How to Make Sony Notice That 50% Of Fans Are Extremely Disatisfied w PS3 life..

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The infamous YLOD is causing me as much trouble as it possibly can right now and im sure it has done so for a lot of you guys also. I dont have any money to either do that repair temp or get a slim, let alone buying one and repairing the dead one which is what i need ideally. Bottom line is that im overly angry and aggrevated do to such let down towards fans that have been on theyr side since the existance of the PS. Does sony really read these forums or is there something out there that will actually make them take notice of what they have done to a lot of us?

Wasting breath here. Write the COMPANY, not us. This is a gaming fan-forum.

You really have no idea how little PS3's have YLOD'd.... if everyone who has a phat came here and posted threads "My phat still works!!!" then your measly little frustration rant would be completely drowned...

3 years is the breakeven with me for not really being upset about it. My first PS2 lasted 3 years of heavy use before the disc drive started to fail, and then the power supply crapped out as well. I took that opportunity to get a PS2 slim. I use my PS3 so many hours I wouldn't be that upset if it "only" lasted 3 years, I wouldn't be "pleased" but I would call 3 years the breakeven for being able to live with it. Less than that and I would be increasingly pissed off. I look at it like a laptop computer.I considered my old Dell "business class" Latitude a workhorse and it made it 6 years. But really it should have been replaced after about 3 or 4.2Chalupas

you make a good point but at the same time we have no way to actually transfer saves after our systems break

if sony isnt us allowing us to save to a usb etc... then we need to be able to have cloud based saves at the very least

You really have no idea how little PS3's have YLOD'd.... if everyone who has a phat came here and posted threads "My phat still works!!!" then your measly little frustration rant would be completely drowned...

JohnF111

my phat still works!!

You really have no idea how little PS3's have YLOD'd.... if everyone who has a phat came here and posted threads "My phat still works!!!" then your measly little frustration rant would be completely drowned...

JohnF111

My phat still works. Lol. Going on 4 years now with what I would say heavy use. Games, blu-rays, and pictures. I don't want the YLOD and so far my system doesn't show any signs, but if it does, I can't complain. I'm also prepared. I've saved up for a new one, as well as have a 250g external hard drive to back up on. I think if people prepared themselves, it would notbe such a disappointment when it does happen.

ok so some of you are saying "its ok" that it broke but thats bcuz ur unit its still intact and guess what just bcuz yours its fine doesnt mean anything. Learn how to read posts bfore replying im not saying they have to fix the broken unit, not at all,all i said is they should apologize and show remorse.And a 3 yrs life span its not acceptable for the price tag the system first had, if you think thats ok also then your just another fanboy who has crap for brains. Stop posting here if you have nothing relevant to say. Besides the number of PS and PS2 systems that have been victims of malfunction are far less than the PS3s record, i'm pretty sure most of them are still working properly. I would still buy a ps4 system and still buy every subsequent PS system that comes out in the future but that doesnt mean i will suck it up and not tell sony the **** **** have done to a lot of us

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You really have no idea how little PS3's have YLOD'd.... if everyone who has a phat came here and posted threads "My phat still works!!!" then your measly little frustration rant would be completely drowned...

90xGrad

my phat still works!!

phat still working too

Ok I apologize for my previous post. im just really **** angry and pretty much **** up bcuz i cant play and wont be able to for a while. However i still feel like sony **** me over. Sorry again to all.

Ok I apologize for my previous post. im just really **** angry and pretty much **** up bcuz i cant play and wont be able to for a while. However i still feel like sony **** me over. Sorry again to all.

RustedTruck650

my 60gig lasted almost 4 years before it died on me. i wasnt mad at all. not to start a system war but i went thru 4 360's in 9 months. that alone should tell u something.

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Ok I apologize for my previous post. im just really **** angry and pretty much **** up bcuz i cant play and wont be able to for a while. However i still feel like sony **** me over. Sorry again to all.

Bow-T_88

Well first I reckon you should post facts. 50%? I reckon it's closer to 3.Adziboy

i wish theyd just lock this thread so fanboys can stop being so friggin soft.

i wish theyd just lock this thread so fanboys can stop being so friggin soft.

RustedTruck650

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You really have no idea how little PS3's have YLOD'd.... if everyone who has a phat came here and posted threads "My phat still works!!!" then your measly little frustration rant would be completely drowned...

90xGrad

my phat still works!!

My Phat still works after 2 years.

you must have really bad luck,lot of my friends 60gb still works

your in the minority if you get a YLOD honestly.

The thing is electronics fail! You cant expect everything to last forever. My ps3 was bought refurbished and has lasted me about 2 1/2 years and I game 2-3 hours a day at least and roughly 4 hours on days off. I have also used it for netflix and have left it on for hours while backing up the HDD. The speakers in my car have gone to crud but I dont complain to Toyota just because I spent 20k on it.

Wasting breath here. Write the COMPANY, not us. This is a gaming fan-forum.

MonkeySpot

Any gaming machine or piece of hardware will eventually die/fail. Deal with it.

I bought my ps3 as a direct result of the rrod on 360. Compared to that, the PS3 is an ultra-reliable system.

YLoD is not nearly as big of a problem as you make it out as.

Ok I apologize for my previous post. im just really **** angry and pretty much **** up bcuz i cant play and wont be able to for a while. However i still feel like sony **** me over. Sorry again to all.

The thing is electronics fail! You cant expect everything to last forever. My ps3 was bought refurbished and has lasted me about 2 1/2 years and I game 2-3 hours a day at least and roughly 4 hours on days off. I have also used it for netflix and have left it on for hours while backing up the HDD. The speakers in my car have gone to crud but I dont complain to Toyota just because I spent 20k on it.

darksidecelica

I hear you TC. Iv had lots of problems with sony products as a whole as far as reliabilty goes. when i was selling/installing car audio i got to the point that i flat refused to sell/install sony CD players in peoples cars. i had so many people come back upset at ME that the CD players stoped working or would skip when going over bumps in the road.There amp's were not to great from my xp eather. there speakers were ok but still not what i would recommend to people. as far as game consoles my exp has been about the same. 2 ps1's dies on me,my ps2 dies 2 years in and my ps3 phat dies after about a year and a half "have a slim now" and before any one goes off halfcocked with the usual BS, yes i do take care of my systems. i keep them clean and in well vented areas.all failures were do to disk drives going belly up. to be fair most of my disk based consoles have been less than dependable. Game cube died fairly early and my wii which has seen light use is giveing me issues and yep its disk drive issues.Yet my PC which I built 6 years ago is still going strong even though it see's 10 hours daily use nearly every day and iv even left it running for days at the time downloading. Thats because i used all high end parts. most console makers use parts that come from the lowest bid were they ca to save money. this means that they are not nesasarly useing the best parts but the cheapest. As far as ME being happy that a consol that i paid 300 to 600$ on lasting 3 years? no. but i do like the games that sony has and the system's failure rate is lower from what iv read than some other products so there you go.

I hear you TC. Iv had lots of problems with sony products as a whole as far as reliabilty goes. when i was selling/installing car audio i got to the point that i flat refused to sell/install sony CD players in peoples cars. i had so many people come back upset at ME that the CD players stoped working or would skip when going over bumps in the road.There amp's were not to great from my xp eather. there speakers were ok but still not what i would recommend to people. as far as game consoles my exp has been about the same. 2 ps1's dies on me,my ps2 dies 2 years in and my ps3 phat dies after about a year and a half "have a slim now" and before any one goes off halfcocked with the usual BS, yes i do take care of my systems. i keep them clean and in well vented areas.all failures were do to disk drives going belly up. to be fair most of my disk based consoles have been less than dependable. Game cube died fairly early and my wii which has seen light use is giveing me issues and yep its disk drive issues.Yet my PC which I built 6 years ago is still going strong even though it see's 10 hours daily use nearly every day and iv even left it running for days at the time downloading. Thats because i used all high end parts. most console makers use parts that come from the lowest bid were they ca to save money. this means that they are not nesasarly useing the best parts but the cheapest. As far as ME being happy that a consol that i paid 300 to 600$ on lasting 3 years? no. but i do like the games that sony has and the system's failure rate is lower from what iv read than some other products so there you go.

Wild_Card

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The infamous YLOD is causing me as much trouble as it possibly can right now and im sure it has done so for a lot of you guys also. I dont have any money to either do that repair temp or get a slim, let alone buying one and repairing the dead one which is what i need ideally. Bottom line is that im overly angry and aggrevated do to such let down towards fans that have been on theyr side since the existance of the PS. Does sony really read these forums or is there something out there that will actually make them take notice of what they have done to a lot of us?

RustedTruck650

dont mind them truck they just dont wanna believe there systems had a problem also. the fat ps3 break just as bad as the old 360s did just look over at the ps3 forum boards on the ps3 site there. then go look at the microsoft xbox360 forum same thing. Your choices are getting a slim ps3 as they fixed there problem. (I'm not talking about gamespots forums).

Oh, also, what do you expect them to do? In the end, every electronic device has a chance to break, and some have 'lives' and the PS3's it turns out is just over 3 years for most people with a 60gb. If you come up with a cheap solution so SONY can help everyone, then I reckon SONY will give you a job. They can't fix every single PS3 because its only a temporary fix. They can't replace them because they'd lose millions of pounds most probably.Adziboy

The YLOD issue is not something that effect all users. Maybe some people are unlucky but its not bad compared to the failure rate of the other system. Call Sony next time you have a issue that have great customer service.

I have a fat ps3 still working and a slim ps3. When my slim died I called Sony and they fixed it for FREE. It wasn't even under warrenty.

my 60GB backwards compatible is still running, but now im getting scared.