I recently found myself in quite the predicament. While playing Fallout 3, my four year old 20gig PS3 finally Yellow Lighted on me. I felt like I was standing over a good friend's corpse. I went through four years of brand new gaming with that giant black dog and spent even more time going through my back-catalog of PS2 games. So I did the only thing that made sense, I went to Sony's support page and looked at how much it would cost to repair: $150 - not including any other taxes they can pin on me. I thought that was it, $150 or nothing, but they made me another offer. For $119 they would just trash my old system and send me a new smaller ps3 with a 120gig hard drive. I have the money for either option, but I'm stuck trying to decide if the emotional attachment I have to that old beast is enough to outweigh the allure of a newer model. It feels like I'm trading in my wife. A friend also had another suggestion for me that can be summed up as "Screw the PS3!" He recommends that I trash it and sell all my old games. Then, use that and whatever spare money I have to purchase the new slim 360 that is coming out.
While I know the choice is ultimately mine, I'm wondering what my fellow escapists would do in this scenario. Also, sharing stories of system failure seems appropriate.
While I know the choice is ultimately mine, I'm wondering what my fellow escapists would do in this scenario. Also, sharing stories of system failure seems appropriate.
