Halo 3: ODST disc error "not widespread"  "Very small number",
says Microsoft.  Microsoft has issued a statement downplaying
Halo 3: ODST "Unreadable Disc" reports that popped up last week.
"We are aware of a very small number of people who are reporting
they can't play the game," the platform holder told Eurogamer.
"We are looking into it, but at this point it doesn't appear to
be a widespread issue."  A 35-page thread reporting the issue on
the Bungie forums has now spread to over 57 pages, with members
still frustrated at the lack of communication from either
developer or publisher.  The disc-read error occurs on some Xbox
360s during the Halo 3: ODST's campaign, rendering the game
unplayable from thereon out. Other games including Halo 3 are
reportedly affected as collateral, and there are even mentions
of the machine itself taking a nosedive following the error.
Bungie is busy gathering data from those affected, presumably
pin-pointing the problem and establishing a way to fix it.  It's
a shame, becau