If you own an Xbox 360 you know the most annoying thing about it is the RRoD. You probably know the second most annoying thing about it as well, and that is that it can scratch the sh*t out of your discs. Nothing like plopping down $60 bucks just to get home and have the game ruined because your console destroyed it. You'd think this would be something the Microsoft would take care in their new version of the console since it seems they've taken care of many of the other issues the console had. Think again. Our intrepid E3 team tested the console out with an Alan Wake disc and then Nick decided to move it. Suddenly all hell breaks loose. Goodbye, Alan Wake.
Sure, there was a sticker on the damn thing saying not to move it, but it isn't like he was tossing it around the room. They're planning on having gesticulating children play Kinect anywhere near this thing? Some games are going to be getting destroyed, people. Looks like everyone needs to be really, really careful around their new 360s while they are on or their games are going to get wrecked.
Dale writes:
So, BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Nick and I were at an unboxing event for the newly announced Xbox 360 today, and it was there that he committed a sin that will never be forgiven. Well, it wasn't a sin as much as it was a total waste of a perfectly fine copy of Alan Wake.
You see, despite the warning on the front of the new Xbox 360, Nick picked up the system to move it from horizontal to vertical position while the game was booting. The resulting sound was close to that of starting a garbage disposal with a fork in it. After hearing the horrendous noise, Microsoft people immediately ran to our area with concerned faces. "Yeah, you can't do that," we were told. As you'll see in the video, to Nick's embarrassment, Microsoft's Bill Beldan pointed out the prominent warning sticker right there on the system's face, which clearly explained that you can't move the system when a game is in use.
Fail.
Contest:
9:40 AM on 06.15.2010
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I'll pass thanks MSoft -_-
Well, you can always rent and install Alan Wake to the drive with a fresh copy and boot it using the busted disc if it still registers as Alan Wake...that 250GB isn't going anywhere.
I can't think of any valid reason to pick up a 360 while it's in use. The video literally made me facepalm.
Queue RRoD.... but this time its the RRoD slim edition!
It is to show the Microsoft haven't fixed it after there nth attempt at a hardware revision. Which is pretty poor in my opinion.
Of course you won't actually move it while playing, but I could shake my PC tower and shake it without causing THAT much damage to a disc.
There's nothing that needs fixing.
I have a hard time seeing this working. I know the Wii probably requires an even heftier investment to allow for multiplayer, but this sort of investment goes better with the average consumer. Shelling out a huge ammount of cash in a single sitting isn't anywhere near as inviting.
But what do you expect from a HD system that cost the same as the wii?
How do people not see that as a problem?
On the flip side, MS, you haven't learned much either.
Do this with any electronics and you are going to have similar results
Congrats, YOU just destroyed the disk, not the Xbox.
Retard.
If you need to move something. Turn every thing off and take everything out.
No sympathies, nor is this news worthy.
You make a problem, you'll find a problem.
I've kicked around my PS3 accidentally a few times while the disc was running, and nothing bad came out of it. My Wii fell headfirst off its perch while it was loading Mario Galaxy 2, and even that didn't do anything.
Goddamn POS Hardware.
Don't tilt optical technology while it is SPINNING! The only drives that can handle that kind of nonsense are the ones with a circular piece in the middle the disc snaps on to...
Your ignorance disappoints me destructoid. Now many readers will this this is an xbox flaw simply out of lack of understanding.
Afterthought: It seems there are a good few people in the comments that aren't retarded. I applaud them