wearifulosprey9 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hello there, I was recently console banned from Xbox live for the whole "downloading content from other regions" Here's the thing: I WILL get another Xbox 360, pre-loved and buy more gold memberships, I have a slim black 360 and a hardrive to go with it, My account is fine, what I want to ask is this; now my console is constantly offline, and as I already earned some achievements in the games i downloaded ( Rayman, wrc etc ) is it now safe to play these games offline, earn the achievements and then delete them all before putting my hardrive into a new console? I read that as my account is fine it shouldn't interfere with any of the legit games I've brought so will the fact I would have a 1000g in rayman bother them? I don't want to get another console ban for having achievements I never bought the games for, does that make sense? Or should I delete all games from other regions and be done with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmaster1 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Seeing as no one really knows why the bans were incurred you might just have to bite the bullet and delete anything that was downloaded, just my opinion. Anything else you do at your own risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterMelonFarm Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I deleted all the games and I haven't been GT or console banned. I think they're watching for you to delete them. I hope so, at least, because I'd love to not have to fear a ban anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmona Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I wouldn't chance it. You were console banned for DL those games but your tag is fine. They could ban your tag for playing the games you console was banned for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitaminAmy Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 I agree that deleting all of the games would be best. I'd be totally scared to play them online and/or with my main gamertag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xtowers Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Would they even be able to tell that these were the games downloaded illegally? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keyswored Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 What games did you download from other regions and how if you don't mind me asking? I downloaded one game from another region for free over a year ago but I never played it except from the the ALT region account. I just hope this doesn't affect me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felonious Monk Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Would they even be able to tell that these were the games downloaded illegally? That's the rough part about it. They can based on your download history and how they flag stuff, but even if you tried to go back and purchase the titles you downloaded, you can't. Because in your profile it acts like you legitimately acquired them and XBox LIVE is built so that you can't accidentally re-buy the exact same content. It's a pickle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barad Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 But do Microsoft even know whether you delete games off you hard drive or not? I swear all they care about is whether you downloaded the games or not.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wearifulosprey9 Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 Yeah its a bit of a pickle to be honest but I think I'll just delete everything I ever downloaded from other regions which was a fair bit. I won't say exactly what I got but im going to delete it all to save another console ban Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Kasper10 Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 But do Microsoft even know whether you delete games off you hard drive or not? I swear all they care about is whether you downloaded the games or not.. It's all about the Benjamins $$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fozki Razormaid Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 the only games i downloaded from another region were on the hungary dashboard with a hungarian region profile im from europe but that was 4 months ago no probs yet. but imnot dl-ing anymore:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaughter. Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I'd delete everything if I was you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Hawk D Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I did the tricks, downloaded the games, and as I completed one of them last week, two more sit on my HDD awaiting completion. I have also been neither console-banned or had the account playing these games banned. Heck, even the Oman account is still just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FullMoonBeaver Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Fire Hawk you lucky sod. Hope the luck continues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BitterMelonFarm Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I did the tricks, downloaded the games, and as I completed one of them last week, two more sit on my HDD awaiting completion. I have also been neither console-banned or had the account playing these games banned. Heck, even the Oman account is still just fine. Damn, dude, they didn't even get your Oman account? Nice. I wish I had gotten to enjoy Rayman Legends in the very brief time I had it, haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Hawk D Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I've been hypothesizing that the main thing they're sore at was the method used to obtain Injustice and Arcania. I didn't snag those as that seemed iffy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmona Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Not sure if you all saw my tweet, but i asked M$ support if it was bannable on sept 4th and they said no: Of course they are hiding by the UPDATED ToU they created. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veedrock Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 (edited) I've been hypothesizing that the main thing they're sore at was the method used to obtain Injustice and Arcania. I didn't snag those as that seemed iffy. I still believe it was Rayman Legends. A brand new game for free is much more likely to draw Microsoft's attention. Edited October 2, 2013 by Veedrock MORE likely, damnit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Hawk D Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I still believe it was Rayman Legends. A brand new game for free is much less likely to draw Microsoft's attention. Yeah, but Rayman Legends was accessible in the same way the games besides Injustice and Arcania were: make foreign profile, click buy, profit. There were work-arounds and such for the other two and that's what I think they're sore about. Though, clearly this is just my educated guess. Could easily be a ban in my near future and that would obviously alter my hypothesis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmona Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 I still believe it was Rayman Legends. A brand new game for free is much less likely to draw Microsoft's attention. that seems to be the trigger for some of the people who got banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kung Fu Man Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Arguing with him is probably not going to go anywhere: -"Support said there was no problem, now there is?" -"He shouldn't have said that, we'll deal with him. Don't break our CoC." -"But I downloaded something listed as free?" -"How?" -"By changing my region." -"We don't recommend that." And it'll loop back to the beginning. I'm letting my gold run out, the system still lets me cheevos, so I'll play other titles on my other offline one until I can synch my profile back up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WOLFkraut Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 I wouldn't chance it at all if you got lucky. I didn't get any free games and now my account has been banned for 7,000 years. I'm not even sure what the hell I was banned for exactly because they still haven't notified me of anything, but I do have a foreign account that I bought some discounted games on, so I have no idea if that's it or not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapture639 Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 (edited) I still believe it was Rayman Legends. A brand new game for free is much more likely to draw Microsoft's attention. Yeah, I'm sure that Microsoft was being pressured (or even threatened with a lawsuit) by Ubisoft to punish those who downloaded Rayman Legends for free since that would have severely impacted their sales figures for the game, whereas I don't think the people who got Dark/Injustice for free would have ever paid for it in the first place. I wonder if Microsoft had to pay those publishers for all the cost associated with loss revenue for those games (and every other one that was free through an exploit), but I doubt we'll ever get an official answer to that by Microsoft. Edited October 4, 2013 by Rapture639 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fire Hawk D Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Yeah, I'm sure that Microsoft was being pressured (or even threatened with a lawsuit) by Ubisoft to punish those who downloaded Rayman Legends for free since that would have severely impacted their sales figures for the game, whereas I don't think the people who got Dark/Injustice for free would have ever paid for it in the first place. I wonder if Microsoft had to pay those publishers for all the cost associated with loss revenue for those games (and every other one that was free through an exploit), but I doubt we'll ever get an official answer to that by Microsoft. I downloaded Rayman Legends. No issue. Also, Warner Brothers has been staunchly anti-pirating. If anyone was gonna pressure Microsoft, it'd be them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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