A British programmer said to have reaped some £600,000 ($990,503) selling modchips that bypassed copy protection on four consoles avoided jail at his sentencing today, but only because the father of two was bankrupted by his conviction.
Last weekend, the UK network Bravo – unrelated to the U.S. channel, BTW – launched something called “Game Face,” tilted toward casual gamers, presumably ones with wads of disposable income.
Who says UK lawmakers are hostile to video games? Tom Watson, the government’s Cabinet Office Minister wants kids to play more. And not just edutainment or shovelware – violent ones are OK.
Bad luck, old chap. Microsoft is refusing to pass on the Xbox 360 price cut to the UK market.
As if the British economy wasn’t looking dark enough – now we face another Christmas of not-that-cheap Xboxes.
“Pricing is handled on a region-by-region basis”, said a killjoy Microsoft spokesperson, “We do not have a price drop in this region to announce”.
An Xbox Arcade will set you back £159.99 ($US 281.35) in the UK, while an Elite can be obtained on the open market in exchange for a kidney or other major organ.
Microsoft says no Xbox 360 “price drop” in the UK [Pocket Lint]
