Early Kinect Games Kill Buyers' Access To Xbox Live

Stoobalou writes "Microsoft's Kinect motion controller isn't due to ship until November 4th, but one retailer has jumped the gun, leaving a number of gamers with a bit of a quandary. The un-named distributor has sent what Microsoft describes as 'a very small number' of Kinect systems to lucky buyers who might not consider themselves quite so lucky if they try to use the device and its bundled games. Installing the games will require a firmware upgrade, which is nothing out of the ordinary, but in this case the upgrade hasn't yet been released. Attempting to install the non-existent update seems to fool the console into thinking you are trying to play a pirated game and locks the user out of Microsoft's Xbox Live on-line service."

Huh

[KingFrog]

Not being able to use the XBox isn't a bug,it's a feature!

Serves them right

[Danieljury3]

Trying to use a gaming console for physical activity

Re:Just another reason

[dangitman]

and has a simple unobtrusive DRM platform.

Is that something like a condom with only three razor-sharp titanium spikes, rather than six?

Re:Just another reason

[Anonymous Coward]

and has a simple unobtrusive DRM platform.

Is that something like a condom with only three razor-sharp titanium spikes, rather than six?

that depends are the three razors on the inside or the outside?