Reply to: Serves him right

[NotAllThere]

Ah, that stories warms to cockles of my heart.

[Board Game Geek]

Xbox is a luxury, not a right.

Well, it does seem that a lot of the "benefits generation" seem to have one or a Playstation, along with their fancy trainers, tabs and beers.

Quite how they afford it is beyond me.

OTOH, if it keeps them off the streets, then perhaps it's a digital "opiate of the masses" and one which we shouldn't begrudge them.

The alternative is letting them out in the open, usually with disastrous consequences to life, limb and property.

[gingerjedi]

There was a story yesterday. Link

Online reports suggest that as many as 600,000 gamers may have been affected.

MS know how to hit them hard, ban the console on the release day of one of the most anticipated games of the decade.

I used to pirate games in my Amiga days but you can get new releases for £30 if you look hard enough. Xbox is a luxury, not a right.

[Tingles]

If you can't deal with your mates bragging about having the latest games when you are 25 and working, then you need to re-prioritise your life.

WHS+

[TheFaQQer]

A lot of it is peer pressure though. The "latest game" for some youngsters is a must have, all your mates are talking about it, and you can end up being billy-no-mates.

Doesn't make it right of course, but I can understand some motivations behind it.

If you can't deal with your mates bragging about having the latest games when you are 25 and working, then you need to re-prioritise your life.

[Spacecadet]

A lot of it is peer pressure though. The "latest game" for some youngsters is a must have, all your mates are talking about it, and you can end up being billy-no-mates.

I think the saying is

An xbox isn't just for christmas, it's for every major game release untill the next xbox comes out

[Board Game Geek]

A lot of it is peer pressure though. The "latest game" for some youngsters is a must have, all your mates are talking about it, and you can end up being billy-no-mates.

Doesn't make it right of course, but I can understand some motivations behind it.

[Spacecadet]

If you can't afford the £50 then wait a few months and buy it used
Or
Rent first, most games are crap anyway and not worth the hassle

[TheFaQQer]

Ignorance of the law is no defence.

Besides, there are plenty of free games out there (there are for PC users, and I guess the same is true for console lovers as well).

Failing that, there are low to negligible cost hobbies as well.

Sad thing is, he's not ignorant of the law - he knows it's illegal, knows it's wrong, and does it anyway.

Shame

[Jaws]

£50 for an online game which you might play for months (or years) on end without needing any other games is not much at all to ask even if you are 16.

[Board Game Geek]

Ignorance of the law is no defence.

Besides, there are plenty of free games out there (there are for PC users, and I guess the same is true for console lovers as well).

Failing that, there are low to negligible cost hobbies as well.

[Zippy]

He's a tosspot.

[Diestl]

He justified his theft on the grounds that

"There are 16-year-old kids out there, they don't earn money so they go screaming to their parents saying, 'Can you buy me this game?'"

But he is 25 and working. He got what was coming.

I want a new car, they bring them out every year. I can't afford one every year therefore I will steal them.

[Tarquin Farquhar]

Is it just me in thinking he got what was coming?

He justified his theft on the grounds that

"There are 16-year-old kids out there, they don't earn money so they go screaming to their parents saying, 'Can you buy me this game?'"

But he is 25 and working. He got what was coming.

[Diestl]

Im sure if you called them up and explained it was a mistake they would unban you.