Hey Everyone. J.P. here with the latest news in The Gamer World. Halo: Reach is the latest game for the Xbox 360 and it is AWESOME! I have been been playing the campaign and it has been SWEET! Some of my friends have been playing the multiplayer and say it's pretty bad-ass. Unfortunitly for some players, they have not had such a great experience with Halo: Reach like some of us have had. For some of you out there, you may have bought the brand new version of the Xbox 360. Beautiful ain't it. Some people wanted to save money and bought the cheaper 4GB (averaging around $199.99) compared to the 250GB model (around $299.99). Well this seemed like a good idea at the time but are now showing their true cost with Reach.
If you have been trying to play the campaign with your friends, you might have seen this:
"One or more players do not have a certified Xbox 360 hard drive attached to their Xbox 360 console. Some multiplayer aspects of Halo: Reach require an Xbox 360 certified hard drive."
Yeah... You are playing the game on a BRAND NEW XBOX 360 AND IT DOESN'T HAVE A CERTIFIED HARD DRIVE...Makes a lot of sense. I just have to ask, Did we do something to Microsoft and Bungie to make them hate us? I mean, is the a scheme to get more money out of us, the Loyal Gamer? If you got the 4GB system and want to get the 250GB hard drive for the new Xbox 360, it would cost you about $129.99. This would then come to a total of around $330 you just spent so you can play Halo: Reach. That is $30 more than you would be paying for the 250GB system initially. WTF?!?! I could have sworn we were in a recession or something. Thus we are poor and that Microsoft and other companies should help us out a little bit, the loyal consumers, and not be greedy douches. (I love your games though Microsoft. We made you and we can brake you if you go against your fans. We would like to stay your fans, so help us out a bit. Come on. I mean, come on...)
Well, this isn't the only problem with Halo: Reach. Some gamers with older Xbox 360s might be seeing the disk read error. Well the problem might be your Xbox, not the game. Apparently the 20GB Xbox 360 Pro consoles, which were sold from 2005 to 2008, won't allow you to play Reach. There have been reports that the 120GB Elite model is affected as well.
Microsoft issued a statement acknowledging the matter:
"We are aware of a very small number of customers reporting that their copy of Halo: Reach is causing a 'disc read' error. Those affected should contact Microsoft customer support at 1-800-4MY-XBOX for troubleshooting assistance."
Well at least this issue can be solved. But the the question that comes to mind is, Why did this happen in the first place? Did they get lazy? Where they just trying to rush it? Are they trying to help Microsoft make more money? Who knows. I feel that game companies need to spend more time on their games to make sure they don't F-up and piss off their fans. I am pretty sure that we can wait a little bit longer for a game to come out so the company can make sure the game doesn't mess up.
Well, I am off. I am J.P. and until we meet again. Keep on Gaming.
Meh, shit happens. You can't plan for everything and do too many tests, otherwise, costs increase for games and other services on Xbox Live. The easiest way to handle things is to make gamers go thru a bit of a inconvience, fix their system, and get a free month of Xbox Live Gold for the trouble.
ReplyDeleteHey everyone. If you happen to have had purchased the new Xbox 360 4GB version and still have your old hard drive to the older model, you can just switch them. The bulkier hard drives to the older 360 models are the exact same size as the newer 360 models. You just have to take the thing apart to get the hard drive out. It is great. Just take apart the old hard drive, find the actual hard drive part in it and then insert it into the new 360 model. All hard drives work in it. Good stuff. Might just then save you some money this way instead of buying a $130 250 GB hard drive. If you still want it go for it. If you are cheap like me, here is what you do. There are plenty of videos on YouTube on how to take apart an Xbox 360 hard drive. So watch the videos and good luck.
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