Xbox 360 hackjob useless?

[Elazul Yagami]

Joystiq reports that the Xbox360 firmware hack, made to run backups of Project Gotham Racing 3 is more or less useless to the common joe:

 

After previously boasting about a DVD firmware hack that made it possible to run a backup copy of Project Gotham Racing 3 on a modified Xbox 360, one of the hackers behind the mod has joined Microsoft in calling it "useless". Apparently the mod is useless to the general public due to its complexity (the mod "requires that the flash chip is removed from the drive circuit board and inserted into a special flash programming device") and the fact that it could easily destroy an Xbox 360 in the wrong hands.

 

However we must agree with one of the other members of the mod team when he said "given the complexity of the software it seems unlikely that there's no [other] way in." Did you know: Microsoft also make a popular operating system called Windows, an OS notorious for its backdoor vulnerabilities.

[ken_cinder]

Team Xecuter is currently working on a hardware solution for end users to flash their firmware in a simple manner. Don't be surprised if they come up with something that is infact simple, and good for the average Joe.

[iq_132]

I assume they just need a simple adapter from xbox dvd-rom connectors to standard pc ones. (Though I don't know anything )

[Mooney]

I'm expecting a modchip in the near future.