Sony to PS3 Detractors: Go Sell Razor Blades

[Abolyss]

I'd like to point out to people who think the Ps3 doesn't break that there has been a huge amount of complaints (id think nearly reaching the red ring level) stating their Ps3 lasers are burning out (nearly all the time out of warranty...coincidence? ) and that includes my girlfriends Ps3 which burnt out last week (out of warranty. The only reason this isnt all over the place is cause Sony has denied it outright without even saying "yea we will take a look",

they don't care!

I wouldn't call myself a fanboy of the 360, but from a consumer point of view the 360 is a much better option for a lot of reasons!

Okay, evidence? don't just say it, links, reports.

C'mon

hold on, will have to go look for the page

you could just search something along the lines of "my Ps3 isnt reading games"
should find you something, thats how i found out about it when trying to fix her one!

 

[Jumplion]

That same best friend I was speaking of: I told him about it and told him I thought it was a rip-off. His response: "Well, you are using their games to make the content with." I told him it was like Microsoft saying that any documents you create with Word belong to them, not you. His response was "Well I'm surprised they don't say that."

I'd be surprised to. You are using their media creator after all. It's just legal mumbo jumbo, you sign that shit all the time. You create your gamer tag on a Microsoft owned console, therefore they own your account. That doesn't mean they do whatever they want with it, same applies for the whole "you create stuff in LBP, it's ours". Do you really think Sony would willy nilly pick up an LBP level and sell it to everyone saying "it's ours!"? If you do, then that saddens me. It's just legal crap, you sign that stuff all the time.

It's in Facebook ToS, it's in the Escapist ToS, it's in the Microsoft ToS, it's in the VALVe ToS, it's everywhere. 'Tis nothing new, just a mountain out of a anthill.

 

[Woe Is You]

And this is why you use LaTeX for everything. (Okay, you can use OOo for your spreadsheets if you really want to.)

 

[Abolyss]

Ok here is one of the pages I was looking at, there's another link within this which I will also post!

http://tinyurl.com/c95xxw

Other link
http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

 

[oliveira8]

Ok here is one of the pages I was looking at, there's another link within this which I will also post!

http://tinyurl.com/c95xxw

Other link
http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

My PS2 suffered from something similar. Like it stoped reading games. I reported to Sony shipped it out and they gave me a new one. And Sony is probably still doing this, or similar.

 

[Jumplion]

Ok here is one of the pages I was looking at, there's another link within this which I will also post!

http://tinyurl.com/c95xxw

Other link
http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

The first link is an unlucky guy, I won't comment on that.

But the second link is nearly a year old. Could we get a more updated version of the situation of apparant PS3 version of RRoD? I'm not denying the laser problem, but I have yet to encounter it.

 

[The-Big-D]

The PS3 isnt worth the price. I would only ever consider it in a few years when it goes down in price and the game list is alot beter.

Maybe if it was a little lower and was actually worth the money i might have considered buying one. It was a good concept on paper but when it was made it really wasnt that appealing. Sony made a huge loss last year in sales and the whole idea just went downhill from there.

Who really cares that the PS3 has a Blu-Ray player, personally i couldnt care less.
The price for the console itself is too much.

As for the lineup of games the exclusives arnt really anything to get excited over.
I could probably think of maybe 2 or 3 games i would actually want to get one the PS3.
Lack of games, they spend too much manafacturing the console, they are making a loss on the console anyway and there pumping there funds into advertising so really there just losing money from the PS3 and dont really have anything to gain. There losing more than they are actually getting back.

They bought it out at a bad time and didnt think it through. I think il stick with the trusty PS2. Good console, reliable and a good selection of games.

Also as well online play is free on the PS3. surely they are making a loss on that too. I mean the XBL subscription fee is there to keep it running and obviously gain money from it. The wii isnt so bad as they are racking in the cash. But Sony just handing out online play for free isnt really doing them any favours.

Its why i ended up buying a 360. I felt like i got something better and more of a bargain for my money.

Ring ring, calling from 2009 here, we would just like to inform you that things have changed since 2006 and we would like to invite you to the present.

It was the same then its still like it now. Its still not worth it and its still where it was before.

 

[Jumplion]

It was the same then its still like it now. Its still not worth it and its still where it was before.

Are you kidding me? Now I know you're just trying to hate the PS3 for no reason.

The PS3 started out with few launch titles, an expensive price, and not that much support in the begining.

Now the Ps3 has plenty of games, nearly all of them listed in this thread alone, it's gone down in price to $400 (though I will admit, that still is expensive for some people's taste), and is has a variety of support from many developers

I am not bagging on the 360 or Wii at all right now, but grow up and open your god damn eyes. You're mixing personal taste with overall taste. I'm sorry if you don't like MGS4 or LBP as Ps3 exclusives, but just because you don't like them does not mean that they're not worthy games in the PS3's library, along with others.

 

[Abolyss]

Ok here is one of the pages I was looking at, there's another link within this which I will also post!

http://tinyurl.com/c95xxw

Other link
http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

The first link is an unlucky guy, I won't comment on that.

But the second link is nearly a year old. Could we get a more updated version of the situation of apparant PS3 version of RRoD? I'm not denying the laser problem, but I have yet to encounter it.

I can help you change your mind about 1 unlucky guy,( http://tinyurl.com/cyx48y ) but most articles seem to be from last year, maybe people (like me) had the same problem searched it and didn't bother posting a new thread when there are already some.

 

[Abolyss]

but I do have to admit, im superbly jealous of the free online gaming, although I hear its not that great (haven't gotten the chance to go on PSN)....still, its free

some might argue that XBL is super cheap at 60/year but I'm a cheap ba****d. although that will probably change one I get out of college!

 

[Jumplion]

Ok here is one of the pages I was looking at, there's another link within this which I will also post!

http://tinyurl.com/c95xxw

Other link
http://videogame-market.blogspot.com/2008/04/truth-behind-ps3-failure-rate-plague.html

The first link is an unlucky guy, I won't comment on that.

But the second link is nearly a year old. Could we get a more updated version of the situation of apparant PS3 version of RRoD? I'm not denying the laser problem, but I have yet to encounter it.

I can help you change your mind about 1 unlucky guy,( http://tinyurl.com/cyx48y ) but most articles seem to be from last year, maybe people (like me) had the same problem searched it and didn't bother posting a new thread when there are already some.

I'd still like some more current press articles on that. I'm aware that the PS3 has this laser problem, but to my knowledge it is nowhere near as epidemical as the RRoD.

 

[Abolyss]

I have never witnessed the RROD, I own a second hand 360 from the time of the RROD so I am lucky (the original owner had a faulty hard-drive...idiot didn't try the 360 without it )

I was just putting it out there, its late so I really cant be bothered looking for an up to date press article :-\

 

[Abolyss]

but I do have to admit, im superbly jealous of the free online gaming, although I hear its not that great (haven't gotten the chance to go on PSN....still, its free

some might argue that XBL is super cheap at 60/year but I'm a cheap ba****d. although that will probably change one I get out of college!

What do you mean by 'Not Great' and I may be able to help.

Well I wouldn't know, I would like to try it for myself before putting it down. I'm just saying what I have heard, I am simply the messenger

 

[quack35]

Indigo Dingo, I respect you but I kind of dislike how you derail almost every thread you post in into a console war.

I'd prefer it if you actually looked back at who started this before saying I did it.

Simriel started it all, I was just the first one who clashed against the popular opinion that the future is irrelevant and al that amtters is the present, or even better, the past.

Ah, I see. Sorry 'bout that.