Do the console gods hate me?

[bloodshed113094]

take my advice, DON'T GET A WII, it's a total waste of money and you will regret it, especially when your selling it for food. Oh, wait, that was me.

 

[Slavik_91]

and i have no social life

perfect! gen an MMO

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

i think they do. Let me Explain: about ten years ago, my mother bought my brother an ps2. he was happy with it, and so was I. we had for 2-3 years, and i accidentally broke it. it wasn't a big deal, because it was bought again the same day. after a few years, i bought an Xbox with my brother, and it worked fine. until it RROD ed on me. I was angry, but i thought that it would be time to buy a ps3, since i knew god of war 3 was coming out, and i wanted it. i bought the Ps3 for 400 Euros. and it worked fine. UNTIL IT CRASHED ON ME YESTERDAY!. its system data was corrupted and it needed to re-install it or something. and it entered a loop of doing the same thing again. i can't return it, because i lost te receipt.
what should i do? go to the store and buy a second Xbox Or a Second Ps3? or does an Escapist know how to fix my Ps3?
it said : the hard disk's file system is corrupted and will be restored
what do I do?

Did it start sdoing the restore thing but didn't pass 1%? That happened to me (NBA 2K10 file was corrupt) and I just said fuck it and reset the PS3. It told me it still had to restore the system but this time it worked. Did you post here before selecting "restore system files" or did it just not work?

 

[DigitalSushi]

take my advice, DON'T GET A WII, it's a total waste of money and you will regret it, especially when your selling it for food. Oh, wait, that was me.

I've found that most reputable grocery stores don't accept Wii's as form of payment actually.

OP, use internet tutorial's to help you out if your out of warranty, Sony normally charge 120 euros to fix them and it'll come back with no data on the HDD.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

And sorry, I've never used a PS3 so I wouldn't know. But it says "and will be restored", which almost sounds like it's going to do it itself.

Also, because I've contributed to the thread, I'm going to bring something up totally unrelated:

The Mafia 2 demo is amazing, and I recommend everyone try it out right now.

i already spend my days behind my pc, and the guy with 13 XBOX360's should consider buying a ps3
and it won't be restored, because the thing is stuck in a loophole, i spend 2 hours trying to fix it by pressing "x" a lot of times, but it didn't work
and i might check out mafia2's demo

What do you mean by a 'loophole'?

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

Personal experience, I'm still running an xbox360 elite (bought it the day they were released) and it has yet to RROD.
If you're having issues with PS3, call Sony support, wade thru the junk and talk to a tech. It may be something easily fixed.
If not, then most console companies have a warranty that they *have* to support (as long as it falls within the time-span).
Don't go PC if you're afraid of future failures/crashes. PC's not always the most stable of platforms, due to hardware variations and user error.
All in all, don't believe in curses lest they become your reality.

 

[bloodshed113094]

take my advice, DON'T GET A WII, it's a total waste of money and you will regret it, especially when your selling it for food. Oh, wait, that was me.

I've found that most reputable grocery stores don't accept Wii's as form of payment actually.

OP, use internet tutorial's to help you out if your out of warranty, Sony normally charge 120 euros to fix them and it'll come back with no data on the HDD.

You're not funny -.-

 

[Flankhard]

What happens when you turn on your PS3?
Do you get acess to the XMB or does it give you an error message right away?
What specifically does it tell you and what options (if any) do you have? And what happens after you procede?
How big is the universe and where do babies come from?

You don't have to answer the last one ofc. Anyway, it dosen't sound like a serious problem (unless you had a 100+ hours invested on Demon's Souls and just needed a Pure Bladestone and a couple more colorless daemon souls for that perfect "Igot it all"-savegame).
Worst case: your HD is busted - but it's always nice to get a bigger one anyways.

 

[Wolfram23]

and i have no social life

perfect! gen an MMO

lol!

Certainly won't help the social life, but it will pass the time.

 

[monkey_man]

And sorry, I've never used a PS3 so I wouldn't know. But it says "and will be restored", which almost sounds like it's going to do it itself.

Also, because I've contributed to the thread, I'm going to bring something up totally unrelated:

The Mafia 2 demo is amazing, and I recommend everyone try it out right now.

i already spend my days behind my pc, and the guy with 13 XBOX360's should consider buying a ps3
and it won't be restored, because the thing is stuck in a loophole, i spend 2 hours trying to fix it by pressing "x" a lot of times, but it didn't work
and i might check out mafia2's demo

What do you mean by a 'loophole'?

it shuts down near the end. i can turn it on, but it will shut down again, i can etc.
*sighs*

 

[monkey_man]

OK, truthfully, you need to state 'I don't throw controllers or anything' so we know you didn't brake it yourself. But, RROD aren't permanent, they are just telling you to get me checked out, check the cords or restart me. You can mail it into Microsoft and they will fix it for free if it's old enough and the PS3, look it up on Google first to see what to do, and if you can't fix it, a new hard drive or memory card, it's hard to keep track what any console does for memory anymore, can be replaced and it could work fine, but keep the recite in case, because I'm not 100% about that, due to giving Sony the farewell after the PS one and only recently getting a PS2. Hope it works out, and theirs no such thing as Console Gods.

i broke the xbox open. it wasn't smart and the warranty was lost, but it was fun as hell
and i didn't mistreat my ps3, i've been carefull as hell with it

 

[monkey_man]

and i am going to replace the HDD. i'll the the ones still interested how it worked out.

 

[lacktheknack]

Well... no, the console gods don't hate you. Complex consoles combust more easily, that's all.

Get a SEGA Genesis. That one can last for decades.

 

[TimeLord]

you could simply change the HDD, it is easy and there are tons of tutorials on how to do it in ...well, the internet

i am afraid i'll break it, but thanks

It's already broken if you don't

 

[monkey_man]

i am going to replace the HDD. i'll tell the ones still interested how it worked out.

alright?

 

[SilverStrike]

Actually, that's the PC gods telling you they want you to game on the PC. You see, our vast superiority means our gods can control the consoles too.

But yeah, in all seriousness I read about a guy (and this was in 2007, so only 2 years after the 360 launched) who'd gone through 13 360s, and they'd all broken down on him. THIRTEEN! Yours is just an unlucky coincidence.

And sorry, I've never used a PS3 so I wouldn't know. But it says "and will be restored", which almost sounds like it's going to do it itself.

Also, because I've contributed to the thread, I'm going to bring something up totally unrelated:

The Mafia 2 demo is amazing, and I recommend everyone try it out right now.

Who in their right mind buys 13 consoles? Didn't he think "Damnit that's the third one! Fuck it I'll buy a PC" Or something? I mean. Seriously. The sum of 13 360's is more than enough to buy a -really- nice computer.
Or a second hand car.

 

[TPiddy]

Who in their right mind buys 13 consoles? Didn't he think "Damnit that's the third one! Fuck it I'll buy a PC" Or something? I mean. Seriously. The sum of 13 360's is more than enough to buy a -really- nice computer.
Or a second hand car.

Or the person who claims to have purchased 13 consoles is trolling. Simple enough.

 

[Woodsey]

Actually, that's the PC gods telling you they want you to game on the PC. You see, our vast superiority means our gods can control the consoles too.

But yeah, in all seriousness I read about a guy (and this was in 2007, so only 2 years after the 360 launched) who'd gone through 13 360s, and they'd all broken down on him. THIRTEEN! Yours is just an unlucky coincidence.

And sorry, I've never used a PS3 so I wouldn't know. But it says "and will be restored", which almost sounds like it's going to do it itself.

Also, because I've contributed to the thread, I'm going to bring something up totally unrelated:

The Mafia 2 demo is amazing, and I recommend everyone try it out right now.

Who in their right mind buys 13 consoles? Didn't he think "Damnit that's the third one! Fuck it I'll buy a PC" Or something? I mean. Seriously. The sum of 13 360's is more than enough to buy a -really- nice computer.
Or a second hand car.

Actually I think it was how many times they'd broken on him, not how many actual consoles he'd gone through. I know he'd gone through several though. But yeah, they wouldn't send him that many free replacements, so he'd have been buying loads.

 

[bloodshed113094]

OK, truthfully, you need to state 'I don't throw controllers or anything' so we know you didn't brake it yourself. But, RROD aren't permanent, they are just telling you to get me checked out, check the cords or restart me. You can mail it into Microsoft and they will fix it for free if it's old enough and the PS3, look it up on Google first to see what to do, and if you can't fix it, a new hard drive or memory card, it's hard to keep track what any console does for memory anymore, can be replaced and it could work fine, but keep the recite in case, because I'm not 100% about that, due to giving Sony the farewell after the PS one and only recently getting a PS2. Hope it works out, and theirs no such thing as Console Gods.

i broke the xbox open. it wasn't smart and the warranty was lost, but it was fun as hell
and i didn't mistreat my ps3, i've been carefull as hell with it

LMFAO!!! I have to know how you did that =D

 

[SilverStrike]

Who in their right mind buys 13 consoles? Didn't he think "Damnit that's the third one! Fuck it I'll buy a PC" Or something? I mean. Seriously. The sum of 13 360's is more than enough to buy a -really- nice computer.
Or a second hand car.

Or the person who claims to have purchased 13 consoles is trolling. Simple enough.

If that is the case.. well. I feel silly. The point stands though, from a hypothetical standpoint.. ~Vague attempt at redemption~