Rockstar "horrified" by Bully bugs News
Xbox 360 News by Ellie Gibson
Rockstar has responded to reports of problems with the Xbox 360 version of Bully Scholarship Edition.
Gamers have been complaining that there are bugs in the game which cause it to freeze in the middle of play.
In a statement issued to Kotaku, Rockstar boss Sam Houser said the company is aware of the issue and is doing all it can to find a solution.
"It appears that some older 360s are experiencing frame-rate issues, freezes and other problems. You have our word that we never experienced any of this in QA - in any of our offices or at Microsoft," he stated.
"I am horrified, and we are now working around the clock to rectify this situation. Thanks to Neo-Gaf for bringing this matter to our attention. We love our games and put a huge amount of energy and care into making them all that they can be."
According to Houser, Rockstar "would never shove anything out the door - we never have and never will". He added, "We apologise to everyone affected for the inconvenience."
In the meantime, you could always opt for the Wii version of Scholarship Edition instead - or the PS2 game released back in 2006. That one was called Canis Canem Edit, you may recall, and won a fair bit of praise.
Look out for our review of both the 360 and Wii versions of Bully in the next few days.
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Psychotext
06/03/08 @ 09:03
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For what it's worth... most people seem to be saying that the PAL version isn't as badly broken as the NTSC one.
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Mentalist(air)
06/03/08 @ 09:22
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Vertical is supposedly better for cooling, but in my experience horizontal is definitely better for the disc drive mechanism. I keep getting Pro-Evo freezing if I spend too much time in the formation settings if my 360's vertical. If only I had enough room to lie it flat.
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Psychotext
06/03/08 @ 09:25
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@lavalant: It's not just old 360s doing this... that's just R* using the 360s reputation to cover their ass. Plenty of people that have never had an issue with any other game are having loads of problems with Bully.
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CrumpledPaper
06/03/08 @ 09:32
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Geez. I hope this doesn't have to GTA4! If they didn't catch it in Bully..who knows. I bet they're checking GTA4 right now. I wonder if it did have the same problem, if they'd delay the game? :|
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""Older 360s"? What a crock of shit. 360s are electronically identical, always have been."
And you know this as a fact, do you? Generally, consoles change quite a bit over their lifetime as the manufacturer seeks to reduce the cost of the components. Normally, the changes are such that they don't affect games, but occasionally a large change (such as the mini PS2) can produce issues. Given that originally the X-Box 360 had the red rings issue, Microsoft must have made some changes to overcome the issue. It's impossible to test the impact of every possible code variation when they change the hardware. I'm sure it's quite possible that Bully does something that behaves slightly differently on the old hardware. Have to laugh at people offering their own theories here, whilst discounting the one offered by the only people who've actually properly investigated the issue. Cynicism can occasionally go too far... |
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kangarootoo
06/03/08 @ 10:28
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""360s are made with selotape and used toilet rolls, always have been."
Fixed" Heehee. Sincerely, a 360 owner. "Older 360s"? What a crock of shit. 360s are electronically identical, always have been" Not true. Firmware gets revised all the time. There are probably about 8 revisions of 360 out there. Physically the same, but not "electronically" as you put it. |
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kangarootoo
06/03/08 @ 10:29
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"Have to laugh at people offering their own theories here, whilst discounting the one offered by the only people who've actually properly investigated the issue."
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grussbarbar
06/03/08 @ 11:17
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I find it slightly disturbing that we seem to accept bugs on consoles more and more nowadays. The whole point of buying a console is that you won't have to deal with installation and bugs as much. Since there should be a very limited amount of different hardware out there, developers should have a relatively easy time to get rid of bugs, as opposed to the PC, where you'll have to prepare for a gazillion different possible set-ups.
Rockstar's statement seems genuine, so I will believe their claim that they missed it. I do hope however, that they won't miss such things in the future, because I don't think they should. Every case of buggy software (by large developers) sets a precedent that bugs can happen on consoles, and I'd rather not have everyone think that is normal. |
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kangarootoo
06/03/08 @ 11:34
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@grussbarbar
Its true that crach bus in console games used to be an extremely rare thing. They are still very uncommon I should say, so I'm wary of relying on anecdotal evidence. I recall Driver 1 on PS1 was the first very buggy game I had ever seen on a console and it would still appear very buggy today, but my reaction at the time was different because it stood out, which probably says something about how things have changed. |
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GamesConnoisseur
06/03/08 @ 11:59
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I think it the same issue that affect some X360 owners playing BioShock including me, it was more to do with harddrive caching system being problematic for some who see freezes or total stop when other never encounter them at all, both playing the same game of BioShock as a prime example.
I believe Bully bugs amounted to the same thing. I am getting bored now with X360 'cant cope with PS2 port shocker!' but it is certainly something that should not have got past bug test and I have intended to get X360 version of Bully and would be rightly frustrated if I do get the same issue as I had with BioShock before I changed hard drive (and patch). |
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Sir_TimAlot
06/03/08 @ 17:10
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mine has hung twce in 70 mins, achievements have not been unlocking and some have been unlocking randomly, it is very annoying
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beastmaster
06/03/08 @ 20:29
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I was thinking of getting this but will hold off for a while. Which probably means I wont get it in the end. They'd better not these kind of issues with GTA 4 or all hell will break loose. Well, perhaps not. Just a few hundred comments on the EG pages.
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My 360 hung twice in half an hour after unwrapping the game. Also every time the game is booted up, it doesn't recognise the presence/location of the last saved game used like every other 360 game I own. I have to select HDD manually EVERY time I boot the game from dashboard (no MMU's attached, BTW).
With my unit having a 07/07 manufacture date, this is not 'limited to older 360s'. A buggy release. Update v-soon please Mr R*. |
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Played it for two hours last night. No probklems noticed. I have an elite though if it actually does make a difference.
There's an awful lot of tearing and frame-rate problems for one. Also, minor annoying thing is the loading screens. It's like an stroboscopic slideshow at times what with the screenshots changing couple times a second. |
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