Farewell, good buddy.

[TheStu]

I would MUCH rather have my console fail in the first few months of me having it than have it fail 3 years after having it. If it fails in a couple of months, you get a brand new console, free. If it fails in a few years, you're shit out of luck.

That being said, I went through four 360's before I got my PS3. My first 360 failed the third of fourth day after I got it. My second one failed after about a year.. At the time, they hadn't announced that they were going to cover the RROD for 3 years instead of just 90 days or whatever their warranty is. I sat on it for about a month before they upped the warranty to 3 years. My third 360 took about 6 months or so to fail. My fourth one was going strong for over a year until some doucher stole it. It was stolen at the same time that the PS3 slim came out, so I instantly bit on it. I'm much happier with my PS3.

That being said, at least M$ had the balls to admit that they were having troubles with the 360's and extended the warranty for the RROD to 3 years. You don't see Sony doing that now, do you?

Microsoft was having widespread problems, as high as 30% at one point. Jokes were made, blog posts ensued, the media got involved. Microsoft had to deal with that pressure as well as the high failure rate. I do not believe that Sony has to deal with the same, so they probably will not do the same.

It would be a particularly stand up thing for them to do without media and public pressure, but I don't think many companies would.

 

[tk149]

I would MUCH rather have my console fail in the first few months of me having it than have it fail 3 years after having it. If it fails in a couple of months, you get a brand new console, free. If it fails in a few years, you're shit out of luck.

That being said, I went through four 360's before I got my PS3. My first 360 failed the third of fourth day after I got it. My second one failed after about a year.. At the time, they hadn't announced that they were going to cover the RROD for 3 years instead of just 90 days or whatever their warranty is. I sat on it for about a month before they upped the warranty to 3 years. My third 360 took about 6 months or so to fail. My fourth one was going strong for over a year until some doucher stole it. It was stolen at the same time that the PS3 slim came out, so I instantly bit on it. I'm much happier with my PS3.

That being said, at least M$ had the balls to admit that they were having troubles with the 360's and extended the warranty for the RROD to 3 years. You don't see Sony doing that now, do you?

While I don't like the idea of PS3's failing after 3 years, I don't see very many consumer electronics that are warrantied for 3 years. Heck, I can't even think of any that have more than a 1 year warranty (except for the Xbox fiasco).

Is the YLOD as prevalent as the RROD? Wow, Google has a lot of hits. I've never even heard of this before.

/glances worriedly at his PS3

 

[biggestmuff]

Just wait until the controllers' batteries begin failing.

 

[secretanchitman]

Just wait until the controllers' batteries begin failing.

i have been experiencing that with both my sixaxis (the one that came with my launch 60GB) and the dualshock 3. sucks because i can only play for 2 hours before plugging it back in.

 

[Tristicus]

Sent it in, finally got there after UPS fucked it up twice or so, and they can't re-flow it. Something isn't working.

So...I'll have to either A. find the problem and see if I can fix it. B. Try and give it to Sony after I do everything in my power to get the data off.

Also, I called Sony, and they are going to be able to take it back even with the broken warranty sticker I believe.

Nobody has an extra 60gb Seagate (or other?) HDD laying around do they?

 

[Tristicus]

Got it back, said reflow didn't work...yeah. Guy doesn't know how to reset video settings obviously. Came back a bit jumbled from shipping, filed insurance claim (stupidly to much, 170, the cost it would cost to return to Sony). Anyways, had to format the HDD, lost hundreds of hours of saves, probably a hundred dollars in DLC and such (from other accounts) at least, and probably 100gb+ of movies/tv shows/etc.

 

[Terzo]

Got it back, said reflow didn't work...yeah. Guy doesn't know how to reset video settings obviously. Came back a bit jumbled from shipping, filed insurance claim (stupidly to much, 170, the cost it would cost to return to Sony). Anyways, had to format the HDD, lost hundreds of hours of saves, probably a hundred dollars in DLC and such (from other accounts) at least, and probably 100gb+ of movies/tv shows/etc.

Damn, that sucks. I'm a tad confused though. Can you elaborate who put the insurance on what and why a claim is being filed?
Regarding the DLC, isn't that tied to your PSN account? Shouldn't you be able to retrieve it when you get a working ps3 again?

 

[Tristicus]

Damn, that sucks. I'm a tad confused though. Can you elaborate who put the insurance on what and why a claim is being filed?
Regarding the DLC, isn't that tied to your PSN account? Shouldn't you be able to retrieve it when you get a working ps3 again?

He put insurance on it (he said). I shipped it out fine. He sent it back and it was damaged. I put a claim on it because the system is damaged.

Something seems odd to me though- I had to format my HDD, and I've activated it on other consoles (all the DLC isn't mine, therefore not tied to my master account). Thing is...I try to DL content on here, and it says my stuff isn't valid. Now I thought it was tied to a system, not a HDD....hmmm..on the hold with Sony ATM.

To relay otherwise, it works- he didn't reset video, therefore still thought it was broken. It's loud, but it works ATM...

Retard at Sony- "We can't deactivate your system...". Bullshit, you've done it before morons.

 

[Thraxen]

Thing is...I try to DL content on here, and it says my stuff isn't valid. Now I thought it was tied to a system, not a HDD....hmmm..on the hold with Sony ATM.

To relay otherwise, it works- he didn't reset video, therefore still thought it was broken. It's loud, but it works ATM...

Retard at Sony- "We can't deactivate your system...". Bullshit, you've done it before morons.

So I take it you have used up your 5 systems for activation? It does seem strange though that it won't work on the same system. Have you tried maybe deactivating this system through the menu and then reactivating it and see if that solves the problem? Just a shot in the dark, but who knows?

Anyway, I think Sony's official policy is that they won't deactivate a system unless you have actually sent it to them for work. At least that's what they told me once.

 

[Tristicus]

So I take it you have used up your 5 systems for activation? It does seem strange though that it won't work on the same system. Have you tried maybe deactivating this system through the menu and then reactivating it and see if that solves the problem? Just a shot in the dark, but who knows?

Anyway, I think Sony's official policy is that they won't deactivate a system unless you have actually sent it to them for work. At least that's what they told me once.

I have activated it on several systems and shared games, but this is my system. Shouldn't have to be re-activated. There is no deactivate option for me- it's like he just switched the serial number or something to a new system...though I thought it was embedded in the system, not the HDD. The Sony rep was retarded though, I'm going to call again tomorrow...did ask one of my friends to deactivate his system though.

They deactivated it once for me, and that was when I really hadn't shared it on 5 PS3s, and for some reason the notice kept coming up.

Now my Blu-ray drive isn't fucking working. I've checked the connections myself.

I'm sending this thing into Sony. My data is already erased. After this UPS claim, we'll see. I somehow think this guy fucked me over...

My plan is to leave it running, play demos and such as much as I can, try to make it overheat I guess...

Well that was quick. Left it on for 20 minutes, turned it off because the fan was loud as hell, turned it back on, after 5-10 it decides to YLOD. Time to phone Sony after I get through with UPS...

And it runs on again this morning.
/facepalm