BlueNosedDog

Microsoft have responded to complaints about XBox live bannings by unleashing Major Nelson and setting him off in his own blog. Complaints started trickling in from sites such as Xbox-Scene.com about people being unaboe to play their games online anymore because of the consoles being banned from the live service.

Some went so far as to complain that they could no longer play “Gears of War 2″ or “Call of Duty: World at War” which does nothing for their credibility as both games were at the time unreleased, and so to be playing them you must have pirated them.

Microsoft has taken action against a small percentage of Xbox 360 consoles that have been illegally modified in order to play pirated games… to keep gameplay safe and secure for our community of more than 14 million members… You should know that modifying your Xbox 360 console is also a violation of the Xbox LIVE terms of use, will void your warranty and result in a ban from Xbox LIVE.

How many false positives were caught in the crossfire is unknown, but I think we’re all agreed, banning pirates is no great shame.