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Microsoft accidentally ships some Xbox One units early & then gives a gamer a ban.
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Microsoft has accidentally shipped a small number of Xbox Ones several weeks ahead of the official release date - and banned at least one gamer's new console from connecting to Xbox Live.
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MS really are a bunch of tools.
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MS really are a bunch of tools.
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Dude got an apology, his ban is being lifted and Target have given him a $150 voucher for the mix up.
Microsoft have also invited him to the official launch event as their guest.
Target shipped it. And he was consoled banned (No online access) but he could still play single player.
To be honest that is a poor article. MS didn't make the mistake, a retailer did.
at least he has a bit of time to perfect his game play before others do
Attempt to bash MS when they did no wrong, seems legit.
Especially using a DMCA copyright infringement notice to get his YouTube unboxing video taken down. It was a video he made himself of him opening his mail.
The multitude of gaming press/media and MS employees who have had machines supplied to them in advance maybe?
There was a good 100 or so online and that was around midnight his time. He posted a new Xbox feature where it listed games by popularity and it says how many people are playing it. Killer Instinct was most popular.
Yes 140 or so on Killer Instinct
This guy was actually dependent on youtube for his income, so banning his youtube video was doubly harsh.
If the guys only income is youtube videos, he really shouldn't be buying a launch console :rolleyes:
Why not he makes more than minimum wage from it. It avoided him needing to get a student loan
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If all it takes is one video to be removed for him to complain then he should really think about his finances. But I'm guessing that isn't the case.
So why did you say the following?
The guy lost money due to MS filing a malicious youtube copyright claim that is a big deal. It doesn't matter how much money, he still lost money
http://kotaku.com/the-guy-who-got-the-xbox-one-early-isnt-banned-for-lif-1461593586
I thought I made that clear already I got the impression it would greatly affect his income. But if he is in fact making a decent living off videos prior to this one, I don't think it will make much of a difference.
Anyway, if the video was just an unboxing videos then I think it was wrong to take it down.
Even if it made a small dent in his income, that is still the microsoft denying someone part of their income because of their maliciousness. The statement about protecting content holders on their part also has a wiff of BS about it. because they took down an unboxing video. not a video of the marketplace or a video of hidden on demand services in action.
Microsoft have also been freely sticking xbox one's in many Game Stores in this country, presumabally which can connect to xbox live unbanned.
Microsoft could have also pulled the plug on xbox one live until launch, thus not giving the banned message. Especially as press/dev's use a seperate version of xbox live.
Anyway, maybe if the guy didn't start boosting about it on twitter, websites and youtube that he got one early then maybe MS may not have noticed and he wouldn't be in this situation. Only guessing.
Exactly this. The build of Xbox One he was playing on was not the final build. If anything went wrong and he started shouting about it on the internet/Twitch (like he did!) then it would of reflected extremely badly on Microsoft through no fault of their own.
What did he expect to happen?