Guitar Hero Patch Bricking 360s?
- Scribbled on April 15th, 2007 by Devin Grimes
- Filed in Microsoft Xbox 360, Music/Rhythm
The latest patch for the Xbox 360 version of Guitar Hero II was supposed to alleviate many of the concerns consumers had when they bought the game two weeks ago. But, on the Official Xbox Message Boards, many users are stating that the patch has made matters even worse, even turning their $400 investment into the world’s most expensive brick.
Perhaps as a testament to the 360’s durability, it seems that every time the latest game or patch hits there is a numerous outcry from gamers who’ve suffered the wrath of the red ring of light. Since the patch, many users have been claiming the game will consistently freeze, and upon rebooting either the Dashboard will freeze, or the console won’t come on at all, revealing those three fear stricken red lights of death.
Of course, this could just be a vocal minority, but the failure rate of 360s has been extremely high (3rd one here). Is this problem few and far between, or is it a widespread issue? Let us hear your experiences in the comments…
April 15th, 2007 at 10:34 am
I’ve been noticing that as well. Pretty much every game has someone complaining that it killed their system. I’ve not had an issue myself but my roommates 360 has died twice. But, but doesn’t take very good care of his stuff so I figure he broke it.
April 15th, 2007 at 10:47 am
Yeah, it’s either the Xbox 360 doesn’t take well to poorly crafted (tested?) patches, it’s just a coincidence and 360’s tend to die a lot or its a select few that speak up and thus make it seem like the majority.
I don’t know. Definitely bad though.
April 15th, 2007 at 4:43 pm
Well, this may explain the bricking of my 360 over the weekend. Since purchased in September last year, I havent had any problems until Friday night (13/4). Booting up the 360 I got the three red lights (top left and both bottom quadrants), power supply was unplugged, replugged and has the green light - Customer Service didnt even blink an eye and asked for it to be sent back. If this is related, Guitar Hero II, with its shoddy guitar and over-priced DLC is really starting to give me the sh*ts. Oh yeah, Im in Australia.
April 16th, 2007 at 7:26 am
Or maybe these people shouldn’t be modding their system, hm?
April 16th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
Nice assumption there jonahfalcon. im sure theres a relevant analogy about making baseless assumptions… My 360 isnt modded - its completely stock standard.
April 17th, 2007 at 9:01 am
This is NOT a patch issue as GH2 bricked my XBOX last week before the patch was out. MS have sent me a new XBOX, I have applied the patch and everything seems to be ok (for now). I think it’s something to do with the guitar controller.
April 19th, 2007 at 12:13 pm
I think it’s the controller personally.
I was booting to circle of death on my 360 after playing GH2, no matter how many times I plug/unplugged power it didn’t boot.
Removed the GH2 controller, away it went.
Plugged it back in, down it goes. I think the patch may have changed controller code which brought to light a more serious problem with the controller.
I’m returning the game, either way.
April 30th, 2007 at 7:02 am
I have the three red flashing lights and it refuses to boot …if i leave the console for several hours and switch it on it will boot then crash and i get the red lights back.
Microsoft are going to repair mine free despite it being just out of warranty which surprised me - i guess it will take ages to get back to me because there are so many people reporting their console’s dead.
I am sure it either the game/patch/song packs that are to blame. Either that or the console is rubbish and the update just threw it over the edge.
June 2nd, 2007 at 5:08 pm
the patch bricked my 360. I’m waiting on microsoft to fix it