Headlines - Mr Modchip wins landmark mod-chipping case

[Stabby]

haha. And we still have publishers claiming that consoles are a better place for their games because there is no piracy.

[digit]

I got a modchip for my xbox so i could run XBMC - a bloody great program with good legit uses - not so i could play dodgy games.

As did I, amazing bit of software

[Steven W]

lol, sorry, just though if people want to get their console chipped for legal reasons (I guess its legal) then he is more reliable then other people...

plus doesn't the article link to his website? That's a better advert

Hmm I can't get on the website

[SiM]

Hmm I can't get on the website

Well the article puts http:// twice in the link, so I suppose it doesn't link to his website, but it tries to and fails lol

[shaffaaf27]

that has to be the best free advert in the world. hes gonna get a lot of customers this month, and then im sure it will die out. but it will probably make up for the time lost.

[Funkstar]

I got a modchip for my xbox so i could run XBMC - a bloody great program with good legit uses - not so i could play dodgy games.

I bet this use of the xBox and mod chips really pissed off Microsoft. As with just about every console (appart from the Wii and the portable Nintendos) the hardware is subsidised at launch to bring it down to a reasonable level, profits are made on each game and official accossories instead. With the volume of people buying xBoxs just for XBMC, it must have cost Microsoft a small fortune

[Ferral]

I remember getting my origional PSX chipped by a reputable dealer when that console was pretty big. The modchip only allowed you to run import games though, copied games just wouldn't go at all.

Reason I got it chipped was to play Parasite Eve as it wasn't released in the UK.

There are plenty other ways now though to run imports, I have a disc here which I bought from same dealer a few years back. You run the disc on the PS2 then once booted select wether you want to run an import game or a different region DVD. Once again you can't run anything copied but imports are fine as are Region 1 DVD's.

Difference here is that the current modchipping scene in most cases are used to run pirated software. Yeah they do allow you to run Homebrew type software which is fine but most people will use them for illegal activity.

[chrism]

Well I for one would have less interest in modchips if hardware manufacturers didn't implement region locking on their consoles.

I know if I hadn't had my Saturn chipped, the range of games I'd have available would be far inferior to what I have now, as there were so many good games that never saw the light of day on these shores.