How your PS3 Slim doing? Quick Survey.

Hi all, my current system suddenly just stopped reading certain games. After only 4 months of working like a dream out of nowhere it stops reading games and blu-ray discs and refuses to install some games if they do finally read.

Now the thing is this is my 5th Slim since release that this has happened to, usually its obvious that something is wrong as games start to crash well before they stop reading, but this last PS3 fault came out of the blue, i thought she was the one :(

I am convinced there is something really wrong somewhere and i know its not me and how i look after my system, i'm meticulous with all my belongings, those of you who play Demon's Souls know this already :P So i want to see if other people are experiencing the same problems that i am with the slim or if i'm just unlucky as hell.

So just a few simple questions. Please only answer if you have/had a slim:

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

Feedback would be appreciated, if you have any extra input you'd like to offer please feel welcome.

1. US

2. One (Edit: I don't know if this counts as 2, but I just remembered after about a year of having my slim it stopped reading discs, but I sent it to Sony to get repaired, I didn't actually buy another one).

3. 1 year & 4 months

4. Runs perfect, even after recently being knocked down

1. UK

2. One

3. 1 year

4. It freezes a little more than the phats and makes ugly cracking noises during and after gameplay. Good otherwise.

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere? USA

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more? 1

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

I have had my slim since last Sepetember (160gb slim)

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

My slim is perfect, runs perfect, very rarely crashes. Love the slim, used to care about so much about BC, but now I could care less about it.

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?

US

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?

One.

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

4 months. Sold my fat 80 gig right before I got the slim.

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

Not really any major problems thus far at four months of constant playing. I think it froze maybe once? But that's it.

1. U.S.

2. Only one PS3 slim ever owned

3. 1 year 4 months

4. My slim runs perfectly, never had a problem ever. I love it! :D

1. Bought mine in Japan. FF13 Lightning Edition, 250gb.

2. Just that one slim.

3. I've had mine for about 16 months now.

4. The Slim is running perfectly. No problems at all.

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?

UK

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?

1

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

approx. 1 yr, 4 mo

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

It occasionally freezes, particularly when attempting to reload specific save states in certain games such as Crysis 2.

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?

USA

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?

Just 1. 120GB

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

Since nov. 09, so more then a year.

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

My slim runs excellent. Doesn't crash at all. I love my slim it's awesome. I traded in my 360 to get more games for my PS3...Havent regretted it at all. It runs smooth and perfect....IT's excllent 100/100 for me.

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?

Canada

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?

Two. I bought a 250gb slim during boxing day 2009 and it worked like a charm until around May of last year after it froze as i was playing Mirror's Edge and since then, it stopped loading anything and had trouble reading discs. Bought a replacement 120gb a month later.

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

again, i had two. 250gb slim lasted 5 months, my current 120gb is almost a year old.

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

runs perfectly, with a few freeze ups here and there.

1.) Mine's different, I bought it in the Philippines

2.) One

3.) 4 months

4.) Great! some game related crashes. Works like a charm a very reliable piece of machine

Only bought 1 slim, in the US, Had it for about a year, no problems what-so-ever and I crank sometimes 10-12 hr sessions and netflix viewing on it. Heavy usage.

Are you 5 slim units all purchased new from stores, or are you counting repairs/returns/pre-owned. You can pin in on being extremely unlucky but I'm still more inclined to believe it's the way you treat your console/games

1) Australia

2)1 and only. First PS3 ever.

3) Last July (26th) for my birthday.

4)Perfect. Much better than my 360.Rarely freezes, but I heard thats common amoung PS3 Slims.

1. QATAR - Europe Region

2. One

3. 2 Months

4. still brandnew

Thanks so much to everyone! It's really good to hear that most of you have had just 1 Slim and for over a year, re-installs my confidence in PS3 massively.

Are you 5 slim units all purchased new from stores, or are you counting repairs/returns/pre-owned. You can pin in on being extremely unlucky but I'm still more inclined to believe it's the way you treat your console/games

Gxgear

I'm based in the UK. The first 2 consoles were from my local Game store, they gave me a full refund after the 2nd so i decided to try a different store just in case they had a dodgy batch. The last 3 were all purchased from Gamestation, i'm yet to return this current console. From my point of view it seems like this dodgy batch theory isn't actually that far-fetched.

Please give me input if you have anything at all to add, whacky theories welcome. I really impressed with the responses, although i would like to hear from a few more UK/European owners to see how their experience compares.

1. US

2. One

3. One year and half

4. Runs perfectly fine. The PS3 Slim is a major improvement over its Fat counterpart although I miss the PS2 backwards compatibility.

1. US

2. 1 slim only

3. i've had it since US launch

4. the system likes to freeze at times and i have to reset the system at times, other than that, its fine

1. Amazon UK

2. One

3. About 18 months

4. Runs perfect, no problems.

1. I bought mine in the UK which is in Europe, TC. No need to differentiate there.

2. I have had one PlayStation 3 Slim. It was my first PlayStation 3.

3. I have had mine since September of 2009.

4. The PlayStation 3 runs fine, it's just PSN that is ******* pissing me off.

1. US
2. 2nd one - first Slim that replaced my Phat kept freezing up. Took it back after a few days.
3. Almost a year.
4. Once in a blue moon it freezes, up. Other than that it runs good, but I really don't play it very much anymore so hard to tell.

I think there's something wrong with your electrical outlet(s). You should get them checked out. Better safe than sorry. ColonelVodka

This. If you are having the same issues over and over again with different systems, I would check your outlets or wiring. There is probably a short somewhere that is causing this.

Try using the system on a different outlet, and hopefully if its not damaged too much the problem will stop.

1. US
2. Just one.
3. About a year and a half
4. Have never had a problem with it. EDIT: I remember it freezing on me once, but thats it.

[QUOTE="ColonelVodka"]I think there's something wrong with your electrical outlet(s). You should get them checked out. Better safe than sorry. svaubel

This. If you are having the same issues over and over again with different systems, I would check your outlets or wiring. There is probably a short somewhere that is causing this.

Try using the system on a different outlet, and hopefully if its not damaged too much the problem will stop.

1. Where did you buy your Slim? UK, US, Europe or elsewhere?US - PA

2. How many Slims have you had? Just the one or more?Just one.

3. How long have you had your Slim? If you've had more than one please also add how long each lasted.

Since Uncharted 2. so i think thatd be about 1 1/2 years

4. How is your Slim doing? Run perfect? Crash all the time? General thoughts on the Slim PS3?

Still running like a champ. haven't had any problems. and i use it constantly as not only a gaming platform, but as a media device for DVD's, blu-ray, streaming from my PC, and Netflix