Mass effect 2 demo is overheating Xboxes

VGarabia.com

According to the last update from Bioware on twitter, the demo of Mass Effect 2 is overheating the system.

[Sanzee]

I guess Bioware really is pushing it to the max. Awesome. I can't wait for Mass Effect 2! All the more reason I'm going to buy it. You got to look at this as a positive thing. See, ME2 is still in development, more or less. This isn't something to worry about. If anyone is worried about this, I think it's safe to say that you don't own an Xbox 360. But a different console instead. Anyways, Bioware rules!

[ownallconsoles]

This is why there is no Xbox 360 slim. Before you can make components smaller, the originals have to work first. I definitely believe in the high defective 360 rate.

[Guido]

In other news:

The new PS3 Slim plays GT5 like a champ.

And for those like Sanzee here, it's not the game pushing the hardware, it's just lousy hardware. The 360 is still a weak console in terms of hardware and is in need of a complete overhaul.

[phosphor112]

teh Jasper chips? =[

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

Sanzee passed it off as a positive thing. LOL.

[killersmoke]

It was a xbox on the demo floor// love how u girls spin your news....

[Rampant]

Why are ps3fanboys always this stupid? Scrolling through previous news stories (There are only a few of them) I find:

Another reason why I'll never buy an Xbox360
Gears of War on PS3, why not?
Mass Effect 2 demo is overheating xboxes

You were never taught to check sources? The text in the article doesn't even pop up for me, it's just a headline.

[theEnemy]

chorus:
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you and i wouldn't change a thing

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Watching Burning
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[ultimolu]

No...it's a result of a poorly made system. :/

Mass Effect 2 will most likely be an amazing game but...seriously that is not good.

[AJKanismajoris]

it's funny coz i keep seeing these xbox fanboys going on about how sony sucks when they can't see the blatant problems with the xbox 360

p.s i'm not saying you are a fanboy i'm just saying it in general

[Defectiv3_Detectiv3]

So, a 360 is overheating at a game convention - big shocker there. That's what happens when you leave one on for hours straight in a plastic case w/ no air ventilation.

I'm not surprised it was Mass Effect though, for some reason Oblivion always gave my 360 a hard time until it ended up crashing it...Bioware is just too good at making games.

[Nineball2112]

Tony wrote: "So, a 360 is overheating at a game convention - big shocker there. That's what happens when you leave one on for hours straight in a plastic case w/ no air ventilation."

Ya know... I'd buy that argument / explanation if this was the FIRST time this occured. Sure... they didn't know better... bad judgement... they'll correct that next time...

BUT, it absolutely isn't the first time. There have been several of these stories about Xbox's crapping out in this type of scenario.

Are you saying that the people giving these demos are just that stupid NOT to know that they shouldn't "leave one on for hours straight in a plastic case w/ no air ventilation."

Maybe you're right... but damn. You'd think they would have figured that out by now.

[LONEWOLF231]

Wasnt there a similar article awhile back??
PS3s were dying in showroom floors.Mainly cause they were in glass cases. See i dont know in what condition this 360 was or where it was placed BUT these glass enclosures are never a good thing. So this might be the case.

[Game13a13y]

was that smoke coming out of the motherboard?

[Panthers]

Bioware is awesome. Too bad they decide to work with a crappy piece of hardware. Still, Star Wars TOR will be amazing. Cant wait!

[aaron5829]

Thats why "they" are ahead of Sony in terms of sales...

People buy a new console everytime their console burnt. It will only benefit "them"

I never understood why.

[InfectedDK]

omg

[powerfulally]

I know what temps are in my computer and know how to make it cooler. I know what my system can run... the list can go on. The 360 is a poor made little p.c If you look at it.

[All-3]

If you were actually informed - you'd know it's not the components/hardware that is the cause of the issues... it's the way it is designed into the case that's the root cause.

If Microsoft did redesign and release a Xbox 360 slim - they'd probably be better off. That way proper heat sinks and what sits on top of what could be addressed.

[sarcasmic]

I'm playing Mass Effect for the first time and LOVING it! Cant wait for ME2.

[Godmars290]

If there's never a 360 slim, it'll be because the HDD restricts redesign options. MS would have to redesign it as well, and that would still cause issues with people replacing their old 360s.

[peeps]

interesting spin.

hardware should be able to be used to it's full potential without it overheating lol

[NaViTo]

This is absolutly hilarious! Now I understand why it's never gonna be a XBOX360 Slim... poor hardware FTW

[Odin777]

Good comment, mate! PUSH IT TO THE MAX! YEAAAH!

[Jinxstar]

Or you could play it on PC... Cheaper... Without the overheating and all that... Might just be me though...

[JYstiq808]

I guess Bioware really is pushing it to the max. Awesome. I can't wait for Mass Effect 2! All the more reason I'm going to buy it. You got to look at this as a positive thing. See..

I started laughing right there..

Thanks.

[starvinbull]

sanzee should work for M$. If he doesn't already that is.

[morganfell]

http://www.engadget.com/200...

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[Raz]

360 is taking on a new meaning: 360 ways to kill your console.

[BattleAxe]

http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/...

and heres a very very informative video.....

http://www.n4g.com/News-138...

[Lucreto]

I never heard of anything like this happening before.

This game will be truely excellent as it is even too hot for the 360 to handle. I think I will get the PC version just in case.

Bioware must be pushing the machine to the max.

[Sanzee]

I agree man. Mass Effect 2 will truly deliver.

[DelbertGrady]

Reading their twitter it sounds more likely that it was the 360 in their demo kiosk that overheated, not that ME2 itself makes 360's overheat.

[Guido]

If the only game that was in the 360 was ME2, then it is safe to say that ME2 helped overheat the console since the console will only overheat under load.

*waits for next excuse*

[solidt12]

Im gonna check and make sure my warranty is still good before i play Mass Effect 2. lol

[AllSystemsRocks]

Guido you sound just like your picture !

[starvinbull]

You think his picture is making a sound?

[BattleAxe]

Of course he thinks the picture makes a sound, most Xbox 360 owners think that the noise they hear from the cooling fan is a sound effect in most of the games...

[killersmoke]

YO, your pic, if it is you, makes you look like the biggest wanna be ever in existence.

I just want to slap your face, you have one of those, I'm of the most fake a$$ wanna b's alive. Take ur f---ing head band off and rap it around your nick and hang it from the ceiling

coming from your comments, it is confirmed, super douche bag.

[topdawg122]

Bioware bring it to ps3 it won't overheat!!

[NaiNaiNai]

why you guys already said you don't want it.

(below)
I find it funny as hell that ps3 fanboys really thought it was less then 1% fail rate. XD funny part is that 11% is still growing.

[The_Beast]

MS doesnt own bio, nor do they have a contract...

where's mart at? the god of spining.. he tried to convince people that a 54% failure rate is better then 11%...

[Enate]

That's funny because the only game from 360 I remember saying I wanted was Mass Effect. Which thanks to my new 3 weeks old PC I've played it going on 4 times an enjoyed it thoroughly.

[ShadowCK]

Wouldn't be a problem if they downloaded it on the hard drive. >_>

[commodore64]

it won't overheat on ps3?

glad to hear it.
another reason to own a ps3!

but.... are you certain it won't have the infamous:
-ps3 vaseline effect
-ps3 reduced textures
-ps3 reduced resolution
-ps3 framerate problems
-ps3 screen tear
-ps3 required install
-ps3 slower loading times?

.... another seven confirmed reasons to not own a ps3.

[kaz-hirai]

i got one reason not to own a 360:

RROD ;-D

[N4G king]

loooooool

kaz just owned some @ss

HAHAHAHAH

[Dimitri]

Thats what you get for 200 bucks.

I always said, the 360 is a cheap piece of sh1t.

[50CALheadshot]

that is soo funny.

stupid ass muhfuc1n microbots.....get the vaseline, all you xbots are going to get raped for the rest of this gen

[Anon1974]

It's funny because everything he described only affects a handful of games.
Overheating 360's affect 100% of 360 owners, with 54% of 360's needing to go in for repairs, and then over 40% needing repairs again.
So, blurred textures on maybe 1 in 30 mulitplats that doesn't affect gameplay one bit, or a half and half chance your console is going to die causing you to go without your system for a month if not longer, almost the same chance it'll happen again and no guarantee that it won't cost you $170 bucks for repair depending on how old your warranty is while you're also paying subscription fees to play the games as developers intended them to be played, online?

I don't know. Tough call....

[blackbeld]

Mass effect 2 demo is overheating Xboxes!! Hahahaha.... This is EPIC!!!! Sad for 360 owners....

[kagon01]

It seems the xbox360 is at its limits. This game needs to be downgraded with crappy graphics fast before the RROD becomes officially 100%. Unless the bots want to change diapers(360s), OOPS! my mistake they already do...

[Chubear]

EA loaded this thing up on the PS3 and it just chewed it up but putting it on the 360 made it suck wind... hard. I seem to remember this happening with the first ME too. Wait let go check on some old footage.

Totally lost it and fell off my chair at work when the game froze from the 360 over heating and the ME presenter said something along the lines of ".. oh my, I guess it's running a bit hot"

[KRUSSIDULL]

Think they have to get some better ventilation over at GamesCom. Dont wanna be in there when someone farts.

[MajestieBeast]

New crytek game makes 360 explode then?

[artgamer]

In other words... ;)

[Nelson M]

All Xbox Games Contribute for the Hour The BoTs Can Play em to The 3Shitsty Overheating

Anyway put a wet blanket round it or a throw it out the window and get a PS3 Slim

[Atomic]

the 360 is a public hazard and must be eradicated.

[ramiuk1]

so this goes to proove that the updates or games can cause an xbox 360 to die.
lot of lawsuits here i think

[Ninjamonkey]

sorry what???

Im excited for ME2 but Im not getting RROD again...

Hopefully it'll be fixed by time it releases (fingers crossed)

[krisq]

I'll say it again: o_O!

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

Im gonna install this baby on the Hdd. . .just to be safe.

[KRUSSIDULL]

I install all my games and I have a Jasper model no way ill get red rings now. Installs makes less heat and less noise and on some games less loading time.

[fossilfern]

You know most of the heat is due to the GPU and the CPU being under load ? or did you just forget that ?

[Cyan8313]

The DVD player is located directly on top of the GPU which is why they didn't have enough of a heat sink in the early models. And a DVD player does indeed create heat. Especially since it never spins down.

Removing 1 of the 3 heat generators in the 360, while the DVD player is the least of the 3, is beneficial.

The HDD does not increase the temperature inside the 360 since it is external.

Get a new chip 360. Don't chuck it in a box without ventilation or block the ventilation holes in the 360.
Then you won't get a rrod.

[KRUSSIDULL]

Not only does the DVD create more heat it also vibrates so I belive it may cause some components to brake when warmed upped aswell.

[devilhunterx]

Mass Effect + XB2 = Mass Defect

[ShabzS]

... funny

[Rev Jesse Custer]

You can't deny how HOT this game is going to be..

[hulk_bash1987]

Wasn't there a similar issue with Gears 2 demos at last years E3, and we all know how well that game turned out. lol

Any ways I'm really excited for this game. Bioware delivers top RPG experiences, KOTOR 1 and 2, and Mass Effect, gotta love em.

[NaViTo]

LOL With your spin at the subject...

better say: we all know how bad that hardware turned out. lol

[njd82]

*cough*

LMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!

[KilZoneGeneralStrife]

just think of the nuclear explosion with ME3 lol, hulk inducing effects from the gamma radiation when Mass Effect 3 hits us

[TheTruth89]

AhhhhAh!!

That's the reason for the increeasing of temperature's earth, it's not the pollution.

Stupid DVD CAPABLE 360°C MINI-FURNAE System of my a$$

[ico92]

ooh that can't be good.

[ShabzS]

"Danger Will Robinson! Xboxes in ME2 demo overheating. We're stalled as we fix."

haha... those poor people that were waiting in line to try it out... ouch

[MGOelite]

man this is a aweful day for microsoft lol

[N4PS3G]

Shadow Complex
Lost Planet 2
Fable III

You wish you could have awful days like this one haha

[ssipmraw]

you do know lost planet 2 is coming to ps3 yes?

bots are getting dumber by the second

[MGOelite]

try harder n4ps3g

[ultimolu]

Eeeeh, scratch Lost Planet off. It's coming to the PS3 so...>.>

[likedamaster]

Just got Shadow... and bout to play the LP2 demo in a few. 4-player co-op! Fable 3 is news to me though.

[Sir Ken_Kutaragi]

"Another one bites the Dust...and Another one and Another one..." ;-D

This should be Micro$ofts New song for their xBox 360's??? -

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

;-D

[8bitman]

Regular games make the 360 overheat...

[ssipmraw]

imagine what would happen id M$ made a slim 360 loooooooool

"ever wanted to see a 360 explode? well BAMM! there it is"

[N4G king]

WHAT ???

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I CANT BREATH

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BU..BU..BUU
THEY FIXED IT

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FIXED IT MY ASS

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[Antar20]

Hahahahaha!

[Nelson M]

.

[presto717]

Well said.

[biloz]

hahhahahahhahaha!!

[ultimolu]

Someone control that man! *sees N4G rolling on the floor*

I would join but I may never stop either...xD

[dragonyght]

lol am i the only think that they can get sue 4 that

[Equinoxe_7]

Let it come to PS3 :-)

[CryWolf]

I agree with you it should come over to the PS3 cause it won't overheat anytime soon.

[slapsta72]

so the 360 cant handle a demo?

lol, sorry, but it's funny

[d0nT wOrrY]

ahahahahahahahahahaha

m$ is a joke

[champ21]

thats all what the 360 is good for over heating then its dead. One of my friends just had his one die.

and those asking for a ps3 version pls get real who wants to play mass effect on low res (ps3 or the 360)

Id rather get the HD version (pc).

[Microsoft Xbox 360]

360 overheat mass effective early 2010.

[NeptuneMerc]

I see the PS3 boys are all over this.

[LONEWOLF231]

Yeah like flies on.......well you get the idea.
And then there is a PS3 article and the 360 fanboys run amok in it and they start crying. Ohh well dont really care this 360 EXCLUSIVE is gonna be awesome!

[Enate]

Your right this MULTIPLATFORM is gonna be awesome.

[red2tango]

lmao because it's hilarious

[No FanS Land]

I believe it's due to a not so excellent compilation of the information causing the console not to run properly as it would be supposed to.

That's the most positive it can get to me, a temporary problem. Not to spin this as an only excellent news, this is beyond delusional. I remember a year and a half ago when there was a new about the RRoD being a positive event for the 360 and how it benefited MS.

Give me a Break!

[N4G king]

XBOX = THE MAIN REASON FOR GLOBAL WARMING

now where the f*ck is those anti-global warming organizations when you need them ?

[TheTruth89]

Hey don't copy ;Q_ xD

[ultimolu]

Lol, screw global warming.

It's much worse than that.

I don't believe this sh*t. Three/four years and they still can't get this fixed.

[fossilfern]

Well its not biowares fault its MS for their poorly manufactured hardware

[MaximusPrime]

yep. why didnt MS spend more time on xbox 360 before releasing it, like Sony?

oh i know the answer, they want your money.

[SnprSlick]

Maximus, you mean like EVERY company out there? Sony wants your money, Nintendo, wants your money, Microsoft wants your money, the mom and pop store down the street wants your money.....

[v1c1ous]

i guess Vgarabia is another game to add to the site ban list

[kaz-hirai]

Poor chatboxes ;-( with their defective hardware

Dont worry i can still play the game on my PC ;-D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[skeletonss]

you write and sound alot like ken karugi.

[50CALheadshot]

how does it feel to trump the 360 in every gaming aspect possible?

[ElementX]

.

[ULTIMATE_REVENGE]

It looks like Mass effect is causing Mass Defects lol.

[Socomer 1979]

Dont you feel like you backed the wrong pony?

yeah, youre looking pretty dumb right now but its cool... we all know splinter cell and mass effect will be on ps3 but by then it will be too late. just ask bethesda when they release the dlc for fallout 3. they gets no money! only a swift kick in da A$$!

[CrashFallen]

and they said the 360 was more powerful..... they were wrong.

[Midgard228]

and that was for the demo, what about the full game, KABOOOOOOM!!! lol

tis sad. this combined with ps3 slim having more for same price, ouch lol, me thinks there will be lots of converters :)

[CrashFallen]

haha Kaboom is right, but hey there still solid titles to be had with the 360 so converters not really.. people who will buy the slim for what it is and the upcoming features coming to all PS3 consoles in September yes! =P

[Midgard228]

i mean this year only had halo wars and i dont like rts's

2008 was last year of good games on the 360

this year also has odst but....60$ for 3 mores hours of gameplay and 3 new maps.......no thnx, besides that i dunno wats coming out....maybe magna carta for me, but im not looking forward the the 60$ L4D content either :( alan wake is my last hope......lol tho i will probably download shadow complex soon

[gameman]

well well here you go ppl the 512MB ram system can't handle it LOOOOL

[N4G king]

THE XBOX 360
HEATS UP BECAUSE OF A DEMO
IN ITS 3RD YEAR ?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOW THATS CANT BE GOOD

[Serrimnon]

That sucks, I really hope this does not become an issue. My warranty will have expired by release!!!

[badbond1]

Durango! One is enough at the crizib. Got a wii, macbook also for the house. Slim is asking Bioware, "Come play with me, I'll never overheat"!

[orange-skittle]

Mass Effect 2 Is So Hot It's Smokin'

Just wondering why these morons are in here discussing what system is more powerful. If they clearly read the article, they would have seen that they were referring to the Kiosk 360 overheating. Please explain to me how can SOFTWARE cause HARDWARE to overheat? Disc revolutions, drive or read speeds don't change depending on games...so why do PS3 idiots think that the PS3 wont overheat in enclosed environments. I put my PS3 in a media cabinet without more than 2 vent holes and it sounded like a helicopter. It now sits on top of the cabinet for better ventilation because I refuse to buy a small fan to keep it cool. Any electronic component that is operating w/o proper ventilation will malfunction over time....EVEN THE PS3, you fanboys

[Sprudling]

Allow me to explain:

Software causes hardware to run hotter by using the CPU and GPU. You can try this on your PC if you have some kind of motherboard monitor application installed. In windows the CPU and GPU load is pretty much idle. Then try running a game...

The more demanding the game is on the CPU and GPU the hotter they get.

[Coolrah]

All fanboyism aside....Thats pretty sad that a "Demo" is causing a console to overheat? Makes you wonder is the 360 too much of a hardware phailure Hub to handle teh awesomeness of ME2? Oh and before you xbots say that I for some reason said I didn't care about ME2. I'm getting it for the superior experience. You know....the 360's Much cooler and sexier father the PC?

[Djinn]

Sounds like some serious *hit. Wouldn't want that going off in my room. Piece of crap.

[Midgard228]

yeah i dont want my 360 to blow up my ps3 wii and brothers lol, tho i cud care less bout the wii, but i still spent money lol

[hadouken007]

they got articles on here bout ps3 not up to par wit xbox, and ps3 to little to late,but a demo overheating your system come on now!

[Motojass]

I didn't know illiteracy was so prevalent in preteen virgins.

[bigjclassic]

This is what i wanted 360 for but, it is best for me to invest in a gaming PC.

[jack_burt0n]

u wont need that much to run it well on pc.

[Socomer 1979]

hadouken007,

you see?!
two of those articles are plain bullcrap but 1 article is straight from the devs mouth. these xbutts wont even listen to bioware but best believe they are looking for some reassurance in those ps3 too little to late articles. haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

heres a nice video of some Laughing Octopus.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

[monkey nuts]

Some guy in the que had some eggs, bacon and bread. Toasties all round. :)
*Insert youtube vid of guy cooking eggs on 360*

[CryWolf]

I thought 360 got over the overheating problem I guess not.
360 = RROD :)

[siondatjuice]

its not multiplatform why do people and gaming websites think it is?\
mass effect 3 might be but bioware announced that mass effect 2 is 360 exclusive.

[betcha]

one reason why people don't see this as an exclusive, the PC version. Not saying that is the right or wrong way to base it on, just saying that's the reason why people say that.

[jack_burt0n]

are u going to demand that people on pc dont play it lol

[Mo0eY]

<<< 'Nuff said.

[bjornbear]

To test the game out? Not surprised, its no sign of failure on 360's part, if anything, its something bioware missed out. Im sure it'll be an awsum game =)

[Kaneda]

:)

[NaViTo]

I can't stand with the spins of the xbots at this subject. How can you tell this game is exploiting the console at max if this occurs? Better say this hardware is sh!t and that's because it can't support running at max rendiment during a long time period.

If you are players PC, you know that hardware is pushing to the max everytime you play a game. And you know what? If a PC burns on a max rendiment you will say your PC is'nt well ventilated or something, because it's not normal that your PC hangs up by the temperature. Well, that's exactly the same subject here: the problem with the XBOX360 overheating it's not that the game makes suffer the console too much, the problem is that the hardware itself it's not well designed and is poor ventilated. That's all. And that's exactly the reason because it never gonna be a XBOx360 Slim... and that's why it has a 50% failure ratio too.

Salu2

[SnprSlick]

.... or maybe the console was in sufficating plastic case all day with poor ventilation.

[Arnon]

The stupidity of your comment is just... lol.

The man is right. The console is placed in a very constricting plastic case and is kept running for over 12 hours, and you think this is because of Mass Effect 2!? Rofl. Nobody said the 360 had great hardware, so instead of going apeshit in a forum, how about you step back from your monitor, and take a deep breath.

Also, it never had a 50% failure... ratio... whatever that is. I'm quite sure that was a questionnaire on IGN stating how many times your Xbox has broken down.

[Veneno]

The point isn't really the ratio number, it's the fact that getting the RROD is not a matter of "if" but "WHEN".

[Cajun Chicken]

lol! I translate this to '360 can't handle own trademark middleware'.

[solidworm]

in my 360. It ejected the disc,gave out a sigh and then threw itself under a bus.

[bigjclassic]

/classic

[alaa]

I cant remember when was the last time Microsoft brought something good or decent for this world!!!
seriously come on!
Windows sux with blue screen of death
xbox and the RRod
windows mobile always freezes and reboots!

I wonder why ppl keep on buying and getting their stuff!!

[gamejediben]

I know we're all like abused wives going back to that abusive husband. Pretty stupid really...

[Avenged Sevenfold]

There's a demo out? Where! So pumped for this game.

[bjornbear]

it'll fry your 360 =P

[Avenged Sevenfold]

Huh? I honestly don't care for RRoD anymore since it happened to me twice. I got used to it. I'm just really pumped for ME2.

[Raider69]

Is this for real!Because we all know by now that all xbox 360 owners have the option of install the game on the HDD,and after doing that the overheating rate of the 360 is reduced by 50% at least!IEvery 360 owner should already know this!

[Darkeyes]

Not 'All' users my friend.... The Arcades as I might remind you don't come with a hard drive... And trust me, Arcades are the most 360's sold due to it's cheap price tag...

Any way, this is a bad incident. M$ has been fortunate that none of their 360's have RRODed while in a conference or at a demonstration (cause Windows hung the first time they unveiled it... And Bill Gates was doing the honors back then LMAO.. Check the video on youtube, it's hilarious).

This is why I will buy ME2 on my PC just to be safe. Apart from the better graphics, at least I won't be scared sh!t about starting the 360 everytime I start it to play the game. Sigh... M$ can create artificial intelligence, but can't get a fu*king hardware right after 4 years...

[Arnon]

Rofl... so what you're saying is, is that if someone bought an arcade unit, they just never bought a HDD?

Are you serious?

[Perkele]

I bought an arcade and never a hdd.

[psthreee]

LoL

[Saaking]

hahaahahah, too much to handle hahahhah! Don't worry bioware, I'm sure you'll have no trouble with the PS3 version.

[HappyTrigger]

I don't get it... What PS3 version?

[Bumpmapping]

ROFL Jump out

[Unicron]

Thankfully my PC has a great cooling system for this awesome title.

[ustayclassyn4g]

i wonder what will happen when people try to play the full game..lololololololol

[ZILLA]

i thought it burnt up with all games.P S 3 F T W !!!!

[lowcarb]

Well it's getting to the point to where MS can no longer hide from it's defect issues. Man how hope the gov steps in one day and forces these clowns to recall all 360's. Love my 360 software and services but hate the way they are handling the issue at hand. The funny thing is my 1st rrod on my 360 happened while playing Mass effects 1.

[xztence]

Jasper model! its much cooler!

JASPER I TELL YOU!

:P

[nightelfmohawk]

before the damage control began. Carry on, lemmings.

[Smootherkuzz]

OK Xbox has some issues but none that will not be overcome, I remmember Sony Play station has/had its issues back in the day about units burning up and people still purchased the unit( how soon we forget).The Xbox is still a baby compared to how long Sony has been making consoles so yes there is still some growing room needed but with all the problems xbox still keeps selling and strong, that means its here to stay and can only get better. I have had problems with Sony products Hell I purchased a 52" Sony Bravia 4 and within a week it had 3 lines running north to south on the screen and this was a 5k dollar tv at the time, I also had a $400 200 disc player by sony that flaked out after about 1 year, so I guess my point is we will keep buying Sony and keep buying Xbox no matter what.

[lowcarb]

I really hope you don't work for MS because if so were all screwed. Sure many devices have defects but once it's as huge as the 360 defect range they issue a recall. There is no right in MS to keep selling a faulty console and then expect people to just deal with it and charge them for two red rings. Sure they have some growing but it's obvious they are simply dodging the bullet and buying time.

[gamejediben]

You can keep buying your Xbox's. But as for me, when my 360 RROD'd, I traded up for a PS3 and haven't had a problem yet. I vote with my dollars and I vote for well made hardware. If you want to go back to M$ like an abused wife, you go ahead. Me? I demand performance.

[Goodfella78]

but then i got rrod and seen the light [no pun intended].

[betcha]

PC version for me, no need to worry about a heat issue that way.

[gamejediben]

The 3-fix-me strikes again! Just goes to show that the hardware is not worthy of the software. But who cares, most people were going to get ME2 on PC anyhow. The inventory system on ME1 was just god awful on the 360 but the PC version didn't have that problem. If you've got a good PC, then you don't need a 360.

[QuantumWake]

Woah woah woah...... Who is most people? Im not getting it on PC. I have all my savedfiles on my 360.

[Arnon]

The message says that the consoles running in the ME2 demo area are overheating, not that the demo is causing overheating. The damn console is put in a plastic case and is turned on for about 12 hours or so.

[Motojass]

you could post that 12 times in a row and these raving lunitics would still post in broken english about how running software makes a system overheat.

[Crystallis]

I pity the fool who "jumps in"..

[Dampsack]

A room full of retards who don't take a minute to realize what foolish assumptions they are making form a very misleading article. How did this flame-bait article even get approved? Children are so very quick to slam the "other" system.

Its not the game itself little children...it's not installing the games and the plexiglas/other enclosures that suffocates and overheats systems...since the very beginning. Why they continue to do this is beyond me. Morons I suppose. I've had my system for over two years and had endless 12 hr+ marathons without any problems whatsoever. Why? because I keep it horizontal...slightly elevated to ensure max air flow through all air ports...clean from dust accumulation...and I install all my games to reduce wear and tear and HEAT. We all know this system is finicky with heat. Ever take a disc out after play that wasn't installed? Its HOT...so what does that tell you? The obvious and intelligent thing to do is to install, but it seems a lot of gamers aren't too bright. My system is cool as ever even after 12+hours. All my friends who have had one longer than myself who treat it just as thoughtfully as I do...no problems. My friends that don't, have had the RROD. Pretty fvcking simple no? All these people who are having RROD clearly aren't considering the proper treatment of their delicate systems. No game by itself is going to overheat a system, just tards who can't/don't think about what they can do to prevent it.

I love seeing RROD pictures of systems sitting on the carpet, or surrounded by enclosures covered in dust, or surrounded by stuffy amps and dvd players etc...followed with whining captions blaming Microsoft for their RROD and 'sh!tty' customer service. Morons that are too useless/lazy to fix their RROD issues themselves. Get a new system and they treat it the exact same way as before. Brilliant.

"WTF!? my system has failed X number of times. Screw you microsoft!" Typical of immature people to blame anything or anyone but themselves because its easier than using their brains. If you drop and egg on the floor and it breaks do you blame the chicken?
Duuh...Jimmy can make 2+2 iz 5.

[iPirates]

So a Sony PS3 and and Xbox 360 are sitting on my shelf one day, properly elevated and horizontal to ensure proper air flow,and the PS3 turns to the 360 and says "Hey, 360 # 3, how about that mass effect 2 game coming out? Pretty excited I bet hey?"

The 360 just looks at him and says "Oh sorry buddy, you must got the wrong guy. I'm 360 number 4."

The PS3 replied "DAMNIT, what the hell! Where did he go? This is like the 3rd time in 15 months!"

The 360 turned away in shame, shedding a tear for his fallen brother. "He was so young and reckless.. thought he could push it to the max. Everybody believed in him. I guess he just didn't have it in him..."

The PS3 was shocked. Both consoles shared a moment of silence for their fallen 360. It was during this time the PS3 had a thought..

"What if one day that'll be me there... replaced and forgotten? I mean, I've survived a solid 2 years, and have had tons of use... and we've both been operating in the exact same environments. Yet I've had 3 XBox 360 buddies go down in flames! What is the world coming to?!"

@ Dampsack: I've treated my consoles equally (it's kinda hard not to, they sit right next to each other), and yet these problems with the 360 persist. Pretty fvcking simple indeed my friend. Pretty fvcking simple.

[jack who]

good too know ill make sure i install it to my hdd

[DJ Chick]

I guess this is what you call "Killer graphics"?

[Ldubbz]

Grasping....at...straws?

It just must be one of the world's greatest mysteries....how does MS keep up such high sales and numbers on LIVE when the system doesnt work?

Or is it the endless and sad hope of some deluded fanboy/girl out there that wants every 360 to just explode?

You decide...

[zootang]

@8 Maybe just maybe it might be bad hardware? Noooooooooooooo it surely cannot be!

Wake up! At least the 360 made sony step up their game. win win for all!

[lucifon]

Bring out the Sony fanboys :P

This isn't a rare thing in gaming on any platform. When developers have early builds they're completely unoptimised and therefore pull alot from the system, be it 360, ps3, wii or some pc's

[Aceluffy]

WTF is this crap that you guys call game console ?
Please just put this dying console out of its misery, it's just too pathetic to watch. Man, I can't wait to see PS3 on top again so we can all put this console wars bullcr@ap to a rest and get back to real gaming news

[Silber]

Today i was there and have played the Demo. Besides that it was absolutly awesome, i think it was not the Game that have causes the collapse. In the small Room where Mass Effect 2 was playable, there was about 42° C / 107° Fahrenheit and no sign of any Ventilation...

[mario888]

They may have to gimpd the 360 version even more .

[lonix]

[scoobydoo]

pmsl deleting my comment,no swearing or fanboyism in my comment(which btw u have no right to tell people not to be a fan of something ,like everybody is a fan of something)..how do u expect people to join your site u retards,goodbye and good luck cause u will need it.notice u didnt delete the comment below mine which is a xbot,guess the mods on ere are actually fan boys themselfs os the 360.haha weirdo`s man up.

[Fade_Walker]

Yikes!

Note to self, Install Mass Effect 2 to hard drive...

[JHUX]

I didn't actually care enough to post a comment about this one until I saw the posts spinning this as good news. "awww its over heating 360's? game must be sick! all the better! You know it's a good game if it takes your 360 3 repairs to beat it, puts in extra hours as well".

In other news I haven't played any ps3 or 360 in a long time... I really need to dust the games off now that I got some free time again :D

[Nikuma]

lol..

You guys are to funny. XD

[Grandreaper9999]

I'm sure there were many factors in the overheating. Even my PS3 gets warm. Never bricked, though... But still. The thing can get pretty friggin hot (20 gig model/160gig hdd).

Edit:

Also, wouldn't it have been inside a kiosk station as well? I thought systems overheat when they're in enclosed areas?

If it's bricking their devkits, then they've got problems..

[djtek184]

well would u look at that, mass effect has caused a mass defect on the xbox

[hakis86]

Yeah that's a good thing - not!
Well 100+ disagrees shows that it is a concern

[sGIBMBR]

Just shows how many fanboys actually troll this site man, this is 360 news, yet its covered with comments from Sony fans? wth

Everyone is entitled to their opinion but wow, this website is just so full of ps3 fanboys!

[Lifetrigger]

Hmm I don't know just 54.2%? =D

[psiom]

interesting.

[Comet]

That's pretty sad for a demo...
Another reason to own a PS3.

[lonix]

On the mass defect console

11% of launch 60 gigs
vs 87% of launch xennons

[3sq]

Haaaaaaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

Bu bu bu teh 360 is the most powerful

LOL

Powerful my ass, it can't even run a demo properly.

Hahahahaha

[Blacksand1]

If Xbox can't handle a demo maybe Bioware need to breing it to a more

powerful system like the PS3. even Bioware know the best system they

said they already mix out the Xbox and PS3 have more room with Blu-

ray and untap system they want to work on.

[Pootangpie]

and PS3 isn't powerful it's just hyped up smoke and mirrors POS besides 360 have RROD at these showcases before I highly doubt that's the reason considering the fact that the game doesn't look much better from the first one and there are better looking games on the 360 already and besides it's a god damn work in progress demo it has bugs obviously jeez it's like I'm talking to a bunch of braindead monkeys probably lost in fantasy anime land with stupid hairdoos dreaming about feminent girly men with annoying fast talking spew

[psiom]

annoying fast talking spew

DEATH TO COMMAS! Sentences? Who needs them? feminent girly men that's who!

What are ***gets?

[Kratos_1986]

looooo0o0o0o0ooooooooooooooooo ooooool

[-Mezzo-]

Yet another FAIL.

[-Mezzo-]

I just sold my 360 yesterday, for some personal reason,i sure am missing the demo.

[ironmonkey]

at least they admit it lol what a shame not only the console rrod on itself but its games also ah well cant wait to play it on pc

[PS360PCROCKS]

Oh my...you always know when your on N4G, the top story is "xbox overheats" Wow I guess the GT5 gameplay isn't as impressive as some thought? Or is it the fact that some of you are just sad fanboys?

[Mindsucker]

ok fanboys calm down.... just remember you have a three year warranty, if there is any truth to this drivel

[IWentBrokeForGaming]

that is literally 1 freakin' hot game!!!

[beardpapa]

I'm hoping that picture isn't really the result of what happens to a 360 when running ME2. I would hate to have to play the game halfway thru just to get smoke coming out of my system and a potential fire.

[horndog]

That's just to bad if it ain't because it's not the same playing it on pc. Im sure some gimped version will come on to the ps3 at a later date. Sometimes ps3 fanboys remind me of my dog waiting under the table during diner time just waiting for the crumbs to fall.

[OmegaSlayer]

Mass Effect series not on PS3 is just stupid business wise

[robotnik]

The xbox is getting owned badly these days lol

[Gue1]

The worst thing is that it's getting owned by itself. Lol

[John Cole]

Hi guys,

Maybe I'm missunderstanding this, so lets just review what been said at the original source:

"Danger Will Robinson! Xboxes in ME2 demo overheating. We're stalled as we fix." (Bioware Twitter blog)

I wouldn't interpret this as 360 consoles overheating, simply because

1) The use of the "Danger Will Robinsson!" catchphrase. If the consoles were actually to suffer hardware failure because of the demo, wouldn't Bioware have stated this in a more serious manner?

2) At one of the biggest games event of the year, would a manufacturer creating an exclusive game for a specific console actually point out that their game and the hardware are a bad match, and only with a 14 word sentence to shed some light on such a pressing issue?

3) It is either a pun at the 360s history of hardware failures or a pun that was missinterpreted/badly phrased.

4) Looking at another post on the Bioware blog

"Both he Mass Effect 2 and Dragon Age Origins booths are busy and hot. Well worth the heat though."
about 19 hours ago from mobile web

The overheating statement may simply refer to that many people visited their stand, the heat was generated form many switched on console or perhaps that people enjoyed the game ie "It was hot, on fire, yada yada". Nothing is really indicating hardware failure except for the added pictures on the second source that are not present in the original article, thus out of context. Or am I wrong?

My 2 cents

[OmegaSlayer]

Quite a good attempt to control the damage.
I won't disagree with you because you actually thought at least five minutes before typing unlike 99% of 360 fanbase.

[frnkyl]

Bu bu bu teh PS3 is holding back teh 360 with itz crappy graphicz cardzz XD

[champ21]

low res graphics..... check
low frame rates...... check
longer load times.... check
10USD more expensive... check
no mod support........ check
chance of hardware failure..... check
inferior control mechanics..... check

clearly there is no point in buying an XBOX or PS3 version.

[teto83]

what is next madden in multiple dvd's? lol

xbot = ignorant consumer.

[Niske]

Bioware= Mass effect 2
Microsoft= Xbox360
Xbox360= 54%
54%= RROD
RROD= Mass effect 2 demo
Sony= Playstation 3
Playstation 3 + Mass effect 2 demo= EASY

[bluesam20]

First thing;
MS has already admitted (more or less) to a 54% failure rate with first gen consoles. It was also rumored that MS knew about these defects before shipping in 05', but shipped anyhow. The original cause was not overheating due to bad treatment or poor choice of the placement of the console, it was the components that caused the RROD scenario. MS developed the GPU and CPU on their own without consulting the developers and as a result the components created too much heat causing the system to crash (RROD)!
Secondly;
My 360 RROD'ed the second time I ever turned it on! It was in a wide open area on my TV stand, had plenty of room to breathe et cetera, et cetera, et cetera!!!!! So no, it did overheat on it's own without any help from anyone, contrary to popular belief. So the verdict is they (MS) sold defective products, possibly with prior knowledge, to an unsuspecting public. And yes blame rests squarely with MS not any of their consumers, including those like myself who have purchased multiple XBOX 360's. I rest my case boo-yow!!!!