Xbox 360 is an unreliable piece of shit

[Borman]

Ive still had no problems with Dead Rising, or any other game for that matter /knocks on wood. Just have to be the counter to Dots evil tales of dooooommm

[Dot50Cal]

This just gets even worse, now my new save of me going through 72 hour mode wont load, same deal. DRE about 3 seconds in. Im thinking it HAS to be the hard drive now. God, what luck eh? Tommorow Ill find out for sure when I fork out more cash for a rediculously expensive memory card.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri9iQNp098w

[James]

Are the PAL units the same as the US ones? I can assume you know what I'm getting at....

[Dot50Cal]

Well ok, its NOT the disc. I just tried my other Dead Rising and the same damn thing. About 3 seconds in to LOADING Infinity Mode, DISC READ ERROR. WTF!?

I tried standing it vertical, horizontal, both discs, etc etc. It just wont work. What the flying hell!? K5 and I are going to make a video of this just to get word out there. People seem to think that 360's arent dying because its being pushed to its limits with Dead Rising...Ugh, They got another thing coming. 2nd 360 bites the dust now

[Dot50Cal]

Got the flop flop back today, a new one. Made just 4 months ago. Its working great, things are loading fast and It seems my warranty is now re-extended? Ill have to check on that. But now comes a big problem. I beat Dead Rising but everytime I try to start INFINITY MODE, DISC READ ERROR. Its definitely the disc this time which sucks, so now Im off to Walmart with K5 to buy a new DR.

Gotta take this one back to EB and demand money back

[Dot50Cal]

No clue, probably a manufacturing error. Ill have to take it back when my flop box arrives back here

[James]

What does that "spillage" effect on the disc actually mean? I've encountered it alot at work on normal DVDs, but never on 360 games. >_> Guess I'm lucky.

Heh.

[Borman]

Yea, some of the DR disks in some areas have that problem for some reason. Mine doesnt ;)

[Dot50Cal]

I was referring to a different issue mark, it looks like someone spilled soda over the bottom of a disc. The data layer is all out of whack on em from day one (out of package).

Get on aim! XD

[MeganGrass]

Ice says people are returning 360 games with the same problem often at his EB.

This has been a world-wide problem since day 1 of the XBOX360.

People all over the world have been outraged at the fact that their own XBOX360 actually destroy their own games (i've posted a link to this before on BF). It seems that the laser mechinism in the 360 scratches and does all kinds of crazy stuff to the discs. To add insult to injury, tens of thousands of people's 360s' overheat, the same as yours, John.

I guess the bottom line here would be for anyone out there reading this, do not buy a 360, atleast not until they update the models to a machine that's actually worth the [outrageous] selling price. Personally, I won't be buying a 360, I don't trust anything that has the slogan "Micro$oft". Windows is no exception to this.

[Pedro]

Sometimes it's your driver's lens. You can buy new ones in some online stores and change your current for the new one (my friend did that and now his 360 is working without any errors.)

[ChuckthePlant]

This happened to me TWICE, as well! I'm on my second playthrough of the game. This might not seem too bad..two crashes in two playthroughs, but the save points in this game are SO far in between and you think you can just get away with holding another save off -- BUT THEN THE DISC READ ERROR POPS UP BEHIND YOU. Forget being scared of the zombies..I'm afraid of the disc read errors! It happens in the middle of playing when you think NO major loading would even be happening.

I don't know what it is that causes it. My disc is flawless..I have the third party fan to cool the 360 off..and my 360 is vertical at all times since launch. I don't play many 360 games but others claim this happens with Oblivion and something else..

see this site for more info if you're wondering more about it .. these are the latest developments as of this post.
http://www.gamerevolution.com/news/view.php?id=1774

[Dot50Cal]

Finally got to the UPS place yesterday, flopbox is on its way back to MS. I seem to have bad luck with game discs too. BOTH my copies of dead rising have this wierd film/seperation on the bottom. I had taken the first back, and got the last copy they had...it had the same shit on it. Even the manager said its fucked up. So now whenever my flopbox 180 comes back I have to take DR back up, and get a new copy hoping that its not fucked up too.

Ice says people are returning 360 games with the same problem often at his EB.

[Borman]

Microsoft has had the best Customer Service that Ive ever had to use, fully americanized english at that

[Pedro]

Coffin Arrives....I call for a pickup as instructed....Except MS is cutting costs and the label they provided comes with a $10.00 charge for pickup + gas. What the fuck. I can either:

A) Eat the charge
B) Take it to a local UPS place
C) Find a UPS Truck and give it to him

Problems:

A) I dont carry cash and Im certainly not paying a charge, especially not a rediculous 10 dollar one
B) The only one is 20 miles away, in a town I hardly have even been in
C) Good luck.

I called microsoft but thanks to their outsourcing I got a guy who said:

"WELCA T XBOS CU SR"

I hung up. If I cant understand you then how are you supposed to address my problem, GOD DAMNIT.

This is supposed to go to the I'm Pissed Thread! You flooder! lol, just kidding
When you come to Brazil, don't even try to speak english or you'll end up shooting someone, not even 5% of the population here can speak fluent english and that sucks ass.