Photo via Collin Allen After discovering nearly a million users had modified their consoles to play pirated games via the Xbox live service, Microsoft gave them the boot from the service and now the modified consoles are making their way onto the market by the hundreds, with more likely to follow. The ban works on

the console, not the user’s account, which means Xbox consoles useless for the Xbox Live service are being sold everywhere from eBay to Craigslist, creating a bit of an e-waste

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Microsoft Bans Nearly a Million Xbox Users, Now Crippled Consoles Are Flooding the Market