Having seen the banhammer going nuts these last couple of weeks, it was inevatble that the speculation about how and why – some comments being smart and calculated, some being positivley stupid.

However out of shear curiosity we figured we’d throw our own speculation into the wind and share with you a couple of tests we did that showed interesting results (but by all means conclusive). Remember – this is SPECULATION !

Scenario: 4 Xbox’s. Unused – all Liteon 74580C (March 2009).

Box 1: Connect virgin to Live. Let it do all the latest live updates. Flash to iXtreme v1.6. No backup games.

Box 2: Connect virgin to Live. Let it do all the latest live updates. Flash to iXtreme v1.6. Play Fifa 10 backup (abgx verified).

Box 3: Flash to iXtreme v1.6 out of the box. Connect to live. Let it do all the latest live updates. No backup games.

Box 4: Flash to iXtreme v1.6 out of the box. Connect to live. Let it do all the latest live updates. Play Fifa 10 backup (abgx verified).

Results after 1 week.

Box 1: Still on Live.
Box 2: Still on Live.
Box 3: Banned ?
Box 4: Banned ???

Interesting ?