My 60gb died back in February. I took care of it like a child, but I think the climate got it finally (extremely hot with 100% humidity everyday, no AC). I've since moved, and the refurb hasn't had any issues.
Can't vote because it didn't really fail but the damn overheat fan would turn on after 5 minutes of use and that thing was loud. Sold my original PS3 after FFXIII was announced for xbox 360, I just didn't have a need for it anymore.
Nope. Launch 60GB and still working beautifully. Yet my girlfriend's PS3 had it's blu-ray drive fail on her and we had to send it back to Sony. She had bought it used after trading in her 360 and the one she had picked up wasn't something I'd agree on keeping. Yet the one Sony sent back looked great and hasn't given her any issues.
yup. blu-ray laser stop reading discs.... sony fixed for free cause it was still under warranty coincidentally, it happened while i played Heavenly Sword.... after it was fixed, i started playing other games with no problem, but when i put in HS again it made the ps3 freeze like it did when the laser stopped working... very strange
Seems like that fanboys are clicking yes since i dont see post saying yes.punkrocker163
Because it's impossible that the same thing could never have happened in the Game Informer poll AMIRITE? Surely THAT wasn't biased and 100% accurate RIGHT? :roll: So much for the 54% BS :lol:
We have a family owned electronic repair and salesservice and I can tell you I have had 5 PS3's that have ran out of warranty -->3 disc read error and 2 hdd problems. PS3's will mess up but its rare nothing to be concerned over.
When my friend gave me his PS3 to me before he traveled(He never uses his PS3, only plays with his 360). I was so damn exited to finnaly play MGS4. 2 months later, the blu ray lens died. And he bought it 2 years ago, so the warranty is over. Sad days...
It's funny... I only know 3 people who have had their PS3's die on them (one was 60 gig, 2 were 80 gigs). The one with the 60 gig had his blue ray player die on him, got it fixed, then a few months later his PS3 wouldnt accept disks and he had to get it fixed again. Both times he had to pay because he took it to a repair shop instead of sending it to Sony... but then again it was probably his fault since he leaves it on almost 24/7 (and still does), keeps it in a hot room, and he placed it in an area that is not very well ventilated. One of the ones with the 80 gig died because again, he kept it on a carpet floor with no ventilation and it was hot. He got it repaired for free. Those two didn't surprise me and imo it wasn't Sony's fault because they didn't take care of their PS3's properly... but my third friend is a different story. He kept his PS3 in a cool room, in a well ventilated area, and he took very good care of it. The blue-ray player died one day randomly but again, Sony fixed it for free. Those are the only three people I know who have had PS3's die on them and imo the PS3 is a very reliable console, but like all electronics you have to take care of it properly if you want it to last a long time. My 40 gig PS3 has been working just fine since I bought it last year and the only problems it has ever given me was with Fallout 3, but that wasn't the PS3's fault.
Oh wow, look at that. Apparently the PS3 has a 38% failure rate. According to cows, this figure must been completely accurate because surveys don't lie.
Lemmings will vote yes and cows will vote no. Some people will vote honestly but the poll will be skewed. Polls in SW are skewed. And to the 54% failure rate its not that high, i doubt it. Maybe 35% 40% max. Thats is still unacceptable though.
Yeah it failed on me once. Had to send it back to Sony and it worked good as new (it was even my same system. :O ) What happened to it basically was that it wouldn't turn on. It gave me some Error report and wouldn't play anything nor even get to the XMB.
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