PS3 defect rate question (buying one in 3 days)

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#1 Vicious-sama
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Hey guys, any of you doods experience problems with the PS3 as of late? I'm gonna buy one in a few days and I would really appreciate it if you people would tell about your PS3 problems and what happened. Also, it would be great if you could list down what region your PS3 came from wether it was; US, Asian or japanese.

 

I know the defects haven't been aswide spread as the 360 ones, but still, I live in the Philippines and stores only have 1 week warranties. So I hope you understand my paranoia. The PS3 is a pretty huge investment for me. 

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#2 Crazy87
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i dont know the rate but there build very good ive barely heard of any thing breaking or anything mine works fine righ tout of the box but if it makes you feel better it comes with a 1 year sony warrenty so you can send it back free for a new one or get a 2 year 50$ warrenty at the store your gonna buy it at and just take it back if any thing is wrong

 

but nothing is wrong with the ps3 never heard of any Major probs only thing i heard is that it freezes once and never again but that never happend to me 

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#4 Vicious-sama
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i dont know the rate but there build very good ive barely heard of any thing breaking or anything mine works fine righ tout of the box but if it makes you feel better it comes with a 1 year sony warrenty so you can send it back free for a new one or get a 2 year 50$ warrenty at the store your gonna buy it at and just take it back if any thing is wrong

but nothing is wrong with the ps3 never heard of any Major probs only thing i heard is that it freezes once and never again but that never happend to me

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See, we don't have warranties like in the states. We have a week and if it breaks -- we're screwed.
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#5 Crazy87
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[QUOTE="Crazy87"]

i dont know the rate but there build very good ive barely heard of any thing breaking or anything mine works fine righ tout of the box but if it makes you feel better it comes with a 1 year sony warrenty so you can send it back free for a new one or get a 2 year 50$ warrenty at the store your gonna buy it at and just take it back if any thing is wrong

 

but nothing is wrong with the ps3 never heard of any Major probs only thing i heard is that it freezes once and never again but that never happend to me

Vicious-sama

See, we don't have warranties like in the states. We have a week and if it breaks -- we're screwed.

 

hmm im sure that the ps3 will not break overheat etc might have small probs where you can just reset the ps3 but i doubt that to its very well made just look it over when you get it out of the box make sure its all good and test it out 

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#6 SicBMX84
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I got 2 word, GET IT.
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#7 bigdawg1124
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ive had my PS3 for 3 months and it froze once like 2 weeks after i got is but since then everything is like somone said it runs silky smooth except for the PS store but thats the internets fault not the hardware
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#8 Swavo69420
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I haven't had one problem with my PS3 since i've had it since the US launch besides not having enough time to play it...
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#9 Vicious-sama
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Hmmm, and just to make thigns clear: I'm getting a PS3, its only a matter of time if I decide to wait for some better hardware feedback. The reason I'm getting a PS3 are FFXIII and MGS4. I just hope that if I do decide to buy one this saturday, that it will last 'till next year.
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#10 Crazy87
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Hmmm, and just to make thigns clear: I'm getting a PS3, its only a matter of time if I decide to wait for some better hardware feedback. The reason I'm getting a PS3 are FFXIII and MGS4. I just hope that if I do decide to buy one this saturday, that it will last 'till next year.Vicious-sama

 

o trust me it will last with Resistence and motorstorm and oblivion if you dont have it on 360 that will keep ya playing for a while! 

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2 words, I have had no problems with hardware or software. And 3 words, I highly reccoment this purchase.
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#12 Crazy87
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2 words, I have had no problems with hardware or software. And 3 words, I highly reccoment this purchase.LiquidMetal14

 

lol??? you didnt count right lol thats 9words and then 5 words XD 

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[QUOTE="Crazy87"]

i dont know the rate but there build very good ive barely heard of any thing breaking or anything mine works fine righ tout of the box but if it makes you feel better it comes with a 1 year sony warrenty so you can send it back free for a new one or get a 2 year 50$ warrenty at the store your gonna buy it at and just take it back if any thing is wrong

 

but nothing is wrong with the ps3 never heard of any Major probs only thing i heard is that it freezes once and never again but that never happend to me

Vicious-sama

See, we don't have warranties like in the states. We have a week and if it breaks -- we're screwed.

 

It doesn't matter what country you are in, Sony protects their products for up to a year. The only problem is that if it does break, you have to send it to Sony, instead of taking it back to the store. In the US, we do not have any kind of in-store warranty at all, unless we pay around 20% of the value of the product on top of the retail price. Having a week is just as good as the US. 

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#14 LiquidMetal14
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[QUOTE="LiquidMetal14"]2 words, I have had no problems with hardware or software. And 3 words, I highly reccoment this purchase.Crazy87

 

lol??? you didnt count right lol thats 9words and then 5 words XD

In a word, I failed math in High School.
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#15 bbgunbilly
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The first PS3 I bought was missing a cable but the one that I got when I exchanged the first one works great. My girlfriend works at Target and she said that the one I returned was the only defective one since they came out.
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#16 Crazy87
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The first PS3 I bought was missing a cable but the one that I got when I exchanged the first one works great. My girlfriend works at Target and she said that the one I returned was the only defective one since they came out.bbgunbilly

 

what cable was it missing just so you know the ps3 doesnt come with componet or hdmi cable lol :D 

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#17 soldier1993
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I thnk the PS3 is Okay
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#18 Wii26
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To be honest, I've never even heard of PS3s breaking and if any it's been a rare occassion.
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Some one did a poll on this awhile back and the results were something like 170 had no problems and 1 had problems, but the 1 with problems never posted to say what they were so....
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#20 Hotwad
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yeah the ps3 is a nice running machine. it was well produced. this is one place where sony did leaps and bounds better than the fisher price esque 360                 fisher price toy + jet engine cdrom = xbox360
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#21 Logpaq
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i dont know the rate but there build very good ive barely heard of any thing breaking or anything mine works fine righ tout of the box but if it makes you feel better it comes with a 1 year sony warrenty so you can send it back free for a new one or get a 2 year 50$ warrenty at the store your gonna buy it at and just take it back if any thing is wrong

but nothing is wrong with the ps3 never heard of any Major probs only thing i heard is that it freezes once and never again but that never happend to me

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plz dont buy

Hey guys, any of you doods experience problems with the PS3 as of late? I'm gonna buy one in a few days and I would really appreciate it if you people would tell about your PS3 problems and what happened. Also, it would be great if you could list down what region your PS3 came from wether it was; US, Asian or japanese.

I know the defects haven't been aswide spread as the 360 ones, but still, I live in the Philippines and stores only have 1 week warranties. So I hope you understand my paranoia. The PS3 is a pretty huge investment for me.

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PLZ DONT BUY IT FROM CIRCUIT CITY, THEY HAVE TERRIBLE SUPPORT FOR THEIR WARRANTIES, IT TAKES TWO MONTHS TO REPLACE A GAME CONSOLE, BUY FROM BEST BUY OR SOME OTHER STORE
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Hey guys, any of you doods experience problems with the PS3 as of late? I'm gonna buy one in a few days and I would really appreciate it if you people would tell about your PS3 problems and what happened. Also, it would be great if you could list down what region your PS3 came from wether it was; US, Asian or japanese.

 

I know the defects haven't been aswide spread as the 360 ones, but still, I live in the Philippines and stores only have 1 week warranties. So I hope you understand my paranoia. The PS3 is a pretty huge investment for me. 

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I bought mine about a month ago and it works like a charm.
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#23 joevfx
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its pretty low, i havent heard of any major issues at all. however my controller did crap out after 3 months but sony is in the middle of sending me a new one.