1) 0%
2) A Lot. But the ban won’t happen outright. You’ll get flagged and your console will get banned once MS rolls out the ban-hammer.

If it does get banned, I’ll give it away and buy a new one. I’m assuming that I’ll still be able to use my XBOX Live account.

Thanks

Don’t have much experience with pirated games. However, you can learn more at http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-JTAG-your-Xbox-360-and-run-homebrew/

Lol, yeah, FF XIII also released on Xbox 360. Forgot that.

The pleasure is mine, and for this site I successfully was able to convey the message. PS3 has no region restrictions whatsoever but there were several incidents where i heard guys talking about there launch models not being able to play region 1 or 2 or whatever i am not sure. That makes sense, cause they have old machines (no offense to anyone who has one). I had a 40gb black one and it played anything i put in. Till it lens died.. but thats another story.

And also i was talking about 360 games.

Maybe, TheSituation was talking about the Xbox 360 version…

@TheSituation

The information was really helpful, bro. There’s no doubt that it has cleared out the whole confusion that was getting more and more complicated. And for you, I also had the chance to straighten out the whole confusion that was entangling in my mind, lately.

Thanks for clearing out the confusion bro.It will help xlivnt a lot and helped the gamers from other platforms to learn a bit or two.

@ The Gaming Wiz

Bro,the PS3 is region free only for PS3 games .Blu Ray movies, DVD Movies, PS1, and PS2 games still obey region restrictions.

“But in a xbox 360 the soft mod keeps every hardware in your 360 intact only replacing your dvd’s firmware”

So that’s the main reason. I didn’t know that there are no hardware mod chips to solder onto the Xbox 360 board, since I’m not into the modding scene. If it’s just a firmware flash, then yeah regions will matter. But luckily you can buy almost every original 360 game region free, from Play-Asia.com But the region free games cost a bit more.

“If the game is not region free dhaka does not import it, JUST LIKE Final Fantasy XIII.”

Can you confirm that PS3 has region restrictions? I just bought final fantasy XIII from Dhaka and it played fine. Then again my PS3 is region 1 and so was FF XIII. I’ve played other region games on my console such as Chinese inFamous (region 3) with no problems.

“But in a xbox 360 the soft mod keeps every hardware in your 360 intact only replacing your dvd’s firmware”

TheSituation’s Right, A NTSC-J console really can’t play “PAL” games on it or vice versa, It doesn’t matter whatever firmware you’re using.

And there is no such firmware called “Region free”. According to my knowledge, There are only three regions available for an xbox 360 console throughout the whole “planet”, And they are : NTSC-J, NTSC-U and PAL, Respectively. All of this consoles can play games from their own region and region free games as well.

Since most of the modded and legit 360 gamers in bd are almost unaware of the regional lockout, I’d recommend them to play only region free games on their console.

New Xbox 360 4gb Arcade console announced (price 200 USD)
Link:
http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-4GB-Console/dp/B003O6JKLC/ref=bt_atcg_pl_0?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0S7NKWNSRPMXCPQ8TPMB&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1270032162&pf_rd_i=14220161

And Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect which also includes kinect adventures game((price 300 USD)

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And finally
Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures! (price 150 USD)
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IF you end up getting the new 360 no mod yet, as the new drive is not hackable YET.

I will try to clear things out as much as i can.

“you should let go of it dude.Whatever console you cousin will pick up from uk or usa or any place in the world ur gonna mod it in the end so no point in regions or its restrictions.”

Firstly modding a ps2 with a mod chip and modding a 360 with a soft mod is totally different. Technically speaking in a ps2 you mod the motherboard with an alternate chip which treats every game/dvd movie as region free. Some movies fail though.

But in a xbox 360 the soft mod keeps every hardware in your 360 intact only replacing your dvd’s firmware and that is why it takes less time to mod a 360 than a ps2.

MY POINT BEING: Regions MATTER when playing a 360. As there is nothing called a REGION FREE firmware, your region is assigned to both your console nand and your dvd drive bios play a role in it. YOU CANNOT change regions without jtag.

Moreover dhaka players are mistaken as we ALWAYS get region free games in dhaka. If the game is not region free dhaka does not import it, JUST LIKE Final Fantasy XIII.

SO YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PLAY a NTSC and PAL version of Crackdown 2 like this one here: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5661626

on our consoles NTSC-J. We need to get this region free one: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5693186

and vice versa. Some games have limited releases like NO MORE HEROES only NTSC J.

More examples of PAL titles: http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/5405463

read description, for region details.

I hope i could shed some light onto the matter. Dhaka has most games in region free but not all. If you get ntsc (USA) then you are better off than PAL. But there might be some games which might not run.

This is a small price we have to pay. 100% games will never run on our 360 some or few might not.

Glad to be of help! Let us know how your Xbox performs once you get it!

Yeah i Agree :-bd

@ xlivnt

you should let go of it dude.Whatever console you cousin will pick up from uk or usa or any place in the world ur gonna mod it in the end so no point in regions or its restrictions.But as sng425 mentioned earlier i think it will be better to pick up a Asian version as bd shop modders are used to modding units from those regions and even sells mostly consoles from that side.

It could be, bro. But to stay on the safe side, I told xlivnt to get the NTSC-J Console. But since his cousin lives in Europe, There’s no doubt that his cousin is going to have a lot of trouble finding a NTSC-J console out there, As most of those European countries only sell “PAL” region consoles.

But its a matter of fact that as long as you play region free games on your console, you really won’t have any problems, Whether your 360 is “NTSC” or “PAL”.

The Gaming Wiz is right! Cuz mod chips are meant to break the restrictions that the console which was pre-setted in factory.It doesnt matter which region or what type of console.If your console is modded you can play it all.The video you saw couple of months could be real.Cuz it depends on the mod chip and some cheaper or baffer mod chips have issues like that.

“I was indeed talking about the PS2 as I wrote in the comment. But your reply made me confused.”

We were actually talking about the Xbox 360′s Regional lockout since Xlivnt was kinda confused between these two regions and wanted to know whether which one he should get. But it seems that the problem’s been solved now.

“Don’t know about the 360, but won’t a mod chip essentially be the same?”

Yeah, It should be, But a few months ago, Somewhere on the internet(Youtube, Perhaps) i watched a video showing that a guy is trying to run a “PAL” version of Dark Sector on his NTSC-J Console, But it isn’t working. And thats why I had the confusion. But it can be fake, though, Since most of these videos often turn out to be fake.

And like i said, I personnally never tried to run any “PAL” games on my NTSC-J Console and Hence, I really don’t know whether NTSC-J consoles are capable of running “PAL” games on it or not.

And Xbox 360 4GB Console with Kinect which also includes kinect adventures game((price 300 USD)

http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-4GB-Console-Kinect/dp/B003O6EE4U/ref=bt_atcg_pl_2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0S7NKWNSRPMXCPQ8TPMB&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1270032162&pf_rd_i=14220161

And finally
Kinect Sensor with Kinect Adventures! (price 150 USD)
http://www.amazon.com/Kinect-Sensor-Adventures-Xbox-360/dp/B002BSA298/ref=bt_atcg_pl_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0S7NKWNSRPMXCPQ8TPMB&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1270032162&pf_rd_i=14220161