Whitten: Xbox Live banning 'a cat and mouse game'

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Speaking to VentureBeat, Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten discussed the recent round of Xbox Live bans. According to Whitten, banning users from Xbox Live is "a cat and mouse game." Said Whitten, "These were people that were pirating software." He added that Microsoft looks at banning users "from a safety and anti-cheating perspective" and that the company looks out for its partners. Responding to the widely reported story that Microsoft banned over a million Xbox Live users, Whitten said that the figure is inaccurate. "I cannot explain to you why people would think it was a million people," said Whitten, then adding quite succinctly, "It wasn't a million people."
Whitten went on to state his belief that Microsoft does "a really good job" of monitoring the activity on Xbox Live, specifically in terms of piracy and online harassment. He concluded that the company is "committed to making [Xbox Live] better and better."
The interview also covers the recent integration of Facebook on Xbox, the effect Modern Warfare 2 had on Live activity (hint: a big one) and whether or not we'll be playing Facebook games on our consoles anytime soon. Don't expect a straight answer on that last one though, as the closes Whitten gets is, "In the future, they will move much closer together." Via

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TTG_RAPIDPosted:

i doubted it would be 1 million but theres still a fair amount of xbox's banned out there

D34D_KiLlAPosted:

They can slow it down, but they will never truely win.

New_World_OrderPosted:

that staement just makes me want to flash my xbox!

CascaPosted:

"Avast Ye Matties, me thinks The MW BuzzKill is on the horizon". I wonder how long before each side is funneling "patches" weekly?



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SeanPosted:

its a battle microsoft will never win they have been fighting Bit Torrent and Fire sharing for years they cant stop it soon as they stop one person another takes there place as soon as they stop one way another is found it will be an endless fight

mrmacgeePosted:

I just love how Ms is so caught up about this. They need to forget and forgive the public, but hey that is me.

SewerWastePosted:

Gonna say, some of my friends even know what a "mod" is. I'm sure the numbers are still great though.

xMrEaglePosted:

Of course it wouldnt have been a million,but how can you think microsoft are doing a great job?

iBulletPosted:

I knew it wasnt a million people, ms has to check each console, and i dont think theyd be able to do that many :P