A warning for US XBox 360 owners

[Eraser]

If you install the new dashboard update you're asked to accept a terms of service agreement which forbids you to take Microsoft to court:

http://kotaku.com/5865797/now-microsoft ... m-to-court

The article also gives you a way of getting out of the agreement, but it involves writing a letter to Microsoft. I strongly suggest you do this if you've accepted the agreement or are going to. Even if it's just to send the message that this kind of shit doesn't fly.

[Transient]

Bitches.

[MKJ]

L O L

[brisk]

Exactly the same as what Sony did then. LOL America etc

[SoM]

lol consoles

[Don Carlos]

lol

[scared?]

lots of apps now....takes forever for shit to run on Xbox...kinda gay...

only think Xbox is good fo is Netflix and rock band...

[xer0s]

They won't get away with this!!!

[scared?]

we still haven't got our $1800 back from the hacking situation...

[obsidian]

Console gaming is dead.

[Duhard]

lots of apps now....takes forever for shit to run on Xbox...kinda gay...

only think Xbox is good fo is Netflix and rock band...

I thought u didn't have an xbox...u got more surprises coming up?...u got a pussy instead of a cock? moron alert...

[GONNAFISTYA]

lol...Fucktard is here...watch this thread balloon to 4 pages in the next 10 minutes.

[Duhard]

...or should I leave u pissants with your usual lingo which results in zero traffic in here?...if this thread ballons up to 55 pages, are u gonna eat it? rofl way to go fatso...

[Duhard]

...any of u complete fucking retards want to play gears 3 arcade tonight with the greatest video game player of all-time?

[scared?]

I thought u didn't have an xbox...u got more surprises coming up?...u got a pussy instead of a cock? moron alert...

u thought wrong...but my kids use it...cept for rock band...but this kids seem to like computer games better....maybe they aint retards after all...

[scared?]

btw...i win...next...

[MKJ]

we still haven't got our $1800 back from the hacking situation...

somebody guessing your password is not being hacked, mornan

[scared?]

no...it took 26 days to investigate then 30 more to cut a check....so they can make interest off money im sure...

[Big Kahuna Burger]

what kind of fag would care about something like this?

[Duhard]

well it's a good thing cause all the jellus noobs will no longer be able to sue me for being the man who completely fucking smashes their emotions online...gg m$

[xer0s]

what kind of fag would care about something like this?

lol exactly...

[Duhard]

it's gayer than ever imho...took me 15 minutes to log on this morning and we couldn't get a game going without going into the 360 menu...good game microsoft morons...

[EtUL]

I think those kind of clauses have been brought up in court and deemed to be bullshit (legal term) but I could be wrong. If they haven't someone should bring it up. It's a crock that they can change the TOS on you that much when you already have the system, I thought the PS3 one was bullshit but my mum's love of netflix won out and I just agreed to it for her so she could watch cake boss.

[Eraser]

I think those kind of clauses have been brought up in court and deemed to be bullshit (legal term) but I could be wrong. If they haven't someone should bring it up.

I think it hasn't been exposed to a court yet so there's no jurisprudence about it yet. And yes, someone should provoke a trial about it and I hope it'll go down in flames then.

It's a crock that they can change the TOS on you that much when you already have the system, I thought the PS3 one was bullshit but my mum's love of netflix won out and I just agreed to it for her so she could watch cake boss.

I think they can, because you don't have to agree to the TOS, but then you can't install the latest system update. I assume that you can simply continue using the device as you always have if you don't install the latest dash update. If not installing the update is not an option, or it means you can no longer use the device as before (even if that means you miss out on future games that depend on features of the dashboard update) then I think you've got a case. But then again, Sony got away with removing the OtherOS option from the PS3 so who knows what kind of shit they can force down your throat.

I think that in Europe, however, such terms (deny users the use of a court) are not allowed due to European legislation.

[Eraser]

I've been reading this article about the new dashboard and one thing that strikes me as odd for me as a (non-UK) European console owner is that it centers so much around the XBox being a media platform.

Because in all honest, all the fancy features like last.fm and the video streaming services like Netflix or Sky TV aren't available here (as far as I know). I don't use my XBox as a media center because I can't. Sure I can pop in a DVD or rent a movie through the Zune service on there, but that's about it, isn't it?

I hate to think that I have to switch four tabs to reach the "I want to play my goddamn game" button (like the article states) because that's basically all I do with the console.

I might just go and enable the boot-straight-to-game option if that's the case (and if that option still is there).

And let's not get started on the Kinect centric design of it all