Infinity Ward are unbelievable

I am sure a lot of you gamers out there have heard about the Modern Warfare 3 unreadable disc error. Basically, the game is unplayable because eventually the game just says the disc is unreadable, and asks you to try and clean or something. But this isn't just my disc or Xbox 360, it's a lot of gamers, even PS3. I have tried installing but it fails, I have tried just playing the game, which worked for the first 3 to 4 hours after getting it for Christmas and not since, and I am out of options. I have sent for a replacement from Amazon, but apparantly new discs may not fix it anyway. If that is the case, there is absolutely NO way for me to play the game at all, so basically in a large majority of cases, Modern Warfare 3 is a broken game. But that isn't the interesting part...

Infinity Ward are trying to put blame upon the gamers, and saying that they have a bad disc. They even said to send for a replacement where they got it from, OR buy a new disc!!! so that would be about £40 down the drain, with another possible £40 heading that way.

After all of the millions IW make off of the Call of Duty franchise and the fact that they not even help the gamers with a problem that is obviously caused by them, it's in bad taste.

This is in no way an attack at Infinity Ward by the way, this is just a frustrated gamer talking here, while a little bit angry.

My scenario is I was happily playing through the campaign setting off mortars and that is where the error came. In my brothers case, it happened during an online game.

So with this, because of IW not admitting it (if it wasn't possible to tell who's end the problem was coming from, I wouldn't be so angry at IW), I find it hard to trust them anymore. I have been a fan of Call of Duty ever since the original back on the PC in 2003, and it is looking like I just might have to skip Modern Warfare 3 completely...

I love Call of Duty and I will always want to purchase the games, but I think from now on I am going to have to read in to this problem if it is still there next year, because if it is... I might just not buy it. If it could be fixed it wouldn't be so bad, but apparantly it may very well be unfixable through an update. It would be fine if IW admitted it was their problem (and it is obvious since so many gamers have reported this), but they aren't, so yeah, looks like MW3 might not get much more play out of me if the replacement disc doesn't work, which is a really big shame. :(

Has anybody else experienced these problems and what are your views on the subject?

Kind of what you get for buying a COD game... :P

Seriously though thats awful.

If it's faulty, you can take it back to the store for a refund or replacement. It doesn't matter what IW say, that's the consumer protection laws on faulty goods.

Surprise surprise - that's why I don't buy Infinity Ward games anymore. They want you to buy another copy of the game. Hmm... Fishy...

That sucks, but it's the first time I've ever heard someone complain about that.

Isn't Infinity Ward now called Sledgehammer? And most, if not all, retail outlets will replace defective copies. If they don't, then you go higher up. I haven't heard anything about this (not that I keep up on CoD news), so this might be something you should bring up to Sony/Microsoft as well because if there are disc read errors, it may be hardware-side.foxhound_fox

the same thing happened to one of my friends. he bought the game brand new and when he put the disk in the tray, he got the disk error. but the funny thing is that it works on mine had no problems. my friend has the new 360 slim and i have an 360 pro.

the same thing happened to one of my friends. he bought the game brand new and when he put the disk in the tray, he got the disk error. but the funny thing is that it works on mine had no problems. my friend has the new 360 slim and i have an 360 pro.Jwdunbar

It's likely a problem in manufacturing rather than software, so it likely isn't IW's fault at all. But their response to the issue is utter bullcrap, and if the disc still doesn't work get a full refund and wait until the problem has been addressed, no point in letting them have your money in the meantime.

The real question is why you bought it in the first place.

How is it putting the blame on gamers by saying they have a bad disc? I haven't heard of this issue at all(I do keep up with COD news), and know a lot of people who have MW3. Perhaps it is your fault? My copy has been playing fine on my 2007 360 since release night.dotWithShoes

The real question is why you bought it in the first place.edinsftw

[QUOTE="dotWithShoes"]How is it putting the blame on gamers by saying they have a bad disc? I haven't heard of this issue at all(I do keep up with COD news), and know a lot of people who have MW3. Perhaps it is your fault? My copy has been playing fine on my 2007 360 since release night.Ashley_wwe