Excited for picking up your copy of Halo 3 at launch? Spent the extra money for the collector's tin, 'cause you wanted the hard copy of the artbook? Well, the folks at NeoGAF have some bad news for you: by the time you get it open, the discs look like they'll already be scratched. Perhaps you won't even need your 360 to put a giant dent in the disc for you.
A lot of people are experiencing problems with the way the Halo 3 discs are held in the case of the collector's edition. As you can see, the disc is held in by nothing more than a tiny piece of plastic and some foam pads. If you watch Gamevideo's unboxing video, they have similar problems.
If you check out the photos below, you can see the damage done. According to some of the GAF commenters, it looks even worse in person than what the photos show. Some of the people are saying that the discs have been rendered unplayable by the damage done.
This is clearly going to be a problem, and it'll be levied right at Microsoft, who's still under the spotlight from their billion dollar write-off. What are the boys in green to do? Give Microsoft a call if your disc is all scratched up and let us know of the results.
[Thanks to iRaf for the tip, and the GAF community for the pics]
Contest:
11:11 PM on 09.21.2007
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OH NOES!!!!!!
Still sucks, but lets not blow shit out of proportion just for flames sake. Wait until Monday night to see how widespread this really is.
I am going to rip someones fucking throat out if my disk is scratched.
Suff1catingSight:
If you read the post, there are reports of some games being scratched to neigh unplayable. You have to understand that not all scratches are created equal. A disc can have billions of shallow marks that'll look crappy, but play just fine. But just one deep scratch will ruin the whole thing.
It's just a bunch of matlocks saying "OMFG A SCRATCH! THE WORLD IS ENDING ZOMG!"
This is a new low. They cant even pack cd´s the right way.
mint condition discs. We are talking about five-cent platic discs, you sound foolish.
And what's with all these Matlocks claiming to work at stores saying xx% of their Collectors editions are "scratched to hell/death"? Are they superman? Can they magically see through tin cases.
I've had regular DVD's rattling around in their case with a broken and pointy center-piece and they were fine. If jagged plastic can't render a disc unplayable I highly doubt a flat piece of plastic and a couple of foam pieces will do that kind of damage.
I'm not a huge Sony fan, but PS2 cases are probably the best in the world. Why can't companies leave good enough alone?
You're still ignoring the huge steaming pile of bullshit that this whole situation is dumping in copious amounts.
You're paying for a new product, you should get a product that looks new. Untouched. Perfect condition.
I really can't believe how you can just regard this as bitching and moaning by a bunch of Matlocks.
Terrible use of the meme, by the way.
Take some time choosing their contractors?
If its Loose, get another one...
kinda sucks that some fat asses at 1up get cool shit like that free, prolly been more excited about a 100$ GIFT card to the Golden Corral :(
(P.S. This totally kills any humor in "Smash Halo 3" videos.)
Some jobs are gonna be lost over this one.
I will be pissed off to the extreme if my disk is scratched.