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[Stephen]

This is getting stupid, I got the new PS3 delivered today - and after setting it up, it switched off! I hoped it'd be a one off, but no, the next time it turned off I noticed the flashing red light of death...

Time to ring Sony...again!

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[texasmr2]

Unbelieveable !! Atleast you know Sony will take care of it.

[Selcouth_Feline]

Well, take heart, at least it's not an XBox - otherwise you'd be waiting another 6 weeks for your replacement

[Irv the Swerve]

Tut tut tut, turn to the dark side Luke.

[Stephen]

And once again I have the yellow light of death, the ochre symbol of despair, the amber markings of failure, the flavescent stench of Sony's incompetence. My third PS3 to go wrong in twenty odd months. I'm not a happy bunny.

It looks like I have to pay out £128 for a refurbished PS3 with just three months warranty, or take this whole matter further...

[Denthúl]

Sorry to hear that. However, the solution is simply to use your computer for gaming.

[Rivelution]

Well, take heart, at least it's not an XBox - otherwise you'd be waiting another 6 weeks for your replacement

Uhh no not really. I got my 360 replacement in a week and a half, but hey, I'm not the one who bought an overpriced console

[Selcouth_Feline]

Sorry to hear that. However, the solution is simply to use your computer for gaming.

I love my PC games, the problem is the upgrading. If I buy a console specific game, I know that it will work straight out of the box; If I buy a PC game, I'm always slightly nervous as to whether my PC is beefy enough or whether it's running the right version of windows or has the right hardware for the job.

If I had a choice, I would use my PC for games every time. But I'm lazy and I don't want to spend money upgrading my PC or fiddling so my new games will work, so 95% of the time I use my consoles instead.

[Selcouth_Feline]

Well, take heart, at least it's not an XBox - otherwise you'd be waiting another 6 weeks for your replacement

Uhh no not really. I got my 360 replacement in a week and a half, but hey, I'm not the one who bought an overpriced console

Heh, my partner's brother lent me his 360 recently actually. I broke it within a couple of hours of getting it. Fair play to MS who fixed it within a week free of charge despite it not having any warranty left

[scotty]

Sorry to hear that. However, the solution is simply to use your computer for gaming.

The problem with that approach is simply put in two words: Gran Turismo.

[Denthúl]

Sorry to hear that. However, the solution is simply to use your computer for gaming.

I love my PC games, the problem is the upgrading. If I buy a console specific game, I know that it will work straight out of the box; If I buy a PC game, I'm always slightly nervous as to whether my PC is beefy enough or whether it's running the right version of windows or has the right hardware for the job.

If I had a choice, I would use my PC for games every time. But I'm lazy and I don't want to spend money upgrading my PC or fiddling so my new games will work, so 95% of the time I use my consoles instead.

I guess you could say that, but then a good computer can last as long as a console anyway and you have the option of actually upgrading only specific components rather than buying a new console when the next generation is released. I really dislike console gaming these days, because I find that most of the games with the best storylines are either the really old Playstation games which I play in ePSXe, older computer games or else things from even further back than that on the NES/SNES/N64/Master System/Mega Drive etc.

To each their own, I guess

Oh, and the Red Ring of Death is an easy fix

[Rivelution]

Well, take heart, at least it's not an XBox - otherwise you'd be waiting another 6 weeks for your replacement

Uhh no not really. I got my 360 replacement in a week and a half, but hey, I'm not the one who bought an overpriced console

Heh, my partner's brother lent me his 360 recently actually. I broke it within a couple of hours of getting it. Fair play to MS who fixed it within a week free of charge despite it not having any warranty left

I was out of warranty too, and they still paid for everything. Even though I was pretty lucky with my 360 lasting awhile (3 years) I still think MS really dropped the ball with reliablity issues.

[Denthúl]

I still think MS really dropped the ball with reliablity issues.

You just have to look at their main product to understand why that is.

[Rivelution]

I still think MS really dropped the ball with reliablity issues.

You just have to look at their main product to understand why that is.

Oh please!

[EwanM]

People should give up their PS3 and Xbox 360s

Just go back to the Sega Master System or Snes