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Posted by: Jasinto
Why is this thread still circulating?


Because people are still having problems, that's why.

  • 10.05.2009 8:14 AM PDT

Yea, just because we are a few thousand of the million copies sold does not mean we should fold over and just go buy a new Xbox. We coming here and having this thread has actually, I hope, stopped people from going out and wasting money on a new Xbox and showed an issue to Xbox that could spread as more games come out in the future. Then Microsoft would have been screwed and would have fixed it in 3 hours lol.

  • 10.05.2009 8:59 AM PDT
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wow this is getting ridiculous, coming up on 2 weeks now and still no update

  • 10.05.2009 10:06 AM PDT
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Posted by: Jasinto
Why is this thread still circulating?


Never ask disgruntled customers this question or we will play slapstick with your head.

  • 10.05.2009 10:22 AM PDT
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I just ended the most frustrating service call ever! I was expecting to report specific area(s) (levels) where the campaign would lock up to the rep from MS.

Instead I was told that bc the disc would read fine on someone elses xbox ( which happens to be new)that i must send mine in for eye reader repairs. Nowhere in my conversation with the rep who said they were a supervisor ( all that means is they can talk faster than their subordinates)did he ask for specific information regarding to this problem stating that it must be my older xbox ( which is from 2006 and has never had any problems or has been sent in for repairs).

I was frustrated that this was my only answser, i was hoping that they would say something like, we are working to isolate this problem...blah blah blah... but all i got was a fast talking sales weasel whos main consern was to sell a repair and end our conversaion.

I hope that Bungie gives us answer soon. I will not send my Xbox in for ONE game that doesn't work when i have plenty of new ones that do! (ex. Batman,GOW2,CoD...)

  • 10.05.2009 10:40 AM PDT

Oakland Athletics will win the World Series.

i really hope this thread can make it 2000 posts. anyone know what the record is for most posts under one topic?

  • 10.05.2009 12:28 PM PDT
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this is fustrating... come on bungie some of us wanna finish the fight! i didnt pay 60$ for a halo odst coaster its a xbox 360 game so IT SHOULD WORK ON ALL XBOX 360's!

  • 10.05.2009 12:36 PM PDT

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i really hope this thread can make it 2000 posts. anyone know what the record is for most posts under one topic?

saw one over 5468

  • 10.05.2009 12:41 PM PDT
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is there an email addy for bungie or maybe a person on the fourms who works for bungie? just so we can make it clear theres alot of us being left out

  • 10.05.2009 12:51 PM PDT
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this is fustrating... come on bungie some of us wanna finish the fight! i didnt pay 60$ for a halo odst coaster its a xbox 360 game so IT SHOULD WORK ON ALL XBOX 360's!


Have you contacted Xbox support?

  • 10.05.2009 12:52 PM PDT
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honestly i hate contacting xbox support cuz i dont have 120.00$ to give them to fix my xbox which isnt broken it plays all my other games fine and my copy of odst can be played by my neighbor on his newer 360 system i just cant play through campaign or firefight on my 360 i can use the multiplayer disc fine it just sucks that i could have bought normal halo 3 for 20$ instead of shelling out 60 for odst dont get me wrong i dont hate bungie or odst i just wanna play the game i paid for it looks like a blast i shouldent have to buy a new 360 just to play it

  • 10.05.2009 1:04 PM PDT
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Any new info from Microsoft yet, Urk?

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emailed xbox.com support u guys should all do it too so they see how many of us were screwed

  • 10.05.2009 1:27 PM PDT
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So I'm guessing the fact that this thread is still going means no news or a fix. :-(

I have beat the campaign with my HDD on my wifes Halo3 Xbox360 but whenever I try to play campaign on my Elite I cant get past the first cutscene. It always says "disc unreadable" after the first cutscene. As far as firefight, it seems to be working ok. I just wish that there would be a update soon so I can play co-op campaign :-(.

  • 10.05.2009 1:33 PM PDT

my 360 is very old because when i got it, it only came with a 10 gig but my odst works fine

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Yeah, we all want to play. We just need to put our faith in Microsoft's development team to make an update for us to play ODST and the other games with the error. And maybe prevent any more games from getting it...

Yeah, we're screwed.

  • 10.05.2009 1:39 PM PDT

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What the hell would be taking them thins long, anyway >_> its been 2 damn weeks

  • 10.05.2009 1:49 PM PDT

Yeah i have now just came across this error yet i only get it when playing co-op with my friends. Its worked since before that but now its playing up :/ iv installed it to my hard drive and so did my friend but it stll came up with an error.

  • 10.05.2009 2:00 PM PDT

Hey. Just want to say that this isn't Bungie's fault. It just happened to my Fifa... so yeh, sorry bungie. It does seem weird how this all happened when we got the live update though

  • 10.05.2009 2:08 PM PDT

I called microsoft on thursday, game them my info and problems. They said they would get an Offline team on it, and they would call me back within 2 to 3 days. Well here is the Forth day, looks like if i dont get a call by 8 o clock tonight, im calling them.

  • 10.05.2009 2:18 PM PDT

still broken

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Here is my experience. I first played ODST on Thursday, 10/1. When I inserted the ODST disc my XBox started downloading an update. It then locked up and never finished downloading the update. I restarted the system and the update seemed to download fine. I immediately started to play the game through the first mission. After the cut scene before the 2nd mission, the game locked up. Since then I have had various issues with the XBox locking up. Some times it freezes when I start up. Sometimes it is fine until I play a game. I was able to play other discs, other times they lock up as well. Today I called Xbox support and followed the automated voice response system for "freeze issue" and they advised that I disconnect the hard drive and accessories. After doing this and re-inserting the HDD I was able to start up ODST again and restart at the beginning of the game. At that point I called XBox support to explain my issue. They told me to clear my HD cache (I did), and told me to remove any HD files that were corrupted (I found none). They gave me a referrence # and told me to call back if I had any more issues. Since things seem to be working, I started level 1 over. I was able to get past the 2nd cut scene but when I accessed the map it locked up again. I called back to MS tech support and was told that I needed to send in my console for repair and that my 1 1/2 year old XBox was out of warranty. I have a serious issue with a software issue causing hardware failure that I have to pay for. For the $119 I was quoted for repair and the $65 I paid for the game I am more that happy to donate that amount to a PS3 that has no such reputation for HW failure. At this point, I further researched this thead and from the page 8 comment from the Bungie employee, I tried to play Halo 3 again. I found that all of my saved games were gone (not a huge deal since I have completed legendary). So I started Halo 3 from the beginning. My game locked up after the first cut scene. All this time I have been on hold for a MS supervisor to discuss the issue, but I think I have been put on perma-hold. I am a software engineer and understand that sometimes software errors happen. But its is never the customers fault when you control the hardware that it runs on. This situation is unacceptable and thogh I have been a huge fan of the Halo Universe and storyline (not a fan-boy), I will not continue to pour money into a gaming system that is critically flawed and continues to hold customers responsible for poor hardware quality. - Furious XBox user.

  • 10.05.2009 4:08 PM PDT

Posted by: insanity 21
What the hell would be taking them thins long, anyway >_> its been 2 damn weeks


It takes time and I know personally, that waiting to play a game that you have but cannot play is frustrating.

  • 10.05.2009 4:26 PM PDT

Can you count to potato yet little buddy?

All I can say is come on school money!! I am just going to buy a new one and give this one to the kids...

  • 10.05.2009 4:52 PM PDT

Boingo Boingo Whoopsy Knickers

From most of the posts, it doesn't seem like exchanging your original disc for a new one solves the problem

  • 10.05.2009 5:35 PM PDT