However, each of the consoles I purchased prior to working a consistent full time job, was easy to hack. This was THE factor. Can I hack it? Then sign me up.
Don't get me wrong, I wish I could have bought all the games legit; but when you're broke, you're broke, and if downloading and renting/ripping is easier than finding the retail game. So be it.
If this was the only factor though; MS would have sold 100 million Xbox consoles. This console more than any other made pirating games a joy.
I still miss the Jukebox game machine that was my Xbox, and can't wait for the 'next-gen' era to catch up to the incredible dashboards available for the first gen Xbox.
I think I'm going to dust off my Xbox tonight and have a go at 1 of the dozens of games on the hard drive, or the hundreds burned to disc.
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