Halo 3: ODST Suffering From Disc Read Errors
Well that didn’t take long. One of the most hyped games in months is already reportedly suffering from game-breaking issues on some players machines a mere two days after its release.
According to various Bungie.net forum-goers, the game displays disc read errors during cutscenes, freezing the game. Seemingly this occurs on older Xbox 360s more often than newer ones due to older DVD drives. Victims of the error report that saving the game to the hard drive alleviates the problem for some users (which is handy, especially for those of us with 20GB drives.) But, makes the problem worse for others.
The widespread nature of this issue says to me that it’s a manufacturing fault on the disc, and not due to old Xbox technology. Meaning that if Bungie are smart they’ll identify and fix the problem for all new discs. If they’re kind, they’ll replace faulty discs. I can’t see that happening.
If discs aren’t working, people will buy new ones. It’s in their best interests to not replace them. I know I wouldn’t. Don’t worry though, the Halo 3 multiplayer disk seems to be working a treat. Your $60 recon armour and map pack is safe as houses!
One last thing: I can’t get over how marvellous the original poster of the thread’s comment on the situation is, “We just got ‘Bungied’. :(“.
Via: Joystiq
I had this happen to me last night. Now I’ve got in installed on the hard drive, so this shouldn’t be an issue going forward. It all adds up to a pretty big OOPS!
is the game coded in a new way? because Halo 3 is famous for being the ONLY game on xbox that actually performs worse from hard drive.
I have the opposite problem. my Campaign disc works flawlessly, but as soon as i feed in my Multiplayer disc the xbox makes HORRIBLE loud noise. all the time. i have not dared to start a game with it as it sounds a powerplant.
Really annoying.
There are quite a few common errors that can occur. Most of the time you can fix them yourself. Generally you don’t have to be a technician. There is a repair manual you can buy online as well.
Have a look at this link:
http://tinyurl.com/yfgm9ls