I was going to write this long post detailing my story with the Xbox 360 and $700 worth of downloadable content I had purchased. In a nutshell my original 360 console got the red ring of death (RRoD) and after acquiring a replacement console all of my downloadable content no longer worked as it did previously. The reason for this was simple: Microsoft’s implementation of DRM on the 360 console does not take into account the consoles extremely high failure rate.
Microsoft is promoting one of the worst consumer unfriendly DRM schemes ever produced. Read the following threads below to get a more detailed view on the issue. Microsoft has yet to fix the issue or publicly acknowledge they are working on a solution.
- Can’t play any XBLA games offline after RRoD (This thread is 141 pages as of this writing)
- Carcassonne expansions fail to load
- Golden Axe won’t registered as paid title (All Sega XBLA titles have this bug)
- Puzzle Quest DRM bug causing it to stay in trial mode
- Truth Serum – Digital Rights Management DRM
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ugh, being on my 3rd 360 I know how you feel. And then they have issues with live not being able to stay up, and if you can’t get on live, you cant use your content.
Yup, that’s a big problem as well. Sorry to hear you’re on your 3rd machine
I’m done with the 360. I called saturday about seeing what could be done to get my xbox live games to work offline on my NEW 360 elite. I was told they would only help me if I still had my refurbished 360, and would only help me with that console. I wasn’t liking what Francis had to tell me so I asked to speak to his supervisor. Christine wasn’t any better. Somehow I was wrong in buying a new console. That someone could be playing those games on my account offline on the refurbished. Not that they were accusing me of that mind you! Never mind that I formatted it, and gave it to a friend back home. Never mind that I talked them into going gold, and buying some of the same xbox live games I had so we could play together. Thus gaining them a new customer.
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