is it possible to copy pc+x-box 360 games

peediedj

before i get a lecture not looking to do anything illegal,i own all pc+x-box 360 games mentioned,my son has autism+cerebal palsy and although a whizz kid at game and on pc,he has a bad habit of damaging games by putting ther discs in his moutha nd putting teeth marks over them,i have actually bought 1 game 4 times now due to this,but can no longer afford to keep buying replacements to keep him happy,is there any way to copy these games and keep the originla incase he damages the copy?

Psycence

This cannot be done without making changes to the Xbox 360 hardware to allow he copied disc's to be read, also doing so will most likely get your xbox live account cancelled.

Changing the xbox 360 hardware also invalidates your warrenty

DatabaseError

contact the games manufacturer/publisher. they should provide new media for a nominal charge, and possibly even free if you explain the circumstances (you will most probably have to send damaged disks back)

Psycence

Indeed this is true, however some publishers will refuse to do so and some will attempt to charge nearly retail price for them....

bonzer

Another option is protecting the discs. Won't help on the X-box but on the PC, if it's just a few games that are in favour at any one time, you could install several DVD drives in your machine so he doesn't have to swap the discs over. Internal DVD drives can be had for less than a tenner. Many desktop PCs can take 4 drives or so.

You used to be able to get CD drives that took "caddies" which are protective plastic cases that go over the discs. However they're difficult to come by now.

Conor_3

Psycence wrote: »

Indeed this is true, however some publishers will refuse to do so and some will attempt to charge nearly retail price for them....

Not in my experience. Companies such as Codemasters charge a couple of quid for a CD and under a fiver for a DVD.

Conor_3

bonzer wrote: »

Another option is protecting the discs. Won't help on the X-box but on the PC, if it's just a few games that are in favour at any one time, you could install several DVD drives in your machine so he doesn't have to swap the discs over. Internal DVD drives can be had for less than a tenner. Many desktop PCs can take 4 drives or so.

You used to be able to get CD drives that took "caddies" which are protective plastic cases that go over the discs. However they're difficult to come by now.

On the PC there's software you can use that puts an image of the CD on the hard drive and fools the PC into thinking it's a pukka CD in a real drive.

AFAIK, the imminent Xbox 360 update allows game discs to be ripped to the HDD.

Psycence

Conor wrote: »

Not in my experience. Companies such as Codemasters charge a couple of quid for a CD and under a fiver for a DVD.

It seems to vary, EA have attempted to rob me blind several times, was actually cheaper to get it second hand!

peediedj

ok thanks for comments,the wife had mentioned contacting pc game compaines but i havent done it as didnt think thye would do anything about it,also we havent got a x-box live account

madnlooney

Conor wrote: »

On the PC there's software you can use that puts an image of the CD on the hard drive and fools the PC into thinking it's a pukka CD in a real drive.

AFAIK, the imminent Xbox 360 update allows game discs to be ripped to the HDD.

The 360 update will still need the game disk in. for the pc you could use something called game jackel.
http://www.slysoft.com/en/gamejackal.html
Altho i think its quiet expensive but it would do the job on PC. it takes an image of each game you insert and once done you no longer need to insert the game disks

DCFC79

Conor wrote: »

AFAIK, the imminent Xbox 360 update allows game discs to be ripped to the HDD.

yes your right but you would still need the actual disc in the drive or so ive heard, see someone else has beat me to it