Live policy director - ConsoleTECH Forum
Some people take video games way too seriously.
Microsoft has banned a number of Xbox Live accounts from the online service in a bid to prevent the owners of modded consoles using the service.
The platform holder warned last week it would be suspending access to Xbox Live for anybody who had modified their console in order to play pirated discs, although the action won't prevent people from playing games offline.
Although the company declined to release specific numbers, some reports have placed the amount of accounts banned at 600,000 of the 20 million-plus total
I wouldn't call 3% of the total users to be small, but that's just me.
In response to this:
Microsoft has started a new wave of 360 bans and this has angered many pirates. Banned users are actually making threatening calls to the director of Xbox Live's policy enforcement.
Stephen Toulouse logged into an IRC channel from where the problem seemed to start and pleaded that the threatening calls to him and his family should stop.
Banned 360 users call and threaten to kill Xbox Live policy director - ConsoleTECH Forum
Some people take video games way too seriously.