@UnnDunn
But we got on the cases of those companies too. So equalism wins again.

I say we...wait for it...PETITION! Huh? Huh? Who's wit' meh?

yai petition time i am in!!

lets call it Microsoft suck ma balls

i still don't see the logic behind this. There will always be people who are willing to pay extra for a microsoft branded device, because they think they are getting quality. Forcing people to buy their stuff buy canceling out the oposition is not the way

Dont use these unofficial cards, was going to buy one a while back but was like ehh as I hear MS disliked them...and guess my judgement was good

MS wants to hold on to their ridiculous monopoly over the storage for the 360...very overpriced...I mean what? 100 bucks for 60 gigs...thats outrageous, and like 40 bucks for a 512 mb memory card......that is impossibly overpriced....they are just tempting people to find a way around this update

Yeah, like everyone else said.

Disabling R4's on the ds and firmware exploits on psp is nothing like disabling a 3rd party memory card.

It would be like disabling 3rd party controllers.

Or put it this way. If microsoft decided to release an "official" xbox 360 guitar controller, or Arcade stick, and then updated the firmware to not allow use of 3rd party guitar controllers or arcade sticks.

The are doing it because no one in their right mind would buy a 512mb card for $40. even if they add "worms" to it. So, by eliminating the competition, people who buy the 360 arcade have to buy first party.

My guess they did it now because its so close to the holidays. Being the 360/ps3/wii are huge sellers, this is the perfect opportunity to scrape a few extra dollars from people who think they are getting a "deal" with the arcade.

@plox

That looks like the TF2 heavy lol.

Typical of Micros$oft. These are reasons I never bought an XBox360. RROD and overheat issues. Memory card not from M$, too bad, we'll lock it out. You have to pay to access XBLA. The PS3 isn't perfect, but at least I don't feel I have to take it up the ass every day.
M$ is an asshole company, that's never going to change.

this is a another reason to get a TREY!

They aren't disabling home-brewn modded HDDs, just Memory Cards.
Still a dick move though, but at least my HDD should be safe. I was eyeing one of those 2 GB cards though, and now...boo.

JACK, you just gave me a great idea



"team, i am disapoint..."

the WEEBOLS, they can wobble but they cant play greatness!

hiya dimnos

WHY MICROSOFT?! WHY DO YOU LOVE MONEY SO GOD DAMN MUCH?!

What MS is going to do isn't a punch in the face... It's a kick in the balls

sorry for doublepost, theglue29.. pretty soon MS will be wanting 100 dollars for you to game period, if it isnt on a sony or nintendo machine that is.

It's not a temporary aberration.

Just to paint a broader picture beyond the myopic issue of this thumb drive they want to sell at a 1000% markup over their now nonexistent competitors-

Mongosawft is constantly found guilty of monopoly behavior in court.

Why racketeering gangster monopolists surprise people when they - create yet another monopoly? I can only infer general public ignorance of Microsoft's hatred and disdain for free market capitalism.

Absence of competition - through ANY method - monopoly included - is as anti-capitalist as what is referred to as "Communist Dictatorship".

So to be logically consistent, if our Govt. was actually pro capitalist, we would be dropping bombs on Microsoft, not giving them further monopoly through lowering their taxes.

Food for thought at least.
One of the largest rulings against a company ever in it's dollar amount($613 million).
http://tinyurl.com/yh2cwox

They are continually sued for violating other peoples patents. They have just been found guilty and ordered by a judge to "STOP SELLING MS WORD".
http://tinyurl.com/ldahs4

California (which is the 4th largest economy in the world) filed a class action suit which alleged a failure rate of @ 1 in 2 for the XBox regarding faulty soldering which was causing overheating failures - before MS settled.

Blatant, ongoing, criminal, monopolist/anti capitalist - and not comparable to any company be cause they do it on a massive scale protected by our monopolist/anti capitalist State.

Apple has been doing this shit since they invented the Ipod, MS started down this same route when they made the 360. You can only use their hard drives, their wireless adapters, their headsets. This is hardly anything new.

trust me when i say there is a workaround being worked around but it can't be released until this block is released.

you are blaming microsofts actions on apple?

apple makes the ipod iphone and macs.. all of which you can use other companies assecories on, but regardless microsoft didnt just start doing this with the 360.. this is/was/has always been microsoft and they have been in and out of court for this kind of stuff long before the 360 came out, and the original xbox was basically in the same exact boat.

the reason that this isnt hardly new, is because microsoft has been doing this for over 10 years. doing this back when everyone thought apple was on its way out of the business

@UnnDunn

Sorry, but none of those are equivalent to preventing third parties from creating accessories for your console. Those are all done to prevent people from hacking and playing games they obtained illegally.

This is terrible I remember when i was younger I'd always purchase third party memory cards because they had more space and where usually cheaper. This is simply disgusting and there is no justifying it. Hopefully they stop at memory units and don't move on to other peripherals

Back in the day, Sony wouldn't deal with games stores in the UK that sold third party PS2 memory cards. This is pretty much the same rubbish that's been going on for years.

So... based on the bandwagon people also don't realize that this is a protection against consumer backlash towards Microsoft, say if the Datel card corrupted all the data and mom bought it for her son seeing how cheap it was and now it's messed up, why it's Microsoft's fault of course! This is just probably a safeguard from dumb people buying these things and blaming it on the wrong company, I see this happen all the time when someone brings in a broken third party controller or charger kit. Also the memory cards are cheap as hell now especially used and on eBay, I guess a lot of you don't know how to even shop smart.