Xbox 360 games goes black right before I can play game

Nick Gurr1 · Jul 9, 2023

For a few months now, I have been trying to play WWE Smackdown vs Raw 08 on the 360, but every time I boot up the game it loads then right before I can play, the screen goes black. I’ve looked all over for an answer to this problem but could only find a few things that didn’t work. My disc isn’t scratched and the Xbox loads up other games, it’s just Smackdown vs Raw

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WattyNuela

Hello Nick, this is Manuela. I'm an Independent Advisor and community user like you, ready to assist with this.
Not a Microsoft employee.

I’m sorry to hear you’re having some trouble when trying to play this game on your Xbox 360.
As this is occurring with WWE only, I can suggest you to try each of the following possible solutions:

A. Test the game on a different Xbox console
B. Test a different disc for this game on your console.

Nick Gurr1

I’ve tried resetting the Xbox, signing in and out, and cleaning the disc,

WattyNuela

Hi, Nick.
The reset option is a possible solution, it’s not guaranteed that’s going to work. As this problem is occurring only with one game, I suggest you to get a new copy or test your current one with a different console instead of the reset.

WattyNuela

Hi Nick, do you mean power off-on the console when you say “reset”?

If affirmative, you can try to clear the console cache:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/xbox-360/co...

As a last resource, you can reset/reformat your console:

https://support.xbox.com/en-US/help/xbox-360/co...

Make sure to back up your saved local game progress.

Nick Gurr1

I don’t have another Xbox 360 and Smackdown vs Raw isn’t backwards compatible. I tried a different game on the 360 and it worked

Xbox 360 games goes black right before I can play game