2K Sports Annoucement Regarding Freezes!

[Pratt75]

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IGN sheds a little more light and hopefully it might help Kush nail the problem.

MLB 2K6 in a Pickle Widespread reports of disc-freezing.

April 12, 2006 - MLB 2K6 shipped only yesterday and already there are widespread reports of "freezing" around the videogame community. Numerous members of the IGN message boards reported the problem, and our own copy of MLB 2K6 has frozen in all four games we have tried to play today. (IGN often uses Gold discs instead of retail copies to review games so we can get our reviews online as soon as possible. We experienced no freezing issues with our Gold disc.)

I have a quick story about my brother and my experience with our purchase of MLB 2K6 which has me kind of puzzled. My brother and I both have 360's and we both purchased MLB 2K6. I have not had any freezing issues with my copy so far. On the other hand my brother can't even come close to finishing a single game without it freezing. Seriously, he hasn't been able to finish one freaking game yet without getting "the freeze" ruining his gameplay experience.

So now I read the article posted at ign and I'm thinking maybe there were problems when they manufactured the discs that lead to some people getting good copies of the game and some getting bad copies that freeze. That would suck but would be a logical explanation for everyones problems so far. So because I haven't had any freezes yet I'm thinking somehow I got a copy that doesn't freeze and my brother got screwed and got a bad copy. So I have my brother try playing my copy that I'm thinking is good on his 360. What do you know, it freezes on him in the middle of the game. This now has me really puzzled as to what the real problem is that's causing the game to freeze. To me this blows ign's theory out of the water that there was a possible problem when manufacturing the "retail" discs.

So what could be causing the problem? What do you guys think?

BTW, my brother is now infuriated that they released a game with this problem and will be attempting to get a refund tomorrow. This is a shame because he really likes the game but it is unplayable in its current state. 2K must act quickly on this or their sales and their customers will drop like flies.

[Pratt75]

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IAlso ..I think $65 is crazy , but I will pay that much for games and not complain as long as they work, If it sucks well that just sucks for me and I shouldnt of bought, But This is ridicolous

Exactly, I couldn't agree more. It at least has to be playable. This is all very ridiculous.

[GamingJones]

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I have a quick story about my brother and my experience with our purchase of MLB 2K6 which has me kind of puzzled. My brother and I both have 360's and we both purchased MLB 2K6. I have not had any freezing issues with my copy so far. On the other hand my brother can't even come close to finishing a single game without it freezing. Seriously, he hasn't been able to finish one freaking game yet without getting "the freeze" ruining his gameplay experience.

So now I read the article posted at ign and I'm thinking maybe there were problems when they manufactured the discs that lead to some people getting good copies of the game and some getting bad copies that freeze. That would suck but would be a logical explanation for everyones problems so far. So because I haven't had any freezes yet I'm thinking somehow I got a copy that doesn't freeze and my brother got screwed and got a bad copy. So I have my brother try playing my copy that I'm thinking is good on his 360. What do you know, it freezes on him in the middle of the game. This now has me really puzzled as to what the real problem is that's causing the game to freeze. To me this blows ign's theory out of the water that there was a possible problem when manufacturing the "retail" discs.

So what could be causing the problem? What do you guys think?

BTW, my brother is now infuriated that they released a game with this problem and will be attempting to get a refund tomorrow. This is a shame because he really likes the game but it is unplayable in its current state. 2K must act quickly on this or their sales and their customers will drop like flies.

Do you guys have the same saves on your 360's?

I think there is something causing a conflict when MLB 2K6 tries to access the HD.

[TheDutchDad]

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I have a quick story about my brother and my experience with our purchase of MLB 2K6 which has me kind of puzzled. My brother and I both have 360's and we both purchased MLB 2K6. I have not had any freezing issues with my copy so far. On the other hand my brother can't even come close to finishing a single game without it freezing. Seriously, he hasn't been able to finish one freaking game yet without getting "the freeze" ruining his gameplay experience.

So now I read the article posted at ign and I'm thinking maybe there were problems when they manufactured the discs that lead to some people getting good copies of the game and some getting bad copies that freeze. That would suck but would be a logical explanation for everyones problems so far. So because I haven't had any freezes yet I'm thinking somehow I got a copy that doesn't freeze and my brother got screwed and got a bad copy. So I have my brother try playing my copy that I'm thinking is good on his 360. What do you know, it freezes on him in the middle of the game. This now has me really puzzled as to what the real problem is that's causing the game to freeze. To me this blows ign's theory out of the water that there was a possible problem when manufacturing the "retail" discs.

So what could be causing the problem? What do you guys think?

BTW, my brother is now infuriated that they released a game with this problem and will be attempting to get a refund tomorrow. This is a shame because he really likes the game but it is unplayable in its current state. 2K must act quickly on this or their sales and their customers will drop like flies.

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What happens to all the people who get "Infuriated", and returns their game, only to have a patch released, and fixing this issue? Do they buy the game again now that its fixed?

I got the game today, have yet to try it, but if I do have this issue, I'll keep it for when a patch is released.

[nemesis04]

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I will not re-format or buy a memory Card that is for sure. I will get my money back for this game if it does not start working right for Free here very soon

Totally agree! Nobody should be jumping through hoops to make a game work. Either it works the way it was intended or they can take it back and stick it in their crack!

Each game release seems to be another nail in 2k's coffin! I think it is just about sealed up too, only need a few more releases.

[Pratt75]

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Do you guys have the same saves on your 360's?

I think there is something causing a conflict when MLB 2K6 tries to access the HD.

Same saves? We don't share any game saves between our systems. I'm not sure if that answers your question or not.

[Pratt75]

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What happens to all the people who get "Infuriated", and returns their game, only to have a patch released, and fixing this issue? Do they buy the game again now that its fixed?

I got the game today, have yet to try it, but if I do have this issue, I'll keep it for when a patch is released.

Hopefully they do release a patch but I'm sure he is like most people and wants to play the game now since they did release the "retail version." If it wasn't playable they shouldn't have released it, thats the bottom line.

[TheDutchDad]

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Hopefully they do release a patch but I'm sure he is like most people and wants to play the game now since they did release the "retail version." If it wasn't playable they shouldn't have released it, thats the bottom line.

And I agree. But after they said today they will release a patch, I'll hold out and wait for it instead of returning it right away.

[basehead617]

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I might start a new thread at some point because i'm curious about this question: Has anybody gotten the game to crash with replays set to NEVER in the settings? and being sure this setting is saved, etc.

[cbgatorade0202]

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I might start a new thread at some point because i'm curious about this question: Has anybody gotten the game to crash with replays set to NEVER in the settings? and being sure this setting is saved, etc.

Why tho should a person have to set REplay's to never to fix a game? What if i want to see a replay?

Not really towards b/c honestly if that works I'll give it try and i'd stick to it..But still There would be no reason for that at all

[basehead617]

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Why tho should a person have to set REplay's to never to fix a game? What if i want to see a replay?

Not really towards b/c honestly if that works I'll give it try and i'd stick to it..But still There would be no reason for that at all

I agree with you man I'm just trying to help find a temporary solution so that the game is playable until the problem is addressed. Not seeing replays would be better than the freezes is all..

[dave360]

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A buddy of mine who runs a Gamestop in Knoxville said he got most all of his copies back today and they gave them refunds or another game (person's choice) I'm holding on to mine for at least the next week or so to see if we get a patch, and if we don't, then I'll return it for something else.

[quietcool72]

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One thing is for sure- 2K is going to have to start making 360 native programs REAL soon, instead of porting up major portions of their game engine from current gen, doing a little graphic tweaking, and hoping for the best.

Its killing them.

[fiedler2k3]

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I get mine yesterday after work, played like four games with not freezing at all, also, I created a profile the first time that I did boot the game, today, my son who has his own profile on the 360 (he is 7 years old, so, he cannot messed up my files) created his own profile on the game, then start to freeze every time he tried to play, when I get back from work, I deleted every thing related to the game on the HDD, but not luck, the game freeze after the 1 inning or the third, finally, I removed the HDD, thats the only way to at least play 1 game, I dont know what to do, because I like the game a lot, should I get the XBOX version, is there much difference betweeen???

[jim416]

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A buddy of mine who runs a Gamestop in Knoxville said he got most all of his copies back today and they gave them refunds or another game (person's choice) I'm holding on to mine for at least the next week or so to see if we get a patch, and if we don't, then I'll return it for something else.

Ouch! Kush is going to be getting many "vendor returns" headed their way.