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I guess people couldn’t wait to get their hands on Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. Because over at InformationWeek they have a detailed article explaining the situation. It also mentions how some of the players actually modified their consoles to play pirated games…

Aside from all the people being banned Major Nelson recently twitted the following statement… “We just hit a new #XboxLIVE record: Over TWO MILLION people connected to the service at once.” Which is pretty impressive since they are now missing over a million people. Ehhh one good thing the banned Xbox 360 gamers can look forward to is that they now sell the PlayStation 3 for only $299.00 over on Amazon.

The new NBA 2K10 looks like it’s going to allow you to customize a lot of features in the game. This is a big difference compared to some of the older versions of the game. I may just pick this one up… it will be released on October 6, 2009 so pre-order yourself a copy today!

To those who don’t know yet Microsoft recently announced that a Xbox Dashboard update will be scheduled for Xbox Live on August 11. The update is set to include these new features…

• Games on Demand.
• There is going to be an Avatar Marketplace and Avatar Awardables.
• The ability to rate games.
• Changes in the way your achievements are displayed.
• Account Recovery resources.
• Friends list sorting options (alphabetically, last login, activity etc.).
• Video Display Options so if you’re using an HDMI cable with your connection.
• The ability to look at account info and it answers questions like “how to change my gamertag” from Xbox Live.
• Improved Netflix performance. Invite friends to a movie party.

The announcement also mentions that previously announced Twitter, Facebook and Last.fm support is going to be arriving sometime this fall. If you would like to know more information then check out the Official Xbox.com site for details.

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After reading Major Nelson’s post about Silverlight ads on Xbox 360 and his explanation of how ads are going to be “a more organic part of the dashboard” I just sit back and ask myself why am I paying $50 a year to have ads shoved in my face. Here’s an idea the people at Mico$oft can think about… why not place all the ads you want on the Silver account holders? Ohhh wait I’m sure that once they too see the ads they’ll soon wonder “why would I pay $50 a year to have ads shoved in my face?” hmmm… I may just be eyeing up a discounted PS3 that usually come out around the holiday.  ehh this is just my opinion I can only imagine what’s in store next a possible Xbox Live price increase? Whoa I’d better not give anyone any ideas… So what does everyone else think about the ads being punched in your face?