Has this been happening to your ps3?

Author Message
Terrak
  • Total Posts : 783
  • Reward points : 19070
  • Joined: Jun 07, 2006
Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 06:20
http://news.punchjump.com/blog/2006/11/21/sony-ps3-fails-out-of-the-box/

Boy, US$600+ buys a whole lot of sony quality these days.

mastachefbkw
  • Total Posts : 3793
  • Reward points : 13680
  • Joined: Jul 11, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 09:34
Yep. Thats some high quality

Byakko
  • Total Posts : 599
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: May 03, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 11:42
In about two-three years, all PS3' s would have problems like this...just like PS2...and just like PS (although, mine is still working! If only I can find it...)

...and then, you' d have to plonk down $600...again.

Adam Doree
  • Total Posts : 1113
  • Reward points : 46250
  • Joined: Feb 19, 2003
  • Location: Leicester Square
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 12:17
Jesus. Cry me a river.

So they get a PS3 that' s faulty. Great, well done. Is is responsible to report it in such a light that suggests all PS3s are low quality and " Sony Corp" has messed up? Honestly, hating on Sony with this sort of approach is getting really old now. These guys can go and buy a new PS3 or ask Sony for one. If a consumer had the issue, then that would be different.

Alecrein
  • Total Posts : 762
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: May 24, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 12:35

So they get a PS3 that' s faulty. Great, well done. Is is responsible to report it in such a light that suggests all PS3s are low quality and " Sony Corp" has messed up? Honestly, hating on Sony with this sort of approach is getting really old now. These guys can go and buy a new PS3 or ask Sony for one. If a consumer had the issue, then that would be different.


Exactly leave sony alone, let them lie in their grave.
" What most people need to learn in life is how to love people and use things instead of using people and loving things."
~ Unknown ~

Terrak
  • Total Posts : 783
  • Reward points : 19070
  • Joined: Jun 07, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 13:15
Alright if sony offers prompt repair/replacement with out the hassle then i guess this is a non issue, interesting but not a big deal. Problem is that with all these shortages and delays no one here can be truly sure of when a sony can start shipping out replacements. Imagine spending 4+ days braving the elements, waiting in overcrowded lines and forking over over US$600 plus for something that doesn' t even work, and because of extreme shortages your replacement unit takes several weeks (if not longer) to arrive. Thats pretty disappointing considering the extremes many have gone too to get the much anticipated ps3.

Chee Saw
  • Total Posts : 1466
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: May 12, 2005
  • Location: SoCal USA
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 13:36
It' s got a LOT of tech in it. Of course they' re gonna have defective units. Microsoft' s turn-around time for replacing defective units was really fast, and I' m sure theirs will be too. It' s just a matter of getting defective units in, fixing them up, and shipping them out to the next person with a defective unit. I mean, I sent in my 360 and got a totally different unit a couple days later, so I' m presuming that' s the way it goes.

Agent Ghost
  • Total Posts : 5486
  • Reward points : 12425
  • Joined: Aug 09, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 14:09

It' s got a LOT of tech in it. Of course they' re gonna have defective units. Microsoft' s turn-around time for replacing defective units was really fast, and I' m sure theirs will be too. It' s just a matter of getting defective units in, fixing them up, and shipping them out to the next person with a defective unit. I mean, I sent in my 360 and got a totally different unit a couple days later, so I' m presuming that' s the way it goes.


Yeah right, I' m sure they will be just as quick to replace deffective PS3' s as they were with PS2' s...

Nitro
  • Total Posts : 11960
  • Reward points : 44065
  • Joined: Dec 30, 2005
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 23, 2006 16:39
Sony won' t start replacing units, they' ll repair as many as they can, specifically because they' re losing tons of money on every unit sold.

It' s a complicated piece of machinery. There will be units that don' t work or have problems. 9-15% is considered acceptible but as we' ve seen with 360, 40-50% is possible.

Retail PS3' s seem to have teething problems but there haven' t been many reported complete failures. We' ll get a better impression when Sony' s install base grows.

ginjirou
  • Total Posts : 4836
  • Reward points : 16545
  • Joined: Jul 16, 2005
  • Location: Sweden
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 01:05

Jesus. Cry me a river.

So they get a PS3 that' s faulty. Great, well done. Is is responsible to report it in such a light that suggests all PS3s are low quality and " Sony Corp" has messed up? Honestly, hating on Sony with this sort of approach is getting really old now. These guys can go and buy a new PS3 or ask Sony for one. If a consumer had the issue, then that would be different.


I would' ve liked to hear you say something like that ages ago, during the Great Hate sony war.

Vx Chemical
  • Total Posts : 5534
  • Reward points : 6695
  • Joined: Sep 09, 2005
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 01:14

I would' ve liked to hear you say something like that ages ago, during the Great Hate sony war.



There hasnt been a Hate sony war, there has been a Sony needs to get their act together war.

People have been blowing since out of proportion on both sides, but critisizing sony has always been met with " fanboy' s" comments.

choupolo
  • Total Posts : 1773
  • Reward points : 1930
  • Joined: Dec 02, 2005
  • Location: Manchester, England
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 01:44
To be fair, I would think 1 reported defective disc loading system is almost expected with the amount of pressure Sony are in atm.

Imo it' s fine to rip into Sony every time they make an arrogant statement or tell a blatent lie, or sell the consumer short in one way or another...but technical problems at a consoles launch are understandable to some extent right...?

_Ninja_Protocol_
  • Total Posts : 212
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: Jul 15, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 04:30
I don' t know about you guys, but this just means to wait until the spring seasons to pick up a new unit.

Yes, come Xbox 720 or PS4 or Nintendo' s next system, I' ll wait about 6 months before I buy a system.
...Random Madness, Forward...

f3hunter
  • Total Posts : 821
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: Dec 31, 2005
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 05:55
I' ll leave the Xbox fanboys to release some of that tension which built up since the Xbox..

And boy is it alot!!!



Nitro
  • Total Posts : 11960
  • Reward points : 44065
  • Joined: Dec 30, 2005
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 06:10
Ok, so lets have a praise Sony day. What have they done right with PS3??

ginjirou
  • Total Posts : 4836
  • Reward points : 16545
  • Joined: Jul 16, 2005
  • Location: Sweden
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 06:12


ORIGINAL: Majikdra6on

Ok, so lets have a praise Sony day. What have they done right with PS3??


... the name? 1, 2 and voilá, PlayStation3

Nitro
  • Total Posts : 11960
  • Reward points : 44065
  • Joined: Dec 30, 2005
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 06:16
Linux.

Dionysius
  • Total Posts : 831
  • Reward points : 0
  • Joined: May 11, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 06:20
Hiring that Alien dude to voice the commercials!
< Message edited by Dionysius -- 23 Nov 06 22:29:45 >

Terrak
  • Total Posts : 783
  • Reward points : 19070
  • Joined: Jun 07, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 06:39
They did make the November Release dates for both Japan and North America.

Eddie_the_Hated
  • Total Posts : 8015
  • Reward points : 15335
  • Joined: Jan 17, 2006
  • Location: Wayne, MI
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 08:54
I' m glad it was a Corp. getting screwed over & not a real customer, but still, I can' t help laughing at that god awful noise.

It' s too soon to tell what Sony is doing right with Blu-Ray, but the multiple memory card thing has serious benefits, as does the no-fuss hard-drive swapping.

Terrak
  • Total Posts : 783
  • Reward points : 19070
  • Joined: Jun 07, 2006
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 12:48
Alright enough with the sony praise (was a good diversion Majik )

Well here are some forum entries regarding ps3 problems - notably the disk insertion problem (this comes courtesy of It\' s more than one on the Joystiq threads)

http://www.aeropause.com/archives/2006/11/ps3_disc_loader.php
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?t=41183
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?p=796986#post796986
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?p=798129#post798129
http://www.ps3forums.com/showthread.php?p=803586#post803586
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=8927486&&#post8927486

THis is a small selection of complaints, but i' m sure but the disk error seems to more common then we had previously imagined.

Eddie_the_Hated
  • Total Posts : 8015
  • Reward points : 15335
  • Joined: Jan 17, 2006
  • Location: Wayne, MI
RE: Has this been happening to your ps3? - Nov 24, 2006 21:54
It' s interesting to see how dissilusioned PS3forums has become. Anybody remember that site about... 5 months back? It was like fanboy heaven. Methinks they' re starting to catch on.