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Far Cry 2 being pirated like crazy on the 360

October 19, 2008 in News comments 26

It seemed like this was only a PC problem. Its almost become common to find a PC game pirated on the web. But it seems like people are moving on to consoles. This image alone tells the whole story. Thousands of peers and people downloading the game, for the 360. Such a shame. Lets hope this doesn't move on to future games on consoles.

Sayyed via forums.gametrailers.com »
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  • 0
    BlackLabel Oct 19, 08
    Microsoft need to sort this shit out as it's only happening on their platform, Sony seem to have it sorted due to large filesizes. So many games on the 360 these days have leaked and are being downloaded by thousands weeks before release it's pathetic.
    • 0
      Sayyed Oct 19, 08
      I don't really understand how it works for consoles. Do people then just burn the downloaded game on an empty CD?
      • 0
        Kim Jong Il Oct 19, 08
        Yes. What's not to understand?
        • 0
          Sayyed Oct 19, 08
          No I was just a little confused because I didn't think the xbox would read a those kind of disc as a game disc.
        • 0
          redneonfish Oct 19, 08
          Linkin, it should work because the Xbox uses normal DVDs doesn't it? So if you wack the data on the disk, chip your 360 you should be sorted.
      • 2
        Chiggins Oct 19, 08
        Yes, the Xbox 360 uses normal DVD's... But with my *cough*experiences*cough* you need to have a modded Xbox to get it to work.
    • 1
      Lost_Cause Oct 19, 08
      Shame on you Microsoft. SHAME. ON. YOU.
  • 1
    redneonfish Oct 19, 08
    Yes I think that's how it works, but you also need to chip your Xbox, like people did with the old PS1.
    • 2
      Cdemon Oct 19, 08
      .. and PS2, and Gamecube, and Xbox, and PS3, etc...
  • 0
    HawkMan Oct 19, 08
    what does chip means? im not a pirator of the gaming genre so enlighten me.
    • 1
      Chiggins Oct 19, 08
      Its called a mod chip. Its a little computer chip that you physically put on the motherboard of the console. It would allow you to play pirated games.
      • 0
        HawkMan Oct 20, 08
        it replaces the regular cpu chip?
        • 1
          Shadow of Death* Oct 20, 08
          No, just changes some things. I'm guessing it bypasses or adds 'authentication' to the reading of a pirated disk.

          Mod chips were also used to play foreign disks (imports).
  • 1
    anatomyofme Oct 19, 08
    RROD, VISTA, now this, Microsoft is *bleep*in pathetic. that whole company should just fold up and die. or sell to Google. there becoming one of those cheep import electronic company's but in America. Im sad to call myself an American knowing that they can do this to people!!
    • 0
      Goldva_X Oct 19, 08
      Wasn't it Bush's job to make Americans feel bad about their heritage? jk
    • 6
      Cdemon Oct 20, 08
      Wow, can you possibly be more retarded? People have been pirating console games ever since companies abandoned cartridges.

      It's not as widespread for the Wii due to the fact that 90% of Wii owners are too young to know what a torrent is.. and as somebody mentioned, not many people are going to want to download a 30gb uncompressed PS3 game.
      • 0
        Goldva_X Oct 20, 08
        You're pretty damn gifted if you already created a chip for the PS3. Cause as far as I know, no one has done that yet. I might not know that far though. There are PS3 games on torrents, yes, but the fact that there is no way to chip your PS3 makes it pointless to download it. it.
        • 0
          Cdemon Oct 21, 08
          You don't need a modchip.. a simple ISO image of the game running from the HDD would work.
        • 0
          Final Blade Oct 21, 08
          Why torrent PS3 games when they're region free? It makes no sense.
        • 1
          Kim Jong Il Oct 21, 08
          For the same reason people torrent 360 games. It's incredibly cheap.
  • 0
    Livewire_19 Oct 20, 08
    I don't believe this will hurt sales very much, and it's never going to get to PSPs level either. There is just too much work and risk for most people to install a mod chip in a 360. But Microsoft should do what Nintendo did with the Wii and cover the area the mod chip is put with epoxy, that might slow down or stop some people.
    • 0
      BANDITO ATTACK Oct 20, 08
      nintendo finally had a good idea. finally. :0
      • 0
        Big A2 Oct 20, 08
        I though reviving gaming was a pretty good idea. Didn't you?
        • 2
          BANDITO ATTACK Oct 20, 08
          two decades ago. and isn't it ironic how their console and their handheld are both becoming the very problem that ruined the video game industry in the first place before they swooped in and rejuvenated it?

          1980s - consoles are oversatured with crappy shovelware and people stop buying because all the games suck.

          2008 - wii and nds are both oversaturated with crappy shovelware and all the games suck. but there's gimmicks tacked onto both of them, so people keep buying. at least for 2 months.

          they found the missing link.

  • 0
    Slumpy monkey Oct 20, 08
    Shame the peepz cant go on-line with the game because MS bans any modded console permanently from xbox live.

    They should use an epoxy.

    But what CAN they do? Send the FBI in and arrest every pirate out there?
    • 0
      BANDITO ATTACK Oct 20, 08
      there are still undected methods of playing copied games.
      last i heard, anyway. i never bother with mod chips because i'm not a DIY kinda person.

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