The 360 thread!

chub · Post by **chub** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:30 am 0

corrosive wrote:
Dave wrote: It'll be interesting to see what the issue is/was when it finally comes out.
I doubt the real reason will come out - no reason for Microsoft to release this. They never said what the fault was with the RRoD either.

A couple of things I've noticed are the Spinning Circle of Boredom seems to happen even if the 360 still logs into XBL; and flicking to the media blade lets you launch the game as that blade works fine, even with the SCoB on the other blades, presumably because it doesn't need to download content for that blade.

Mine has been fine up to now, but even I started getting problems yesterday. I got logged out while playing Mass Effect (but got back in after waiting a bit), and got the SCoB later on too, even though by pressing the guide button I could see I was already logged in. Hmm...

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 9:34 am 0

Spinny circle for me as well yesterday, first trouble I've ever had with it other than actual scheduled downtime though.

benedictw · Post by **benedictw** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:17 am 0

Flabio wrote:Spinny circle for me as well yesterday, first trouble I've ever had with it other than actual scheduled downtime though.

The spinny circle was annoying as hell last night. My solution for getting into the Demos area (I tried to get myself and Terrypantsman both doing Burnout Paradise) was to sign out, go into the Demos\XBLA area and then sign in again.

Launching a game while you've got the spinny up can be as simple as ejecting the disc and reinserting it.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:35 am 0

corrosive wrote:
Dave wrote: It'll be interesting to see what the issue is/was when it finally comes out.
I doubt the real reason will come out - no reason for Microsoft to release this. They never said what the fault was with the RRoD either.

Just read an interesting article about the RRoD, 360 hardware failures and build quality:

http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/digi ... 129866.asp

Depressing reading.

I've given up even trying to use my 360 after 6pm now, I get a few rounds of CoD in during the day and make up the time in the evening. Cancelled my Live sub last night.

WiredWorm · Post by **WiredWorm** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 11:59 am 0

Rod_S wrote:I've given up even trying to use my 360 after 6pm now, I get a few rounds of CoD in during the day and make up the time in the evening. Cancelled my Live sub last night.

It's really really weird - and it seems the issue must be localised to certain areas.

I'm in the UK and COD has been performing pretty well for me lately. Yes I had loads of problems over Christmas and even well into the New Year. But i'd say that it's behaved itself for the past week without any major problems.

I tried it last night at around 9PM and managed to squeeze a quick 3 or 4 games in - no lag, no disconnections, seemed to be back how it used to be......

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 12:06 pm 0

I tried a few games about 7.30 last night, and got booted from the first 4 before giving up and going back to GHII.

teamonkey · Post by **teamonkey** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:24 pm 0

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PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:28 pm 0

teamonkey wrote:Register with Q entertainment and enter into a draw to win a free download of Rez HD.

The web site to enter the draw is this:

http://www.thatgamecalledrez.com/

which I couldn't view at work, as our security settings threw a hissy fit about Active X being needed to view it.

Flojomojo · Post by **Flojomojo** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:56 pm 0

PVB wrote:
teamonkey wrote:Register with Q entertainment and enter into a draw to win a free download of Rez HD.
The web site to enter the draw is this:

http://www.thatgamecalledrez.com/

which I couldn't view at work, as our security settings threw a hissy fit about Active X being needed to view it.

Snuh? I used it just fine with Firefox/Ubuntu (NO activeX there, trust me). Maybe you don't have Flash installed?

Not that it matters to me -- if fewer people register for the contest, the greater my chance for winning a free copy of Rez HD! Bwahahaha.

Ratsoap · Post by **Ratsoap** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:58 pm 0

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=180095

COD4 overtakes Halo3 as most played live game. Take that Master Chief.

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:07 pm 0

Flojomojo wrote:
PVB wrote: The web site to enter the draw is this:

http://www.thatgamecalledrez.com/

which I couldn't view at work, as our security settings threw a hissy fit about Active X being needed to view it.
Snuh? I used it just fine with Firefox/Ubuntu (NO activeX there, trust me). Maybe you don't have Flash installed?

Not that it matters to me -- if fewer people register for the contest, the greater my chance for winning a free copy of Rez HD! Bwahahaha.

Works now, so dunno what was going on earlier.

I have Flash installed, but originally got a popup window saying something about Active X (I was on the phone, so didn't take much notice what it said).

PVB · Post by **PVB** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 4:09 pm 0

Ratsoap wrote:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=180095

COD4 overtakes Halo3 as most played live game. Take that Master Chief.

CoD4 sold very well (in the US at least) in December, so that probably helps.

skweek · Post by **skweek** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:01 pm 0

PVB wrote:
Ratsoap wrote:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=180095

COD4 overtakes Halo3 as most played live game. Take that Master Chief.
CoD4 sold very well (in the US at least) in December, so that probably helps.

And Halo 3 isn't very good online.

GeeZa · Post by **GeeZa** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:11 pm 0

Ratsoap wrote:http://www.computerandvideogames.com/ar ... ?id=180095

COD4 overtakes Halo3 as most played live game. Take that Master Chief.

Not surprised, I came back to COD4 in the New Year with fresh eyes having taken a breather, and frankly, it's even better than I thought it was, and I thought it was stunning. Multiplayer is an absolute joy. I've been hooked on Team Deathmatch for the past few weeks which I love now and I don't think I'm going to stop playing this for the rest of the year. It's all about the maps and all about the balance in gameplay. One of the best games of all time, no question. The PSN in the US is full to the brim of players every time I'm in, every match is maxed-out, it's great.

Had a proper old sess on Halo3 over Christmas and thought it was complete dog turd in comparison.

Flabio · Post by **Flabio** » Tue Jan 22, 2008 5:20 pm 0

skweek wrote:And Halo 3 isn't very good online.

Bull, and indeed, shit.

You can keep yer snipy campy CoD4...