New PSN Update Killing Older Consoles, Sony's Problems Mount

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[QUOTE="KevinnButlerNPK"]Yeah, they totally mislead people, blame everything and everybody for their problems besides themselves and then praise their employess pretending like they actually accomplished something...As we all know Idnetity Theft is so much better then hardware issues...

tormentos

RROD was a fail, but fixed by MS. My day one purchase Xbox went in 1 time for repairs. It was smooth and got an Xbox back within 7 days. Is Sony offering to replace these overheating PS3s? I doubt they will, I recall the hassle I got with my disc problems on my PS2. I am MUCH more worried about the Identity Theft issue that their fail network put me in. Cancelling and re-ordering credit cards, not to mention these hackers could very well sell my information....here comes MORE junk mail (physical and electronical).

You are one of the few,many have to wait more than a month for their 360 to get back,and i have 2 friends who's 360 got loss on MS repair center,when you say day 1 you mean launch 360,because then i would say that you are double lucky,since it is hard to find a launch unit that works without having to be send back like 4 times.Disc problems you will have with any drive,i have since i have my PC replace them like 10 times.Anything that have a drive like DVD,CD or Blu-Ray can experience DRE problems,the 360 and PS3 are also affected. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/xbox-live-hacked-accounts-stolen/131 Here on 2007 a breach happen on Bungie net,leading to xbox live account to be stolen,a guy account was charge $800 dollar on microsoft products,here read some parts of the link.. Another gamer wrote in with an identical complaint, warning that Microsoft's product support staff have been unhelpful. "They admit this is an issue but say there's nothing they can do about it," he added. Digital Munition's Finisterre also made a note about the lack of support from Microsoft: I just got off the phone with a Microsoft Tech for Xbox live that has confirmed this to with me and they have stated that accounts are being stolen and that "Hackers have control of Xbox live and there is nothing we can do about it. http://gamerant.com/psn-sony-offers-free-identity-theft-insurance-apology-dyce-83005/ But unlike what MS did that they just say there is nothing we can do about it,sony actually put a 1 million dollar policy on all PSN users free of charge not bad for a free service.tormentos

biggest BS post i've seen lol.you basically just listed the possible errors that can happen to the system...there isnt a breakout of errors happening to the the 360 like you trying to insinuate, its just a list of POSSIBLE errors lol. any piece of hardware has a similar list of possible problems. it doesnt mean there's an epidemic. ur just trying to make it seem like the 360 is a super faulty system, when it isnt...at least not anymore, not today.LucidJubilation

hes not the very few at all, everyone i know has had a replacemnet within 2 weeks tops in the UK, and how can you claim that 1 guy having 800 dollars taken is as big as the PSN security breach, 23 million encrypted credit card details vs one guy losing 800 dollars, and i don't believe you as far as what the tech guy said to you, they just wouldn't tell you things like that even if it was happening and hackers certainly don't have control of xbox live, if they did there would be a big fuss about it in the news the same as when PSN went downand no offence, but MS where doing online gaming before SONY even entered the console race with the Ps1, thay have far more experience and far better security than SONY do, so if SONY can do something about hackers i am pretty sure MS can as well.delta3074

I'm glad that I got rid of my phat when it started to randomly shut off, before it got YLOD.

I'm glad that I got rid of my phat when it started to randomly shut off, before it got YLOD.

berzerk0912

Odd. I've have the 80GB model and it doesn't freeze or shut off at all, and I play LA Noire at 4-6 hour sittings. Just goes to show that Sony knows how to build a console (coughMICROSOFTcough.)

Also helps if people realize thses things need room to breath. Don't put it in confined spaces.

This is going to get messy

So far Rockstar has confirmed that LA Noire plus other games kill older consoles with the newest patch from Sony

We have received some reports of PS3s overheating while playing L.A. Noire or beeping three times before shutting down/turning themselves off, mostly on older 60GB and 80GB fat models. Primary reports seem to be that updating to firmware 3.61 will cause PlayStations to overheat.

There have been various reports of this on a few different games now, all reporting their PS3s turning off or "Red Lighting" after having installed 3.61. This can range from games randomly freezing to PS3s turning off anywhere between 30 mins use to 2 hours. We have confirmed locally that multiple games (Rockstar and non-Rockstar) overheat or freeze only when 3.61 is installed.

Jaysonguy

i bet this is an exaggerated problem that affected 1 or 2 people only.

[QUOTE="LucidJubilation"]biggest BS post i've seen lol.you basically just listed the possible errors that can happen to the system...there isnt a breakout of errors happening to the the 360 like you trying to insinuate, its just a list of POSSIBLE errors lol. any piece of hardware has a similar list of possible problems. it doesnt mean there's an epidemic. ur just trying to make it seem like the 360 is a super faulty system, when it isnt...at least not anymore, not today.tormentos

i get you...but do you understand what i mean by epidemic? a lot of things are possible...but it doesnt mean theres a big problem thats running rampant with these errors. it just means its possible. anything is possible...but until theres an outbreak of problems in that area to cause concern ur just listing possibilities. just because i know my teeth can fall out that doesnt mean its a big problem...its not DEFINITELY going to happen, or even a good cance of it happening. it could happen, yes. but it might never happen...i just know it could lol. the reason why that list was even made was to just to make people aware. not to tell people there's a big problem with these errors.

you posted all those possible errors as if to say there is a widespread problem with them happening in large numbers now. when in fact they're just things that could maybe happen but in most cases not likely.

My 20GB Big Fat and Juicy PS3 is now 4 years, running smoothly as new. :)

i dont believe this report. sony fixes problems fast and snappy. if this is real they will fix it fast and snappy like every other problem they get from hackers and haters. sony gets the win for this generation in my eyes

This is not exaggerated. I know a few friends whose older PS3's have got the YLOD after the update and were randomly shutting off, but had zero problems before it.

There's alot of people on other forums complaining about it too.

Hope it doesn't happen to me smh