New Xbox360 dashboard beta steps up anti-piracy effort

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Players who are part of the Xbox Live Preview Program who received the Xbox Live Dashboard update carried a new feature that will disappoint the pirates.

As the new format disc is coming on the Xbox 360, a new Anti-Piracy check has been implemented that prohibit the pirates from playing a backed up copy of the game. In addition to the new anti-piracy check, the DVD firmware on every drive of the Xbox 360 will be rewritten. The purpose of the new firmware that will be installed on the DVD drive will allow the system to unlock the extra 1GB of data on a DVD dual layered games. With that being said, players who installed a modified firmware that allows them to play a back up disc will no longer work.

With the ongoing battle of Microsoft against the pirates, the new dashboard update that eventually everyone will get will have this new security firmware. The question is, how long until hackers can crack this new DVD firmware?

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RaaawRPosted:

MuschelKubus117 i give it 7 days

People said that about Jtags and look how wrong they were, we will all have to just wait and see :/

rayanXxXPosted:

so.. i can't play back up games again ??

QuaNtuMEffectzPosted:

i dont like the idea of this :/ this will cut my money back alot

MuschelKubus117Posted:

i give it 7 days

TTGRelentlessPosted:

i give it a day

-KrypTon-Posted:

Guys go to my thread here it will tell you everything you need to know about the new update, and FYI you can still play games on the new update.

check it out:


http://www.thetechgame.com/Forums/viewtopic/t=1087679.html

GuardPosted:

aimiami12 is that to prevent iso modding?
Technically. They are trying to prevent us not to download and burn games.

MoscoPosted:

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kgb_immortal
iBullet I wonder if this would stop us from playing our iso mods which are installed to the Hard Drive.


yes it would


No...nooo...NOOOOOO!
This really sucks, im going to wait for other people to download it first, and if iso mods really do get disables then imnot going to download the update

*runs off to play iso mods as much as posible*


If you are in the beta and you update back ups will be disabled until reflash your dvd key. you can then play back ups again except for ap 2.5 games

LostPhonePosted:

kgb_immortal
iBullet I wonder if this would stop us from playing our iso mods which are installed to the Hard Drive.


yes it would


No...nooo...NOOOOOO!
This really sucks, im going to wait for other people to download it first, and if iso mods really do get disables then imnot going to download the update

*runs off to play iso mods as much as posible*

PLMS2010Posted:

When will Micrisoft do this update online can someone please tell me please


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