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Posted by: pknotwise87
Just tried my third copy. Still fails. I'm really disappointed with Microsoft and Bungie, they know better than this. If they want me to buy a new system, just tell me to go -blam!- myself rather then make me run in circles for nothing.

But at least we're being heard. Just by the wrong people. If this doesn't get addressed in a few days, I propose a Class Action.

http://www.gamezine.co.uk/news/formats/xbox360/halo-3-odst-no t-working-on-some-xbox-360s-$1329544.htm



A class action would be thrown out in a heartbeat, we've got no grounds, all microsoft will say is 'we're aware, and working on the issue internally to figure out whats wrong' besides, you can only sue them if you can prove that microsoft knew about this when they started selling. We're being hastey and need to sit back and let them work on a soloution.

  • 09.25.2009 1:43 AM PDT
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We're being hastey and need to sit back and let them work on a soloution.[/quote]

All Microsoft or Bungie has to do is admit they have a problem here. Put a message on XBL, make an announcement online. The fact that most of us are getting stonewalled is what's irritating and alarming. When was the last time YOU had a customer service rep hang up on you, without so much as a 'Sorry, gotta go!'?

That they're not admitting to an obvious mistake is pretty much a sure-fire way to make me sell all my -blam!- and buy a PS3, in the long run.

  • 09.25.2009 2:04 AM PDT
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who even knows if there is a mistake.. maybe our xboxs are all broked :) let this play out and then well see what the issue was

  • 09.25.2009 2:07 AM PDT
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It is a bit depressing that we only have one response from Bungie and it's a forum moderator. There has been no word officially from either Bungie or Microsoft concerning the matter. Then there's also the number of gaming news sites that are catching on to this.
There needs to be an official statement soon for some crowd control or there's gonna be a ****storm coming from the more impatient customers/gamers.

  • 09.25.2009 2:10 AM PDT
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how many are actually affected tho? they sold 2 million copies and only a few thousand are affected? if that, i think its much more isolated then we are making it out to be. yes it sucks, but its not like half the discs failed.

  • 09.25.2009 2:13 AM PDT

No way to actually tell. All we've seen is the Bungie.net users. Not everyone posts here.

  • 09.25.2009 2:23 AM PDT
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We have no idea how many are affected. Threads like this one are popping up on forums all over the web. And what about people who just gave up on it and returned it, or haven't reported in? I think this is pretty big, and even if it is limited to a few thousand, that doesn't make it less wrong to ignore us.

If nothing else, credit my xbl account 60 bucks worth of MS points. Make the game digitally available to those who are having this error. Mail me a rebate for a new game, or a big trade-in credit on my now apparently OBSOLETE console.

  • 09.25.2009 2:25 AM PDT
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i dotn think making it availible for digital DL will make a difference. Dont get me wrong, id like to see somethign done, but i just think making demands in this thread are counter to the point of helping find a solution first.

  • 09.25.2009 2:49 AM PDT
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mines suddenly started working just left it in the tray over night and it loaded up???
dunno how long for tho

  • 09.25.2009 3:13 AM PDT

You've got to remember that unless they are working though the night it's 3 AM over there

  • 09.25.2009 3:18 AM PDT
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i just got upto the bit were u pull the helemt out of the tv the cutscene played then it cut out on the load screen and disc was unreadable goddammit!!!!

  • 09.25.2009 3:54 AM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

I've been having this problem since august if the HDD is plugged in. Could it be corrupted updates or something that are read as bad sectors and can't be formatted?

  • 09.25.2009 4:13 AM PDT

Yarrrr~

Okay... this is really weird.

My Halo 3 copy has ALWAYS been working properly, it's never given me any problems whatsoever.

I decided to try out Ninja's guide thingy and play the campaign on easy... and when i get to the loading screen after the first mission i recieve that freakin' disc read error.

WHAT. THE. F...?

  • 09.25.2009 4:17 AM PDT

I may have made a break though but i need to test it abit more to be sure...

I got Dist Read Error EVERY time i attempted to open Dare's Pod thing. (I have a 2006 Core with a seperatly bought 20gb HDD)
I can play the game fine when HDD is disconnected (Using MU for profile and saves, the Game did ask me to download an update but had no space on it so declined the download)
I borrowed my friends HDD (Less than 12 months old brand new) and game works fine on my Xbox
Gonna play alot more tonight to see if anymore faults occure but i'll let you know how it goes.


Am also going to try another experiment tonight...
Am going to take ODST and my HDD to my friends (Same as above new Xbox less than 12 months old)
Copy ODST onto MY HDD using HER Xbox.
Then try and run the game on my Xbox and see what happens.

If anyone else has tried this let me know.

Cheers


  • 09.25.2009 4:21 AM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

Posted by: Exocet UK
I may have made a break though but i need to test it abit more to be sure...

I got Dist Read Error EVERY time i attempted to open Dare's Pod thing. (I have a 2006 Core with a seperatly bought 20gb HDD)
I can play the game fine when HDD is disconnected (Using MU for profile and saves, the Game did ask me to download an update but had no space on it so declined the download)
I borrowed my friends HDD (Less than 12 months old brand new) and game works fine on my Xbox
Gonna play alot more tonight to see if anymore faults occure but i'll let you know how it goes.


Am also going to try another experiment tonight...
Am going to take ODST and my HDD to my friends (Same as above new Xbox less than 12 months old)
Copy ODST onto MY HDD using HER Xbox.
Then try and run the game on my Xbox and see what happens.

If anyone else has tried this let me know.

Cheers





It probably won't work on your hard drive. If removing the HDD makes the game work (like me), the problem's inside it. If formatting the HDD doesn't work, than it has something seriously wrong, possibly through a downloaded update that got corrupted and now can't be deleted because it technically can't be read by the 360 as existing or something worse.


I guess the best way to test this would be to find someone without LIVE access and ask if their copy worked with the HDD in. At least then we can be relatively sure it's not the discs doing it.

  • 09.25.2009 4:24 AM PDT

Yarrrr~

I'm starting to think that this has something to do with the recent "upgrades" you need to download.
I mean come on... even our Halo 3 discs has stopped working after this.

Oh well. Hopefully we'll have an answer soon enough.
Cheers everyone

-goes back to rock band 2-

  • 09.25.2009 4:37 AM PDT
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Posted by: T45457523
wow im so glad mine works


really? do you actually think your input is needed? go back to the viva pinata forums buddy.

  • 09.25.2009 4:40 AM PDT

Posted by: llamalizard
I guess the best way to test this would be to find someone without LIVE access and ask if their copy worked with the HDD in. At least then we can be relatively sure it's not the discs doing it.


There's been 2 updates in the past week, one pre-launch (probobly readying support for the game) and on the other night, now since there are different boards for the xbox, logical assumption is there are different updates for each board... what if people have ended up with a corrupted update, the updates are Downloaded to the HDD remove the HDD and it reverts to a base update, and that seems to allow people to play.

Now it seems simple to us that there's an issue, and the reason Bungie and Microsoft haven't said anything can be boiled to the blame game, their each working as to why its not working trying to figure out who made the error, we all know M$ dosen't like to admit fault with something.

  • 09.25.2009 4:41 AM PDT

That would be great if MS points this only on Bungie. That would suck. I think MS is as responsible as Bungie is because they were included in the project also. But i think they're trying to figure out the problem and i hope that even apology for inconvenience would be nice for us who bought expensive game and don't get to play it. But this is my opinion only though.

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  • 09.25.2009 4:51 AM PDT

Young donzz boyz 4 da leauge !

READ THIS IT COULD HELP.
Right so i bought my first disc and i managed to complete the whole game but whne i went to rn throgh on legendary it always cut out on uplift reserve :/.
So i installed to hardrive and i managed to get to the next level :D. Then it cuts out on the next level so i say screw it !.
I deinstall the game and send it back i get a new one and then it cuts out on kikonawi station anyway this is what i'm trying now.
I've taken out my HDD and put my gamercard onto a seperate memory device and it's asked me to have a load of updates i declined i will tell you what happens when i complete kikowani again.
:).

  • 09.25.2009 4:56 AM PDT

Im glad to see that a whole night has gone by and we are as screwed as ever. And to the poster that said it is probably only a few thousand cases, that is still a big problem as every customer counts. Besides, I know about 3 of my friends who are having the same problem who don't post on these forums. We are speaking for those who don't know about this site, so the sooner we get a fix, the sooner all those other people do. Now if we could just get some sort of word from Bungie....

  • 09.25.2009 5:08 AM PDT
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yea they owe us some sort of explanation this is bollocks.
if its not sorted soon i wont be able to return it an thats a waste of 45 euros u bastards

  • 09.25.2009 5:18 AM PDT

Young donzz boyz 4 da leauge !

Guys it's the update !
I know this sucks but i have proof read my post 2 posts up i've tested it.
Move your Gamercard onto a diffent storage device anything apart from a HDD even a tiny memory card Mine now works thanks to this i hope this helps :).

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ive tried removing my hdd works for a bit then cuts out again

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Has anyone tried using a friend's HDD on your 360? I don't know if it was already tried earlier.

Also, it definitely seems like an update Microsoft did is the culprit here. Time will tell, though.

  • 09.25.2009 6:02 AM PDT