Mass Effect - "the" Xbox360 title to get

[GoodKingJayIII]

The unreadable disc error is very common with older 360s. The DVD players in the older models (not elite vs. premium vs. core... I'm just talking about console AGE) can't keep up very well. Though some people have said that they've been able to scrub off little scuffs, mostly if you're getting that error... learn to live with it. :-/

Gah... and I just bought mine in November... so likely it was sitting in the back room of that K-Mart for 2+ years. Crap. Of course, there's probably no way to check that. And if there is, I wouldn't have known about it. Oh well, maybe I'll get the red rings and trade it in for a newer one.

 

[Vocenoctum]

Gah... and I just bought mine in November... so likely it was sitting in the back room of that K-Mart for 2+ years. Crap. Of course, there's probably no way to check that. And if there is, I wouldn't have known about it. Oh well, maybe I'll get the red rings and trade it in for a newer one.

Nyah, the odds of it sitting that long are slim. It should have a MFR Date right on the tag at the back even. There's also online photo's of the different DVD trays if you're curious.

If yours is HDMI then it's pretty new.

Anyway, the scuff's aren't normal scratches, you scrub them off with some dishsoap and stuff and you'll be good to go for a while, but it can happen again anyway.

 

[trancejeremy]

So anyone hear anything about downloadable content? I sprung for a 1600 point card in anticipation, but I've spent most of that on Gyruss and Catan...

 

[John Crichton]

Just finished. Great ending, as expected. Time to bump the difficulty level and play a biotic.

 

[takyris]

Still haven't beaten the darn game. Hopefully my repaired 360 comes back soon-ish.

 

[John Crichton]

Still haven't beaten the darn game. Hopefully my repaired 360 comes back soon-ish.

That eats. RRoD?

How long has it been gone?

 

[takyris]

Sadly, it ain't even gone yet. I left for the U.S. before Christmas, and the shipping box hadn't arrived yet.

Not RROD, though -- some disk tray error, where it can no longer read any disk.

Right in the middle of the geth incursion bit where you're hacking your way through base after base. I was in the LAST ROOM.

Ah, well.

 

[John Crichton]

Sadly, it ain't even gone yet. I left for the U.S. before Christmas, and the shipping box hadn't arrived yet.

Not RROD, though -- some disk tray error, where it can no longer read any disk.

Right in the middle of the geth incursion bit where you're hacking your way through base after base. I was in the LAST ROOM.

Ah, well.

Doh! I've heard good things about the turnaround time once the machine gets back to MS.

 

[GoodKingJayIII]

Nyah, the odds of it sitting that long are slim. It should have a MFR Date right on the tag at the back even. There's also online photo's of the different DVD trays if you're curious.

If yours is HDMI then it's pretty new.

Anyway, the scuff's aren't normal scratches, you scrub them off with some dishsoap and stuff and you'll be good to go for a while, but it can happen again anyway.

I just checked the MFR... 9/2006.... more than a year old. I am not happy. So I guess as games get better, my 'box is going to be less and less able to handle them.

I don't suppose there's anything I can do about this? Would Xbox replace the old DVD tray if I asked them to?

 

[Vocenoctum]

I just checked the MFR... 9/2006.... more than a year old. I am not happy. So I guess as games get better, my 'box is going to be less and less able to handle them.

I don't suppose there's anything I can do about this? Would Xbox replace the old DVD tray if I asked them to?

If I were you, I'd box it back up, return it to Kmart and say it was a Christmas present for someone, and they already have one, or tell them it was a gift, but the system is so old that it's not up to date.

Seriously, there's more than just an updated DVD drive in that time frame.