
Originally Posted by
sirxlaughs
I don't think it's the firmware itself that is detectable. I don't know how any of that stuff works, but I think MS has found a way to send an inquiry to the drive. Depending on the drive's behavior, MS can tell if the firmware is original or not. That's my best guess so far.
Either way, it's always a cat and mouse game. It seems that this time, Microsoft has been flagging consoles for months in preparation for this pre-holiday ban.
At this point, I'm sure you are correct. There is no way that a million people were this careless and played games early, or had bad stealth on their disks. They banned 3% of all consoles sold, which can't be much lower than the total number of modded consoles. I don't know what the rate of modded consoles are on any system, but I can't imagine that the Xbox was that high because of the high risk and complications involved in modding the system.
I used to fanboy consoles in my sig. Now I'm not so sure they are worth my love. Steam has done more for me than all 3 consoles combined this gen.