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ShadowEdge · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Location: Prisons under Pyongyang

Is anyone else worried about the new update for Xbox Live? Apparently it will no longer be possible for users outside of North America to download NA Arcade games, demos, DLC, or movies. This applies even if you are using a real NA machine and a NA XBL account.

corroonb · Joined: 04 Aug 2006

This is a licensing issue. MS cannot legally sell material licensed for the US outside of the US. They could get sued by the copyright holder for doing so. Why would you want to pay for these things if you can get them for free on the internet from torrents or direct download.

The spring update is introducing Windows Live Messenger intergration among other things.

mrsquirrel · Joined: 13 Dec 2006

Is it going to fix the firmware hack?

bourquetheman · Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Suwon

I could care less about not being able to download the region specific demos, etc. What does worry me is that supposedly this update will make it so (if you have your firmware flashed to so you can play backups) you WON'T be able to play backups on LIVE or on your console anymore. Some people might say "ok well I just won't connect to live the" but supposedly future games coming out will have this code included forcing you to update if you want to play them. I am crossing my fingers that they are wrong, let's hope so.

corroonb · Joined: 04 Aug 2006

Well that is illegal too so not too surprising. Has it been confirmed yet?

How come no one on my friend's list plays Geometry Wars?

Crazy bastards!

ShadowEdge · Joined: 23 Jun 2006 Location: Prisons under Pyongyang

I dont care about movies, I'm worried about XBL arcade games, expansion packs, and downloadable content (new characters, maps, etc.).

corroonb · Joined: 04 Aug 2006

All those will still be available in Korea, I wouldn't worry. Its only the video marketplace which will have restrictions. I have a Korean account and I can access all those things.

SHANE02 · Joined: 04 Jun 2003

bourquetheman · Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Suwon

Only good for samsung drives, many of us like myself have an hitachi drive so for now we are left hanging.....

oskinny1 · Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Location: Right behind you!

I am uninformed...I saw the new firmware released on Blackcats but...How do you know what drive you have and how do you install the new firmware?

bourquetheman · Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Suwon

I am not that much of a tech to flash the drive myself, but if you are in the forums of blackcats you can find a step by step how to flash. A buddy of mine said you can even see clips on youtube how to do it. That is where he also found a clip explaining how to see what kind of drive you have. Good luck..........

oskinny1 · Joined: 10 Nov 2006 Location: Right behind you!

Destroyer · Joined: 11 Dec 2005

got the update yesterday night. no problems. my previously downloaded games work fine... the update didn't say anything about licensing, anyone having any problems??

dogbert · Joined: 29 Jan 2003 Location: Killbox 90210

bourquetheman · Joined: 18 Aug 2003 Location: Suwon

People are saying to still be cautious as Microsoft in the past waited a month after updating before banning people from live on Xbox 1. I think I might wait a bit, like some other people are doing. Soon the Halo 3 beta starts and people guess that could be a time that people might start getting banned.