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Xbox 360 Modchip in Weeks?
December 20, 2005
According to Spong, they have been tipped anonymously that there will be a modchip released for the Xbox 360 within a month from now. They told Spong that ?We’ve been seeing partial success from some corners [in China] though nothing that could go on sale yet.?
Currently, a group by the name of Team Pi has created a tool that will extract the data from Microsoft Game DVDs, but is useless due to copyright protection. Unfortunately, the word modchip is closely associated with piracy, instead of homebrew applications, so it will be interesting to see how Microsoft handles this ever-present threat. However, ?Everyone is finding it difficult [to make the chips work correctly] as Microsoft’s security is the best we’ve seen to date for a disc-system. It it weren’t for the fact that DVD is used, it’s likely that further development wouldn’t have been worth anyone’s time.?
The groups working on the Xbox 360 modchips are spanning the nation of China and elsewhere in the world. ?Everyone is working on a full-functioning ‘do everything’ chip that will take apart the 360 and let users do what they will, though we expect a first-generation bypass device that will allow back-ups within weeks. The first on the market is likely to be complex and might not be particularly good, though that’s just a stopgap before real chips become available.?
According to Spong, they have been tipped anonymously that there will be a modchip released for the Xbox 360 within a month from now. They told Spong that ?We’ve been seeing partial success from some corners [in China] though nothing that could go on sale yet.?
Currently, a group by the name of Team Pi has created a tool that will extract the data from Microsoft Game DVDs, but is useless due to copyright protection. Unfortunately, the word modchip is closely associated with piracy, instead of homebrew applications, so it will be interesting to see how Microsoft handles this ever-present threat. However, ?Everyone is finding it difficult [to make the chips work correctly] as Microsoft’s security is the best we’ve seen to date for a disc-system. It it weren’t for the fact that DVD is used, it’s likely that further development wouldn’t have been worth anyone’s time.?
The groups working on the Xbox 360 modchips are spanning the nation of China and elsewhere in the world. ?Everyone is working on a full-functioning ‘do everything’ chip that will take apart the 360 and let users do what they will, though we expect a first-generation bypass device that will allow back-ups within weeks. The first on the market is likely to be complex and might not be particularly good, though that’s just a stopgap before real chips become available.?
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According to Spong, they have been tipped anonymously that there will be a modchip released for the Xbox 360 within a month from now. They told Spong that ?We’ve been seeing partial success from some corners [in China] though nothing that could go on sale yet.?