| Bullet100000 said: Maybe it was a bad batch of DVD's I don't think it is a hardware issue. Even though the article say it is. |
Actually I'm more inclined to say it is a hardware issue. This is just the usual big seller that people associate their hardware failures with rather than a fault of the game. It happens as you get people who haven't played much for a while suddenly ramping up the usage of their console when a game like Reach comes along. A failing laser exhibits exactly these sort of faults before eventually going the "open tray" error route.
It doesn't matter how clean the disk is, if the laser is weak and/or not focusing properly then it will not read certain disks. I've seen failing lasers read extremely scratched disks, yet fail to read new disks hundreds of times.
