Forum: MaxConsole v2.0 Xbox 360 Hot Headlines

A little study has concluded that Final Fantasy XIII on the Xbox 360 is nowhere near HD. Infact its resolution is a mere 576p. Sony will feel pretty smug with themselves right about now that's for sure. <blockquote>While a top notch side-by-side comparison of the PS3 and 360 versions of Final...

New reports indicate that the fresh wave of MS bans on modified consoles has resulted in systems not only being banned from LIVE but also - removing the ability to install games to the HDD, forbidding the use of Windows Media Centre extender and not allowing the retrieval of achievements from...

Sony has revealed that they are supremely confident that their PS3 system will surpass the Xbox 360. Moreover, they believe that MS effectively messed up their chances to 'sprint ahead' with the console war. A fair reflection? <blockquote>Sony's senior VP of marketing and PSN boss Peter Dille...

The guys at Digital Trends are arguing that MS should never have built the Xbox. And it all comes down to opportunity cost. Essentially, they feel that MS has sacraficed the billion dollar PC market to try and 'assure' success of a product that makes millions in the Xbox. <blockquote>There is...

According to a company which specializes in IP law and consumer class actions, an investigation is currently underway over the banned Xbox 360's. The company is urging any people who were banned from Xbox Live but not refunded over their remaining contract to come forward and participate in a class...

A touring bus has allowed the public and journalists to sample Final Fantasy XIII and it's bad news for 360 owners. Feedback is stating that the 360 version looks worse with the game looking more crisp and texture-filled on the PS3. <blockquote>Square Enix’s marketing activities, in the form...

Microsoft has confirmed that they will have/will ban anywhere from 600,000 to 1 million Xbox 360 owners from LIVE should their systems be illegally modified. MS noted that modifying an Xbox 360 violates their terms of use and will result in a LIVE ban. <blockquote>Anywhere between an estimated...

Microsoft has commented that it is unapologetic about banning modified consoles from Xbox LIVE. Prior to that, MS noted that stamping out piracy on their system is a key issue not just for the Xbox but the industry as a whole. <blockquote> "If it's clear someone is downloading pirated copies...

A journalist has got his hands on the final code for Final Fantasy XIII. And after playing the PS3 version, he reports back that the Xbox 360 version is worse. The CG is extremely compressed, objects are less detailed, character clothing doesn't have the final details amongst more 'issues'. ...

It looks as if Microsoft's efforts to ban all those 360's has made hackers pretty angry! According to reports, C4eva has a new firmware in the works with all features of it indistinguisable from the original so there will be NO MORE bans! <blockquote>4Eva announced he's working on a new...

Website 'gamesonsmash' has an interesting editorial in which it believes that Project Natal will fail just like the Sega CD. They believe that the marketing of the product will not much up to the reality and they touch upon more expected similarities between Natal and Sega CD. <blockquote>The...

As you may know, MS has started a new wave of 360 bans and this has angered many pirates. So much so that the pirates actually made threatening calls to the director of Xbox Live's policy enforcement. Resultingly, the respective individual (Stephen Toulouse) stepped into an IRC channel where the...

Microsoft has revealed that they will not reveal bans about how they go about banning modified Xbox 360's but denoted all that consoles that have been banned have been verified to violat their terms of use. The issue of bans is becoming mainstream news right about now due to the sheer volume of...

Big statement here from MS, but then again it is a Halo title they are talking. Product manager Aaron Greenberg has gone on record to suggest that Halo Reach will be the biggest game of 2010. <blockquote>Once the topic turned to exclusives, Greenberg couldn't resist talking about the...

The banning hammer at Microsoft is working overtime right through the Christmas period! Reports have come forth that they are banning homebrew enabled Xbox 360's over the festive period, which is hardly a surprise considering MS. <blockquote>It looks like Microsoft started banning homebrew...

Microsoft has revealed their reasons as to why they blocked unauthorized storage solutions such as Datel's Max memory. They say they wanted to stop cheaters and protect consumers, but do we believe them? Is the real reason they didn't want Datel eating away at sales of their inferior and more...

Mass Effect 2 is currently enjoying the sub-title of the second highest rated Xbox 360 game ever... or at least MetaCritic says so. The game has received a great number of 100/100 review scores thus far.

'The Curious Case of the Durango Leak' Eurogamer has posted photos of an alleged devkit of the next Xbox, codenamed 'Durango', detailing its features. According to its sources, they are pretty much real... Gaming website Eurogamer has posted an article called 'The Curious Case of the...

Early impressions of Final Fantasy XIII report back that the title runs just as smoothly on the Xbox 360 as it does on the PS3. This news comes from 1UP who managed to sample the game on two separate kiosks.

CNET has revealed the results of their very own survey into console breakages. And the 360 leads the way with a 60 percent defect rate, followed by the PS3's 16 percent and 6 percent for the Wii. <blockquote>CNET UK commissioned the survey last month -- and the results don't reflect well on the...