Good Luck - Ask Ebay Before Attempting

Implications: This reminds me of fraudulent sellers on ebay who cheat people and then are supposedly banned from ever selling again.  And if anyone knows that software is always at risk for being hacked, it's Microsoft.

Analysis: You think Microsoft would have learned a thing or two about software tampering (hacking) by being in the software space.  I guess not since they're trying to ban people who pump up their Gamerscore, which really doesn't mean anything anyway.  Look at World of Warcraft - how many avatars, items and gold pieces have been sold on the virtual black market because people don't have time to build up their characters?  Same thing is going on here, except it's with a Gamerscore that doesn't get you any elite access, discounts or even means you have bragging rights in most cases.  For example, I could have played the Burger King games and received a couple hundred points in Gamerscore.  What hard core gamer really cares about that?  In lingo, the Xbox Fanboys I guess have the most to lose.  And as for the Xbox LIVE account sharing, maybe Microsoft should make it free already so they can sell more downloadable content - that's where the real revenue opportunity is anyway.  At least Sony's Playstation Network got that part right.

Lastly, I'll talk about ebay in the sense that they still have people cheating the system, only to create a new ID with a new PO Box address to sell more bogus items and cheat the system again.  If they can't fully address the problem, then what chance does Microsoft, who can't stop hackers from penetrating Windows?

So relax Microsoft.  It's not a big deal.  Let the Gamerscores go nuts for a while - what's the harm in that?