Yesterday, I had to bid adieu to my PS3 as it caught the YLOD (Yellow Light of Death). There were no signs of my system conking off anytime soon, but as I was playing Uncharted 2 yesterday the game froze for a couple of seconds and the system shut down. I then try pressing the PS button on my controller to switch it on, but nothing happens! I try manually switching it by sliding my finger over the Power button and the PS3 makes a small beep, like usual, but this time it made another beep and for a second I saw what I feared I would one day see on my PS3…a yellow light. I didn't panic and instead tried again…nope, no dice. I must have switched it on and off 10 times or so till I just gave up and decided to do some research on the YLOD.

I turns out the YLOD happens to 'select' 60GB PS3's. No fair…here I thought I had a rare model, since Sony discontinued manufacturing the 60GB model for the 40GB and SLIM models. My warranty got over last year so I'm screwed…and I have no intentions of paying Sony $150 to 'repair' my system. In all likelihood they will reformat my HDD, erasing all my save files, so I thought I might as well get a new console. Oh and then there's the Uncharted 2 disc STILL in the PS3, which unfortunately belongs to my cousin! I still haven't told him about what happened to my PS3 because I'm sure he'll freak out (he also bought the 60GB model the same day I did), and on top of that If I say his Uncharted 2 disc is still in there he'll kill me!

So now comes the big question, what do I do now? Well, I'm surely buying a new console…the only thing is, do I get an X360 or a PS3 SLIM. After everything that's happened to my PS3, a sane person would probably pick the former console as his/her next choice…but the thing is…I LOVED my PS3. I don't care about how many games the X360 has and how much the Wii has sold…the fact that I enjoyed playing games on the PS3 is enough for me to warrant another purchase. Nothing's confirmed yet so if you think I should go for either the X360/Wii let me know in the comments section

P.S: For those who own a 60GB PS3, please take good care of it. Dust off the vents every month and try to give it some rest from time to time. The reason I think my PS3 died was because I played too much Assassin's Creed II and Uncharted 2, and in the process I over-heated the system. Please don't make the same mistake that I did...treasure your PS3 as if it was a brother to you

~Sam~

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