Dun forget some of those actually modded their machine (quickly restored firmware), but still complaining, claiming they are innocent people, hoping to somehow get their machine unbanned >_>

M$ has chosen the right time to strike! Take that fellow pirates

+1

I'm not saying all those cry-out-all-for-gods-sake-claimed-legit-banned-users are liars, but most of them probably are.

Those who got banned probably have their machine flagged by M$ many months ago, so even though some unmodded their machine before the ban-hammer is unleashed, they are still banned (or even those unlucky ones who only modded their machine for several days). But they are still making unnecessary measures to try and have their machine unbanned, like start a mass-booing campaign, maybe M$ will just "ouch, our beloved users are angry, lets just unban everyone "

Some people speculated this time it's the game disc ID.