I sigh, truly I do, when I think about Microsoft and its awful, awful production values this generation. It seems that doing things on the cheap and as rushed as possible is the order of the day, which might work in the short term, but is infuriating gamers. With the release of Halo 3, more people than ever are surely being introduced to the world of the Xbox 360 -- and with it, are beginning to suffer the consequences of shoddy production. Not only do Halo 3 players have to fear their console red ringing on them, they now have the threat of unreadable discs looming over their heads.
Both Bungie's forums and the Xbox.com forums are saturated with posts complaining about disc read errors and freezing glitches with their copies of Halo 3. There are complaints about both the Legendary and standard editions and these are brand new, good condition copies by all accounts. Either the game is truly defective, or people's Xbox 360s are just having one mass suicide, though many of the affected claim other games are working fine. Either way, this is not what the biggest launch of the year needs. Not at all.
It's quite pathetic, in fact, that with so much attention on the 360 thanks to Halo, something like this should happen. I wonder what all those new customers will think when their consoles keep crashing out on them. After the anger over the badly designed packaging for the Collector's Edition, these stupid, easily avoidable problems are becoming a farce.
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8:35 AM on 09.28.2007
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But hey, my brothers halo 3 + 360 was fine for the 3 days he brought it round to my house. He did get the pointlessly expensive version though, so at least the discs had proper cases.
and as far as the 360 itself most of the faulty systems were flushed out the market way before halo came out and the elite and the halo 3 xbox have the falcon chip in them so there should be no problem
Evidence:
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.p...&postcount=276
Problems I've had with the game:
Achievements not unlocking, getting stuck on terrain, MP servers randomly crashing, screenshots/clips not uploading, medals not being awarded and just insane lag sometimes on matchmaking matches (I lagged out for roughly 10 minutes yesterday.......).
http://forum.beyond3d.com/showpost.php?p=1070774&postcount=276
No other problems though
oh and i though halo 3 was lackluster at best, the first was and still is the best, just like the fuckin' matrix movies
No problems at all.
Disc read errors / random lockups / red-ringing occurs with every 360 title, whether developed/published by MGS or not. Bear in mind that the 360 is Microsoft's second entrant into the console space. Even Sony hasn't gotten this right and they're on their 4th piece of hardware.
Provided they're doing right by gamers with quick replacements of faulty software/hardware, I'm inclined to give them a pass.
STFUAJPG!!!
But still, it is pathetic that Microsoft's QA dept. is this shoddy.
Please shut up you MS fanboy. Saying "Bear in mind that the 360 is Microsoft's second entrant into the console space." does not mean it is permitted in ANY WAY to make defect products.
If you'd buy a car and it is only the second edition of that model and then oops it breaks. Would you brush it off because it's only their second time building it? HELL NO! So please stop posting stupid comments on these boards.
Oh and btw, Sony doesn't have major problems with PS3 as of now.
@Ralph
Are you serious when you compares MS to Sony via system build? 360 failure rate was like 35% last I heard and Sony's was like 1-2%.
Sony's systems have been up there with Nintendos in my opinion build wise. I still have all my original psx, ps2, psp, ps3 and they all run perfectly with no issues (well haven't touched the psx for a while but last time I played she was good).
Sony's problems lies solely with PR and marketing in my eyes as the don't deliver the promises. My bro was on his 3rd 360 then he sold is as he got tired of it all, bear in mind that MS has been making computer hardware/software for years.
Destructoid has a right as a NEWS outlet to report news. So STFU and go back to finishing the hype. Stupid ass fanboy.
If you don't like the site, STFU and GTFO.
I've never said one negative thing against Halo myself.
You must be confusing clog's with your "news"
Maybe time for the ole routine inspection at the pressing plants?
Also, I didn't bash Halo 3 at all in that story. I didn't insult Bungie or the game. So grow up.
On a more personal level; until something goes wrong with your console or disk you probably think everyone else is hyping things up. I felt like that until my xbox scratched my guitar hero disk to shit and made it un-playable with no option of getting it replaced by microsoft. Then the next month I got major graphical failures and had to send it off to the xbox hospital. Gay as.
Oh and Halo 3 keeps booting me off it's servers, even off of xbox live and my online matchmaking isn;t updating properly. No word of a lie; it seems to only update on matches where I'm getting battered! Someone in Microsoft is fucking with me I swear!
Anyway, his isn't my blog, I'll shut up now... :)
Their Halo is like my DOA. I play those games for hundreds of hours--several hours each day. And look at me. I'm on my 6th console. It's been at the repair center for over a month, too.
Now imagine this happening to hundreds of thousands of people. Halo 3 could kill the 360's image, and I really hope it does. It will teach MS a lesson.
I have seen no positive news on Halo3 out of this site, which is probably a tactic, because when every site is positive, the sites that are negative get the click throughs.
Of the 97 friends i have on xbox live, 36 were on last night and of those 36, 34 were playing Halo3...seems like people are playing it and loving it...you be the judge and don't take Sterling's spin seriously.
It seems that Microsoft just wants to take the cheap and easy way out with this generation. I don't want to waste money on cheap and easy, well, if I'm in the right spot with the right lady sure, but not with my gaming console.
Destructoid is everything at the same time!! =D
@gottlieb
Are you saying that Xbox live isn't designed to be used fully by all it's members? And how is your friends list relevant at any point?
PS:Is the "falcon" even out yet?
I would suggest, as friendly advice, that you learn to research your statements before you make them. I am aware that you clearly love Halo 3 and am deeply sorry for offending you with my story. However, please be more truthful in your criticism of this site as it will make your posts more credible and easier to take seriously.
Thank you.
I can't imagine how furious I would have been if I had gotten it home and it didn't work- it was the last limited edition copy in the store.
Oh, no RROD!
Halo 3 has been pretty fun so far, the Red Ring of Death does make me a little nervous. I'm on my second 360 and this one makes a really high pitched whining noise when playing games. I thought it was just the disc spinning up, but it makes the screeching noise while playing XBLA games with no disc in the tray. It's like it has a wood chipper in it and is dropping hamsters into it one after another
Oh god... my 360 runs off of the blood of hamsters... That must be why MS puts those anti-tamper stickers on the back of the 360. If anyone knew the truth...
My Xbox fried last night. it was just freezing after a few minutes of play. I went out and bought another while this one is being replaced.