LIke everything, people with problems will be vocal. People without will not be.

Open the game and play it. I've had no big problems (the minor loading one once), and absolutely love the game.

yea i read about that after searching gamefaqs that night. I'm not going thru all that again, that's just insane. They REALLY need to offer a patch for that. i mean 14+ straight hours that you cant save and the game locks up, that's a pretty big problem. And it's a painful 14 hours. its kind of like the penn and teller bus ride game, you have to pay a little attention and hit a button now (every 15-20 minutes) and then, but it's essentially just sitting there for 14 real-time hours. .

I love this game, I really do. However, that said, if we keep seeing problems like this with the 360 system and the games for it, I'll have no problem with trading or selling the system to someone in order to replace it with a Wii later this year. I'm already planning to get one of those anyway, and I highly doubt it will have any of these problems.

Playing my 3rd full game, with no problems yet

Bought the game on release day and have played it on avg for an hour a day since... no problem other than I can't play videogames to save my life. :)
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I have mp3 files of the soundtrack from the 1978 Dawn of the Dead and playing those tracks while playing the game is a trip!!!

That's sweet. I play the score to the 2004 remake when I play the game.

No, that's sweet. I love both scores but the soundtrack from the remake has Richard Cheese on it. I could listen to him all day long. His stuff never gets old.

Dead Rising Raises Capcom Prospects

Japanese analysts have noted the strong initial shipments of Capcom's Dead Rising for the Xbox 360, and believe that the game's performance is indicative of recent reforms at Capcom USA.

NikkoCitiGroup raised its forecasts for Capcom due in large part to Dead Rising's "brisk repeat business" as well as "reforms at Capcom USA."

According to the investment firm, Capcom shipped 320,000 copies of Dead Rising in its first week (the game launched August 8 in the US), and Capcom has forecasted shipments to reach 450,000 units by today. Based on the game's better-than-expected performance, NikkoCitiGroup upped its fiscal year (ending March 2007) shipment expectations for Dead Rising to 800,000 units from 660,000.

This initial success of Dead Rising outlines the increasingly important role of digitally downloaded demos. NikkoCitiGroup analyst Soichiro Fukuda wrote, "Robust Dead Rising sales suggest the establishment of a successful pattern for US marketing whereby trial version downloads stimulate interest and lead to stronger actual sales." Users downloaded around 300,000 Dead Rising demos over Xbox Live worldwide.

NikkoCitiGroup also expects Capcom's upcoming title Lost Planet for Xbox 360 to utilize trial downloads.

Fukuda speculated that the "healthy sales" of Xbox 360 titles may prompt Capcom to take currently PS3-exclusive titles multi-platform. He wrote, "If that happens, it will give the company a chance to make the most of its PC-based development program, which aims to enhance efficiency by utilizing PCs through the primary stages of development."

Devil May Cry 4 and a version of Monster Hunter are two Capcom titles that have only been announced for PS3.

Fukuda commented further on Xbox 360/PS3 ports, saying, "Capcom will conduct the first 50–60 percent of the PS3 and Xbox 360 development process on PCs, only in the final stages using a development approach that is optimized for either the Xbox 360 or the PS3."

The aforementioned Capcom USA business reforms Fukuda referred to have much to do with Capcom's recently hired North American marketing boss Mark Beaumont. Part of his next-generation strategy is to introduce new IP early on (see Dead Rising and Lost Planet), while still supporting Capcom's catalog of popular franchises. He also places special emphasis on the creation of products with a more global appeal.

NikkoCitiGroup raised its fiscal 2007 earnings forecast for Capcom to 8.2 billion yen ($70.8 million) from 7.8 billion yen ($67.3 million); fiscal 2008 to 10.8 billion yen ($93.2 million) from 9.5 billion yen ($82 million); and fiscal 2009 to 12.5 billion yen ($107.9 million) from 11 billion yen ($95 million).

I finally got my 360 back from repair and everything seems ok now, though I've only tried Dead Rising for a few minutes.

It's the same console, so they actually repaired it rather than shipping me another refurbed one.

-Jason

BTW, I can safely say that Dead Rising does not damage the 360. I lasted almost twelve days in survival/infinity mode. That is 24 hours of actual play time. Since I don't have that much free time in one block and saving isn't permitted in survival mode, I had to leave my 360 on for 7 days straight with Dead Rising on pause when I wasn't playing it. I never had a single issue with my launch day 360.

Now, Dead Rising does push the 360 more than other games, so it would not surprise me if it has brought to light latent hardware defects in some people's consoles. These hardware problems likely always existed and would have manifested themselves at some point anyway. Not DR's fault.

I haven't played Dead Rising for about a week or so now, and today I ran into my first major problem. After playing for ten minutes or so, I went to look at the pause menu map when the game froze. I restarted the console and made sure the disc was clean, and tried to play again. I really didn't think anything of it. It worked for about ten minutes or so, and it froze again. I just tried playing it again and got to play for twenty minutes or so before it froze once again. I've started reading all of these problems at various forums, and suffice to say I'm not pleased.

I guess I'll try removing my hard drive and putting it back in. Anyone else have any other ideas?

While I don't believe that a game can infect a system, the Zombies at my 360. However, it was probably due to die because I was getting freezes with other games in the past, but luckily I got the extended warranty and will hopefully get my box to send it for repair or replace.

Sell me the game for $20? No more freezes. :)