Sony Issues Warning Over Exploding Counterfeit Controllers

[Wicky_42]

It adds that only official PS3 wireless controllers are supported by Sony, and that future updates may render third party peripherals inoperable.

This whole thing seems less like a warning to consumers, and more like an excuse to legally introduce anti competitive practices. Remember the Microsoft memory card fiasco?

That's the pattern I'm seeing here, too. Is there any actual evidence that this is anything other than bullshit? As in along the lines of

I have a Sony recharge station for AA batteries that says:

WARNING! Attempting to charge non-SONY batteries may cause them to LEAK or EXPLODE

Why are third party products [sub]supposedly [/sub]exploding whenever they come in contact with a Sony product?

No pictures, not real, Sony!

 

[sephiroth1991]

Why do i find this funny, i know i shouldn't but its like the Fallout 2 Child killer perk, its a funny thought to imagine "PS3 menu music plays...BOOM!".

 

[mjc0961]

I guess Sony would know about stuff exploding. Remember their laptop batteries?

 

[Jared]

...Thats a scary though, throw a grenade and its not the only thing that goes BOOM...

 

[Electrogecko]

Stay away from counterfeit controllers!!! They might....umm.......EXPLODE......AND KILL YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.......AND ATTRACT TERRORISTS....yea......that's right.

 

[Andronicus]

Haha, the thought of PS3 controllers exploding was funny, but that picture in the article just sent me over the edge. I can just imagine 3 PS controllers at the centres of those fireballs

OT: Playstation controllers are really expensive, but I've had such terrible luck with faulty third-party controllers in the past, I doubt I'd use anything but an official controller nowadays. Plus, I can imagine a time when Sony released an update that (intentionally or not) rendered a third-party controller useless, so I guess I'll just have to fork out a small fortune next time I'm in the market for a controller.

I've already got two, and I never really play multiplayer anyway, so I think I'll be fine for the time-being.