Microsoft releases official statement on bannings

More reports are coming in, which all seem to verify the unconfirmed word we received yesterday regarding Microsoft‘s standing order of 1 million banned Xbox  consoles on XBL. InformationWeek has now reported that Microsoft has in fact already effectively locked out as much as one million Xbox 360 owners. MS, for their end, has finally released an official statement regarding the bannings.

More reports are coming in, which all seem to verify the unconfirmed word we received yesterday regarding Microsoft‘s standing order of 1 million banned Xbox  consoles on XBL. InformationWeek has now reported that Microsoft has in fact already effectively locked out as much as one million Xbox 360 owners.

Major Nelson, aka Larry Hryb, has previously released a statement, warning owners of modded Xbox 360s of the banning wave to come. Now that it’s happening, though, the company has been rather quiet regarding the exact figures. A spokesperson, however, did release the following statement:

While we don’t comment on specific numbers, we have taken action against consoles that have been modified and were used to play pirated game discs. In line with our commitment to combat piracy, and support safer and more secure gameplay for the more than 20 million members of our Xbox Live community, we are banning these modded consoles from Xbox Live.

We’ll be keeping you updates on more as details come in.

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Via InformationWeek