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Do You Have An XBox XBox360 or an Elite????

I Think Elites Do That With New Games

Although I Have An Elite And That Did Not Happen When I Got Reach And Put It In......

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  • 09.15.2010 12:17 PM PDT

I'm going to add my voice to the growing masses of disappointed flood-infested individuals who are today with the enjoyment of Reach.

Purchased the game last night expecting to play, however I found that my xbox too did not read the disk. Unfortunately, it is so bad it does not even recognize the Reach disk as a game disk and instead labels it as a movie DVD. The few times I could get it to read all that showed up is a pop up with the old xbox 360 splash screen. I did put the disk in my computer to see if there was a problem with it, but the computer correctly recognized the disk as an xbox game.

I did try cleaning the disk as there were a few smudges, but no go. I will not boil it. Who in their right mind requires their users to boil a game before it can be played?

We will be swapping out the disk this evening and attempting to shake the infestation, but I sure hope some official word regarding this issue will be released sometime soon.

p.s. My console is a refurbished console from Microsoft directly. Recieved at the end of 2007, white box, silver tray.

  • 09.15.2010 12:19 PM PDT
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Im glad to see more people posting here about their issues. things are starting to pick up and hopefully we'll get some verification on the patch rumors.

  • 09.15.2010 12:25 PM PDT

Any word from bungie would be really appreciated :/

  • 09.15.2010 12:25 PM PDT
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Friendly bump, seems like I can randomly get into a single Firefight or Matchmaking game occasionally.

  • 09.15.2010 12:25 PM PDT

Bungie really needs to do some sort of comment. I just want to know if I am returning my copy and putting down a pre-order for <insert game here>, or if I am waiting for a patch.

  • 09.15.2010 12:26 PM PDT

I really hope this gets fixed soon. I bought Reach to play it, not to -blam!- and moan on Bungie.net. Come on Bungie, this is your swan song to Halo, and a lot of your long time fans cant play it!

  • 09.15.2010 12:27 PM PDT

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Hopefully an update does come soon but I don't understand when something like this happens, why developers can't just say "We're aware of the issue and currently working on it. We apologize for the inconvenience."

I dont care how robotic it sounds, just let us know something is being done.

  • 09.15.2010 12:28 PM PDT
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If you are getting a "Play DVD" message or a "Open Tray" message when you put the game in, then it's your xbox's dvd drive that isn't working properly. Do not blame the disc or do anything to it. Try testing the game in another xbox, one that you know is newer.

  • 09.15.2010 12:30 PM PDT

Yea this sucks major -blam!- i had to forfeit my black ops and fable 3 pre orders to get a new xbox which hopefully i can return once (if) it gets patched

  • 09.15.2010 12:30 PM PDT
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We could always just start playing Reach on the thread and replicate it via the written word XD

  • 09.15.2010 12:34 PM PDT

"you can leave all that lone wolf stuff behind".....it just isn't the same :(

  • 09.15.2010 12:35 PM PDT

Hey lady, we're ready for your DVDA shot!!


Posted by: mans1ay3r
Hopefully an update does come soon but I don't understand when something like this happens, why developers can't just say "We're aware of the issue and currently working on it. We apologize for the inconvenience."

I dont care how robotic it sounds, just let us know something is being done.

Exactly. Why won't they say something? I don't like being given the cold shoulder. Bungie is better then this. They're supposed to be the best.

  • 09.15.2010 12:35 PM PDT

If you are getting a "Play DVD" message or a "Open Tray" message when you put the game in, then it's your xbox's dvd drive that isn't working properly. Do not blame the disc or do anything to it. Try testing the game in another xbox, one that you know is newer.

While that may be true in some circumstances, I believe playing other xbox games in your console just fine proves that the drive is not necessary damaged. A formatting/firmware issue for sure, but bad drive? No.

  • 09.15.2010 12:37 PM PDT

This is bs. On the phone with MS right now done all the troubleshooting, she says the best advise she can give me is return the disk. Gamestop manager is full of it.

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Posted by: HydroConzie
"you can leave all that lone wolf stuff behind".....it just isn't the same :(
::cinematic ends, loading screen appears:: "Disc is Unreadable" XD

  • 09.15.2010 12:38 PM PDT


Posted by: Crex
Try testing the game in another xbox, one that you know is newer.


I can confirm that if you go out and buy a brand new console your Halo Reach disc will work. Now, if only Crex had a solution in making it work in all these existing consoles. You know, the ones that play every other game perfectly but this one, as mentioned in pages 1-34 of this thread.

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  • 09.15.2010 12:39 PM PDT
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Bump

  • 09.15.2010 12:45 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mugdubz
This is bs. On the phone with MS right now done all the troubleshooting, she says the best advise she can give me is return the disk. Gamestop manager is full of it.


Returning the disc may not help. Microsoft should be providing you with support. 1-800-4-MY-XBOX.

We will work with them directly to make sure their support representatives are not offering solutions that will not resolve your issue.

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  • 09.15.2010 12:48 PM PDT

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I was so excited to play this at midnight when it came out, now i can only play the online, but if i don't play the campaign i probably won't be playing matchmaking too much yet. i hope something is fixed soon!

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  • 09.15.2010 12:48 PM PDT

I just dont see IF the problem is something like the gpu not being powerful enough, why it can play every single other game, so hopefully this is something that can be patched. On the bright side I've completely mastered the part of the game I can get up to before it crashes, the first 20 minutes

  • 09.15.2010 12:48 PM PDT

THANK YOU BUNGIE

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  • 09.15.2010 12:50 PM PDT
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Posted by: Mugdubz
This is bs. On the phone with MS right now done all the troubleshooting, she says the best advise she can give me is return the disk. Gamestop manager is full of it.


Returning the disc will NOT help. Microsoft should be providing you with support for hardware issues. 1-800-4-MY-XBOX.

We will work with them directly to make sure their support representatives are not offering solutions that will not resolve your issue.
So is there no known cause of this at the moment?

  • 09.15.2010 12:51 PM PDT

THANK YOU BUNGIE whoa whoa whoa whoa, a response from bungie? :)

  • 09.15.2010 12:53 PM PDT
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Bada-bing with the answering of the important questions

  • 09.15.2010 12:53 PM PDT