Halo: Reach Owners Reporting Disc Read Errors

[Marcus Yam]

Clean discs being called dirty.

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[Strider-Hiryu_79]

Xbox 360 20GB model owner here. I swapped my HDD out to a larger 120GB HDD. For one reason and a very good reason. Complete game install. I suppose the disc read error is happening to those who haven't installed the game on their 360 HDD. Installing the game serves three benefits :

1)faster loading times
2)Disc is only read at application startup(to verify you actually bought the game)
3)Saves wear & tear on game disc(s) and dvd-rom drive

I have yet to encounter this error message. But it doesn't mean I'm immune to it. Hopefully it wasn't a disc manufacturing blunder aka Halo 3 scratched disks. At least the halo 3 scratched disks problem was only cosmetic in nature.

 

[Guest]

Wow!! I remember when I had my old 360 (before i sent it in for a replacement after a RROD), I used to get disc read errors on halo 3 all the time. 360 has sure had some hardware problems in this generation, much worse than Ps3 and Wii I'm afraid...

 

[JOSHSKORN]

Geesh, what are these kids DOING with their Halo discs?

 

[TheRockMonsi]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]Geesh, what are these kids DOING with their Halo discs?[/citation]

Do you really want to know? I know I don't.

 

[aaron92]

[citation][nom]JOSHSKORN[/nom]Geesh, what are these kids DOING with their Halo discs?[/citation]
Let's all jump to conclusions that it's automatically the consumer's fault.

ಠ_ಠ

 

[nforce4max]

Hmmmm PC gamer here, hugs thy GTX 460.

 

[eklipz330]

just in line with it's predecessor, the loose disk in the halo 3 collector's edition.

like father like son

 

[aaron92]

[citation][nom]nforce4max[/nom]Hmmmm PC gamer here, hugs thy GTX 460.[/citation]
I'm a pc gamer but I've always loved the Halo series, being a fanboy of anything is not a good thing.

Consoles are fun too, and plus not everyone can afford a X58 system with a 200$+ gfx card.

 

[thillntn]

I may buy this game, the graphics look good and I have a hdd to copy it onto. too bad the competition doesn't let you do that!!!I remember the original xbox having the SAME issue.

 

[jrnyfan]

I'm a PC Gamer and I thought my money was better invested in a $600 Phenom II X4, Crossfire gaming system that also doubles as a computer than a $600 off the shelf computer and a $300+ console (including games, controllers etc) that is 4 years old graphically.

oh and halo is boring.

 

[False_Dmitry_II]

Runs just fine in my limited edition halo reach console.

I guess it's a good thing I sold my old one a few months back. It was either near or was a xenon version that I would bet money that it'll red ring again at some point. "Recently manufacturer refurbished" was in the listing and somebody still paid $150 for it, though I had added a 120 gig hard drive. (a regular WD one)

 

[Guest]

by this point no one should be holding out with a 20GB HDD. I was a launch owner and went through 6 Xbox's with my 20GB and in the end buying the SUPER expensive 250 GB was the best thing that i did. Install to HDD. If not the 250 at least get the 60GB and only install the current games you're playing.

 

[OvrClkr]

Reports are flooding in yet MS says its a "small number of customers" ... That does not make sense...

 

[thillntn]

It is a small number of customers, you know like the ones that complained when $ony removed otheros . (me being one of them lol)
Companie$ always try that excuse .

 

[Guest]

Consoles & Suckbox FTL!

 

[jetstorm19]

.I'm a PC Gamer and I thought my money was better invested in a $600 Phenom II X4, Crossfire gaming system that also doubles as a computer than a $600 off the shelf computer and a $300+ console (including games, controllers etc) that is 4 years old graphically.

oh and halo is boring.

I'm guessing you're not very aware of specs on consoles but for a 4yr old machine they're actually pretty good. I'd to see someone 4 years ago build a 3 core Xenon PC and only spend $300.

And as far as Halo being boring...thats your problem if its boring to you.

 

[eddieroolz]

I wonder if this is simply a firmware issue. Otherwise it can get very costly for Microsoft.

 

[Supertrek32]

Some of the discs simply weren't burned correctly. When you go to burn tens of millions of discs, a few thousand aren't going to work. This happens with every major game release. MS has a very nice policy on it compared to some companies, though. They'll replace the disc for free.

 

[Travis Beane]

Maybe because some of these discs have been spinning non stop for a few days now.
I'm surprised my roomies disc hasn't just melted inside my xbox by now.