What is the failure rate of the ps3?

Okay, i have been a 360 owner for the past year and a half now, but i am kind of getting sick of the RRoD.

So i have a question, after never owning a sony console before, what is the failure rate of the PS3? Becasue i am getting sick of my system never being reliable.

And even though i never played a MGS game in my life, MGS4 has me intrigued. i love stealth games and it looks kind of interesting...

Can i have some honest answers, i really need some advice!

Thank You!

Okay, i have been a 360 owner for the past year and a half now, but i am kind of getting sick of the RRoD.

anths1987

How many times have you gotten RRoD?

oh, and i've had my Ps3 since December and it works perfectly....if that helps

3 times,

1st- 6 months

2nd- 8 months-

3rd- 3 months ish...

but im sick of it, they last a decent amount of time, but i want a system that is RELIABLE, and doesnt break down on me..

3 times,

1st- 6 months

2nd- 8 months-

3rd- 3 months ish...

but im sick of it, they last a decent amount of time, but i want a system that is RELIABLE, and doesnt break down on me..

anths1987

i never switch my ps3 off basically. either mgs4 or F@H all day long! no problems whatsoever

3 times,

1st- 6 months

2nd- 8 months-

3rd- 3 months ish...

but im sick of it, they last a decent amount of time, but i want a system that is RELIABLE, and doesnt break down on me..

anths1987

wow, thats not cool at all...i had my launch 360 until earlier this year, it stopped reading discs...so i purchases a new console with the Falcon chip and its worked perfectly since Jan 08.

In any case, i think PS3 is more reliable and its a good choice of console

Okay, i have been a 360 owner for the past year and a half now, but i am kind of getting sick of the RRoD.

So i have a question, after never owning a sony console before, what is the failure rate of the PS3? Becasue i am getting sick of my system never being reliable.

And even though i never played a MGS game in my life, MGS4 has me intrigued. i love stealth games and it looks kind of interesting...

Can i have some honest answers, i really need some advice!

Thank You!

anths1987

Well I have had my PS3 since January of 2007. It still works perfectly. No need to fear.

3 times,

1st- 6 months

2nd- 8 months-

3rd- 3 months ish...

but im sick of it, they last a decent amount of time, but i want a system that is RELIABLE, and doesnt break down on me..

anths1987

Wow dude, I got 2 stories for you so please pay attention:

1. I got my ps2 3 months after launch in 01. I played that thing everyday for 3 hours minimum until November 06, when I got my ps3, and that thing still works, I gave it to my niece. And I havent had any problems with my ps3 ever.

2. Envolves a couple of strippers but I'll leave that part out and get to the point. LMAO, that was an awesome night. My two cousins have had the same problem with the RROD but they're MS fans and won't switch, but always come to my house and play the PS3 when their 360's get sent off.

60 gig, since launch no problemsdoesntcare

3.33%m45t3rch13f

yea maybe...I'm not sure, but the 360 has a 34.0% or somthing around there...... The one good thing about the 360 system that is better then the ps3 is that it has a 512mb ram and the Ps3 has a 251mb ram drive.

3.33%m45t3rch13f

60 gig US launch no problems here.

I had my PS3 for about a year now and it still works.

If, you got your PS3 at launch there could have been some problems with it,but now they fixed alot of those issues.

Now if you buy a PS3 you most likely wouldn't have any problems with it.

Well, from a personal stand point, I've only really seen or heard maybe 2 or 3 out of say, 20 with a problem. I myself, have never ever had a problem with a Sony console. Nintendo is pretty decent for a lower failure rate aswell with their systems. The only one I've ever really heard about (and still hear/read) is the XBox 360s getting sent back 4 times a month (not exactly, but you get what I mean).

[QUOTE="m45t3rch13f"]3.33%Chaos_Bladez

I've owned my 60GB PS3 since last august and about a month ago sent it in for repair because it stopped reading discs. It just happened all of a sudden, tried all my PS3 games as well as my PS2. Got it back about two weeks after I sent it in. Good thing I kept the receipt or else I would have ended up paying around $150.

Ok, people please stop giving-out false percentages, we obviously know the PS3 failure rate is NOT below 1%, it's definitely between 5%-13%. These new figures are based on the release of the 40GB version which allot of people have been having issues with, such as getting yellow light etc. which is the equivalent of the 360 getting the 3RRoD. So that needs to be taken into account and not some old figure that was first talked about when the PS3 was in it's early life form.gamer082009

I never knew it was just 1 model. I thought it was any model it happened to. Well, atleast it could be "buyer beware" with the 40 gigs

[QUOTE="gamer082009"]Ok, people please stop giving-out false percentages, we obviously know the PS3 failure rate is NOT below 1%, it's definitely between 5%-13%. These new figures are based on the release of the 40GB version which allot of people have been having issues with, such as getting yellow light etc. which is the equivalent of the 360 getting the 3RRoD. So that needs to be taken into account and not some old figure that was first talked about when the PS3 was in it's early life form.Denji

I never knew it was just 1 model. I thought it was any model it happened to. Well, atleast it could be "buyer beware" with the 40 gigs

Could it be because they use cheaper parts for the 40GB and for newer models, in order to decrease he price?? I could be wrong, but that was the scenario for the PS2, but it had no problems.

Okay, i have been a 360 owner for the past year and a half now, but i am kind of getting sick of the RRoD.

So i have a question, after never owning a sony console before, what is the failure rate of the PS3? Becasue i am getting sick of my system never being reliable.

And even though i never played a MGS game in my life, MGS4 has me intrigued. i love stealth games and it looks kind of interesting...

Can i have some honest answers, i really need some advice!

Thank You!

anths1987

I dunno if this helps, but all my friends had no problem with their ps3 except two of them who usually keep their system vertically placed each of them had a problem once wit their consoles but when they got them back andkept them horizontal, no more problems even after 1 year. This might not be true but that is my observation. Hope this helps.

[QUOTE="Chaos_Bladez"][QUOTE="m45t3rch13f"]3.33%solaris1979

Lol, good one ;)

3 times,

1st- 6 months

2nd- 8 months-

3rd- 3 months ish...

but im sick of it, they last a decent amount of time, but i want a system that is RELIABLE, and doesnt break down on me..

anths1987

exactly the same length of time as my 1st and 2nd 360's

ive had my PS3 since August and ive had no problems so far :)

~5% would be my best guess - some will say around 1% but I'm sure it's higher than that.

yea maybe...I'm not sure, but the 360 has a 34.0% or somthing around there...... The one good thing about the 360 system that is better then the ps3 is that it has a 512mb ram and the Ps3 has a 251mb ram drive.

LittleYoshi

Just so you know, they both have 512 MB of RAM, just the PS3 has it split down the middle.

[QUOTE="LittleYoshi"]

yea maybe...I'm not sure, but the 360 has a 34.0% or somthing around there...... The one good thing about the 360 system that is better then the ps3 is that it has a 512mb ram and the Ps3 has a 251mb ram drive.

Rune_295

Just so you know, they both have 512 MB of RAM, just the PS3 has it split down the middle.

I checked the PS3 only has a 251mb ram & the 360 has a 512 mb ram, but the PS3 has discs (blu-ray) that hold up to 50 GB and the 360 like about under 30 GB & the Wii has 9.89 Gb or something like that range.

The PS3 is still more powerful than the 360.....will we all see that come true in the future as games start to use more of the true power of the PS3.

-1%ginraisama

[QUOTE="Rune_295"][QUOTE="LittleYoshi"]

yea maybe...I'm not sure, but the 360 has a 34.0% or somthing around there...... The one good thing about the 360 system that is better then the ps3 is that it has a 512mb ram and the Ps3 has a 251mb ram drive.

LittleYoshi

Just so you know, they both have 512 MB of RAM, just the PS3 has it split down the middle.

I checked the PS3 only has a 251mb ram & the 360 has a 512 mb ram, but the PS3 has discs (blu-ray) that hold up to 50 GB and the 360 like about under 30 GB & the Wii has 9.89 Gb or something like that range.

The PS3 is still more powerful than the 360.....will we all see that come true in the future as games start to use more of the true power of the PS3.

PS3 has 256MB of RAM for the CPU and 256MB for the CPU - the 360 has 512MB RAM used for both the GPU or CPU

Myself and college roommate both bought the 40gb versions. His stopped reading discs after a couple of months, and mine started freezing and stopped reading discs after 6 months. So the failure rate has to be higher than 1%. Especially with the 40gb versions out.