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  • 09.28.2009 3:12 PM PDT
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WOW GUYS GUESS WHAT. ALL I DID WAS TURN MY XBOX ON ITS SIDE, SO ITS ON ITS BOTTOM NOT ITS SIDE. AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY!!!!!!!! WTF!!!! YES!

  • 09.28.2009 3:12 PM PDT

Why is this thread still alive?

  • 09.28.2009 3:13 PM PDT

What aggrevates me the most is what a piece of -blam!- company Microsoft can be. Bungie is trying their hardest to get the blame off of them and knows that even the tiniest percentage of consumers matter. Meanwhile, Microsoft is brushing the issue off and idealizing that a minority of customers experiencing a problem isn't worth the effort. What gives them the right? Microsoft are so lucky that developers seem to work well with them, or I would not be supplying THEM with any of my money

  • 09.28.2009 3:13 PM PDT
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I knew when I read this morning that microsoft says its not a widespread issue that they were downplaying this. Which means they cant fix this with an update, and were screwed. Well, im trading in odst and getting a new elite. Right now there is also a 50$ rebate too if u buy an elite before oct 5th. Im gonna give MS a call about how to fix my current console, so ill get back to you on that. Sucks for bungie because I'll think of this when reach comes out, and have to wait and see if everyone can play it before I buy anything from them again.

  • 09.28.2009 3:15 PM PDT
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Posted by: DXEndar
Posted by: urk


Unfortunately, I don't have a great update for you. We're still working with our publisher to figure out what the best steps for mitigation are.


The best steps for mitigation are ? Do you mean that in the legal way . . . as in there is no solution and you're looking at how to properly refund us our money ?

Please tell me I'm wrong. Plz.


You're wrong.

Mitigation means to alleviate a problem.
Litigation means to handle a problem though legal means.



[Edited on 09.28.2009 3:18 PM PDT]

  • 09.28.2009 3:17 PM PDT
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I have also been experiencing this issue on both discs of ODST. On the campaign I got to the 2nd level yesterday (Tayari Plaza) and saved in the middle. I get disc unreadable trying to load that map today or the first level or when starting a new campaign from scratch.

On the multiplayer disc, it's been happening when it's loading a game/map and after a game/map when it's headed back to the menu screens. For whatever reason it always seems to happen on the level "The Pit," which was one of my favorites.

Man, I hope I didn't waste $60, but it feels that way.

[Edited on 09.28.2009 3:21 PM PDT]

  • 09.28.2009 3:18 PM PDT

Posted by: Smithy Dude
WOW GUYS GUESS WHAT. ALL I DID WAS TURN MY XBOX ON ITS SIDE, SO ITS ON ITS BOTTOM NOT ITS SIDE. AND IT WORKS PERFECTLY!!!!!!!! WTF!!!! YES!


Really? Someone wanna confirm?

  • 09.28.2009 3:28 PM PDT

Don't lose hope guys.....what about that saying, "Its always darkest before the dawn." (or somethin like that...)

  • 09.28.2009 3:29 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

Posted by: MasterGamer2692
Don't lose hope guys.....what about that saying, "Its always darkest before the dawn." (or somethin like that...)

i guess i will give it a chance

  • 09.28.2009 3:30 PM PDT

Yea but you forget Microsoft determines if dawn ever comes for us.

  • 09.28.2009 3:31 PM PDT

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Posted by: KRayons90
Yea but you forget Microsoft determines if dawn ever comes for us.


And since dawn costs money, I don't see MS doing it...

  • 09.28.2009 3:36 PM PDT
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Okay well surprisingly mines been working fine now, the only problem is campaign just takes awhile to resume. All the campaign maps load and firefight is smooth.
All I did was clear my cache and uninstall the game from my HD.
So far so good(but i have a feeling it'll come back <_<)

  • 09.28.2009 3:36 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

Posted by: KRayons90
Yea but you forget Microsoft determines if dawn ever comes for us.

dont remind me

  • 09.28.2009 3:36 PM PDT

I won't be giving ODST back because I love Halo and Bungie is awesome. Plus I don't want any other game but Mass Effect 2 which is way away. I might just buy a new Xbox. It is a great system, but sadly Microsoft made it.

  • 09.28.2009 3:42 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

so does the putting it on the side work?

  • 09.28.2009 3:51 PM PDT

now halo 3 is doing the same thing and it never gave me a disk error the whole time i've owned it.i think the problem lyes in the the lastest system update.odst works fine when the hard drive is detached.so it can't be the dvd drive.i hope they figure this out soon,i'm really thinking about buying a ps3.

  • 09.28.2009 3:52 PM PDT
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Placing the 360 vertically doesn't do it (not surprising) as does horizontally.

  • 09.28.2009 4:02 PM PDT

Ok I am officially sending in my 360, as more and more of my games are experiencing DRE's (as are my demos). Any game that receives a patch gets the DRE shortly after. I am sending it in and am borrowing my cousin's 360 tomorrow to see if his plays ODST. I will keep everyone posted

  • 09.28.2009 4:02 PM PDT

Live Free Die Free

did some one put a virus on the patches? its possible messed up but possible...probably improbable but just saying

  • 09.28.2009 4:04 PM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

Posted by: stoenrmonkey
did some one put a virus on the patches? its possible messed up but possible...probably improbable but just saying



They'd have to have access to wherever updates are stored before being loaded, and be a damn good coder to get it to even run on a 360. They won't even run non-MS wireless adaptors.

I just want some recognition from MS that they know there's a problem and are working on it now. H3 is still broken for me, but I feel for all of you who can't use ODST. Plus, unless it was a very, VERY clever virus, we would all get the same symptoms (not reading when HDD is in) rather than all the variations.

Has anyone tried starting it with Alkaline prodigy's method, then installing it to HDD and playing? it worked for me.

  • 09.28.2009 4:19 PM PDT

No we are done guys. No more hoping a fix comes. I hope it does but a week after the games release and we have nothing but a person coming on here once every 2 days saying they are working on it. Then Microsoft downplays it which means they wont spend money to help Bungie probably. So yea. Prove me wrong somebody I am losing hope.

  • 09.28.2009 4:22 PM PDT

I wish I was still legendary.

Posted by: KRayons90
No we are done guys. No more hoping a fix comes. I hope it does but a week after the games release and we have nothing but a person coming on here once every 2 days saying they are working on it. Then Microsoft downplays it which means they wont spend money to help Bungie probably. So yea. Prove me wrong somebody I am losing hope.


I'm assuming that if it was a broken patch they have to go test it before releasing a fix. If it's actually corrupted, they'll need to find a way of releasing it with the same name but still making 360s think they needed it.

Of course they'll downplay it. How much of a fuss did they make about E74 and red rings again? On their part, they just said they were uncommon.

  • 09.28.2009 4:24 PM PDT

IM GODS CHILD BUT YEA I GOT DEVILISH GAME

Posted by: stoenrmonkey
did some one put a virus on the patches? its possible messed up but possible...probably improbable but just saying


Yea, some undercover secret PS3 fanboy started working for microsoft and tried to break everyones 360 with and update LOL

(I was just kidding, in case you couldnt tell.)

All of you should take a trip to seattle and egg the microsoft building lol. i bet that would get their attention. =D

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  • 09.28.2009 4:25 PM PDT

I know guy I just want to play this game. It is awesome and I haven't been able to do anything on it. Ah yes. Can you quickly explain to me how you did the Alkaline Prodigy process you did.

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  • 09.28.2009 4:29 PM PDT