Xbox One Users Say Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Is Bricking Consoles

The anticipation for Infinity Ward's reboot of one of the greatest Call of Duty entries in franchise history has not been perfect for the developer, and now Activision is having to deal with some big issues that are plaguing Xbox One players. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launched with major server errors that prevented players from accessing the online features, arguably the biggest draw of the series, and now they're facing an issue that could brick consoles for some players. Infinity Ward is aware of the issue, but it's not clear when the game will be safe to play.

According to the Subreddit dedicated to Modern Warfare, the developer is currently working on a fix and issued the following statement:

"We have identified an issue that is affecting some players on Xbox One X. Players affected are experiencing crashes. We are working with Microsoft to address the issue. We genuinely can’t thank you all enough for providing us with your ongoing feedback this launch, every bit of information helps. Stand by for more updates on this issue soon, and thank you for your patience and your help while we work towards a solution."

There have been responses to the post with claims of Modern Warfare bricking Xbox consoles, though these claims have yet to be verified. While the game might freeze and the console might become unresponsive, one user named Jason--Todd said that this specific outcome is unlikely.

"Because most people don't even try to hard reset their xbox," they wrote. "No game in recent memory has EVER bricked a console, despite people claiming it for Anthem and Borderlands 3. The game would literally have to somehow delete the console OS or overheat it beyond the safety settings built into the motherboard itself."

At this point, it's probably safer for Xbox One players to steer clear of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare for the time being, especially until Infinity Ward rolls out a fix for these issues. This is the second major issue to plague the launch weekend of the game, as server outages prevented fans from playing online earlier.

Posted: Oct 27, 2019 5:50 pm
Related Forum: Xbox Forum

Source: https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/10/27/xbox-one-users-say-call-of-duty-modern-warfare-bricking-consoles/

Comments

315Posted: Mon. Oct 28, 2019

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sus Damn, just shows how garbage this game really is.

Shoes how garbage XBOX really is. There. Fixed it for you.

So it's Microsoft's problem that the developer had software that didn't run properly on it? Seems like something a PS4 user would say.

JoiPosted: Mon. Oct 28, 2019

sus Damn, just shows how garbage this game really is.

Shoes how garbage XBOX really is. There. Fixed it for you.

susPosted: Mon. Oct 28, 2019

Damn, just shows how garbage this game really is.

LebronIs6Posted: Mon. Oct 28, 2019

It's not happening anymore lmao

XBL-ABPosted: Mon. Oct 28, 2019

Mario350 but its not bricking consoles lol, kids today dont understand how to fully turn off their xbox ones and boot into safe mode, i never had any bricking with any consoles, because i know how to unsoftlock it which is not a brick hard locking and softlocking arent called bricked its called freezing and unbeatable for softlock, i know how to unhardlock as well, its called hard restarting a console, not hard hold down the xbox button on the console and boom wait until you hear a power down sound unplug it to make sure its not in rest mode, and boom back to normal.

now i could say microsoft store spotify or groove open well playing a game my games run at 10fps and will stay then even when the said app is closed, only restarting fixes it

Ive had a few xbox ones, all which work except for one. The one is question refuses to boot and goes to auto "safe mode" had an issue updating the dash while having crap internet that disconnects every 20 seconds and multiple power outings.

All consoles that have frozen or locked up can be easily fixed by unplugging, hard resetting, or being reset while keeping games and apps.

Theres no such possibility an xbox one would no longer boot because of a game. Games dont even have access to the xbox's hardware nor software. Only APIs

Mario350Posted: Sun. Oct 27, 2019

but its not bricking consoles lol, kids today dont understand how to fully turn off their xbox ones and boot into safe mode, i never had any bricking with any consoles, because i know how to unsoftlock it which is not a brick hard locking and softlocking arent called bricked its called freezing and unbeatable for softlock, i know how to unhardlock as well, its called hard restarting a console, not hard hold down the xbox button on the console and boom wait until you hear a power down sound unplug it to make sure its not in rest mode, and boom back to normal.

now i could say microsoft store spotify or groove open well playing a game my games run at 10fps and will stay then even when the said app is closed, only restarting fixes it

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