ps3 fail rate way higher than the 360 ?

it seems like after 2 years or so all ps3s are starting to break down. so many of my friends are on their second or third ps3 and mine is on the verge of breaking too. Anyone who still thinks the fail rate is 2-8% needs to open their eyes.

Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Stevo_the_gamer

Just going from what I've heard in my school it seems to be only affecting those who bought a 60gb PS3. And the only way they could have one of those is if they are rich enough (or their parents are) to have got one around the launch time. Some of those people just chucked their old PS3 and bought new ones.guitarsrock4eva

any link for this?

it seems like after 2 years or so all ps3s are starting to break down. so many of my friends are on their second or third ps3 and mine is on the verge of breaking too. Anyone who still thinks the fail rate is 2-8% needs to open their eyes.

Androvinus

**Touchwood** My PS3 is around 3 years old, and it never has any problems.

60gb PS3s are the only ones that break down. The PS2 chip causes some problems or something.Parasomniac

**Touchwood** My PS3 is around 3 years old, and it never has any problems.

JasonDarksavior

Same, no problems at all.

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**Touchwood** My PS3 is around 3 years old, and it never has any problems.

aroxx_ab

Same, no problems at all.

you forgot to knock on the wood. :P hopefully mine does the same.

It is somewhat high, but as high as RROD? No.

Im on my second ps3, which i got fixed for free even after 1 year and 8 months, thats way after the guarantee had expired. All my save files are gone, but thanx for the fix sony :)

LOL I got over 20 friends and all of them got 60 GB and 40 GB models and none of them had any problems with their PS3s so I guess this makes PS3 failure rate 0%.

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[QUOTE="JasonDarksavior"]

**Touchwood** My PS3 is around 3 years old, and it never has any problems.

___gamemaster__

Same, no problems at all.

you forgot to knock on the wood. :P hopefully mine does the same.

Hehe nah will not knock on the wood, someway i want my Ps3 to break so i get a reason to get a Slim i really want one hehe. Ps3 is build with quality, it wont break so guess i never get my Slim :(

My personal expierence is 3 RROD's in under 2 years and my launch 60gig PS3 works like a champ.wooooode

I had two RROD's and finally bought an Elite a year and a half ago...knock on wood no more problems. I now own two PS3's and have never had a problem...FYI I did had to use the warranty for my original Wii...

like most things i blame the chance of any failure down to sheer luck and a lack of common sense.

Dont think they are higher out of all my friends i am the only person to have a PS3 YLOD on me and about 60% of my friends own PS3s.

I doubt it is higher then the 360 failure rate, but I am fairly certain that it IS somewhat high

In truth I do suspect alot of the meltdowns on both consoles are caused by users neclecting them, this gen of consoles is very different then the old timers, they require alot of air intake, and do not tolerate dust at all.

Just call these guys... they attend to the raging epidemic that is sweeping the world with a 78% failure rate, known as YELLOW LIGHT OF DEATH!!!

Could very well be, for last year that is. I've 4 friends with PS3s And 3 of them had to replace their PS3.

Out of all the people that i know that own either a PS3, 360 or Wii, more have had problems with the Wii.

Does that mean the Wii has a higher failure rate than the 360 :o

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Androvinus

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Androvinus

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Androvinus

[QUOTE="Stevo_the_gamer"]Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Androvinus

Well i don't see this happening and the fail rate surely isn't higher then the 360. I guess from your logic that because i've had a 360 fail and have yet to have a PS3 fail and that i've seen forums/videos/pics on the net that the 360 has a much higher fail rate. Poor kid.

it seems like after 2 years or so all ps3s are starting to break down. so many of my friends are on their second or third ps3 and mine is on the verge of breaking too. Anyone who still thinks the fail rate is 2-8% needs to open their eyes.

Androvinus

I've never had prob with my N64, PSone, PS2, GBA SP, GC, PS3 & WII so that means their failure rate is 0%! :o

The only prob I had on my PS3 slim was Midnight Club freezing after a race. That's pretty much it.

I've never heard from someone, in real life, of a PS3 breaking.

My main group of friends is six kids (All with 360s), and they have all gone through atleast 2 systems. One of them on his 6th (Atleast he claims).

**Touchwood** My PS3 is around 3 years old, and it never has any problems.

JasonDarksavior

LOL I got over 20 friends and all of them got 60 GB and 40 GB models and none of them had any problems with their PS3s so I guess this makes PS3 failure rate 0%.

Kashiwaba

Hmmm, personal experience isn't a great basis for drawing such a strict conclusion.

My 80 GB went to the Dr after 1 year and 3 months of loyal service. Bluray drive stopped working. The system itself was still playing digital games. Sony fixed it for free and sent me a new 80 GB. That was a year ago and I haven't had any problems since.

My xbox RROD'd twice before i sold it.

I don't think it's higher than the 360 but I did notice more post of broken launch models in the PS3 forum here and in the official PS3 forum and other websites too.

it seems like after 2 years or so all ps3s are starting to break down. so many of my friends are on their second or third ps3 and mine is on the verge of breaking too. Anyone who still thinks the fail rate is 2-8% needs to open their eyes.

Androvinus

My PS3 died last night. I just got done watching a blu ray movie and ejected it so luckily nothing is in the drive. After playing some music on the hard drive for about 30 minutes all of a sudden the PS3 just shut off. YLOD! The PS3 immediately lost connectivity to the controllers. Now when I hit the power button it goes green, then quickly to yellow, then quickly to a flashing red accompanied by three beeps. Holding down the power button does nothing. There are videos of this on youtube that show exactly what is happening to me right now:

Video Showing PS3 YLOD

I have a launch 60gb I got on December 8th of 2006. It lasted almost 3 years and 1 month to the day. I tried to swap back to my old hard drive (changed it out last week for a new 500gb Seagate Momentus that was working gloriously) but that didn't change anything, tried to start it up without the hard drive in it (a rumored possible fix) and that did nothing. It looks like the only way to fix it is to take apart the PS3 and run a heat gun over the CPU and GPU for a few minutes to fix the ruined solder connections. Of course this voids any warranty and makes any deal between Sony and myself for replacement void. All in all I am VERY disappointed that my $600 PS3 is now broken (I just got MW2 and Assassins Creed 2) but I have to admit there is no other machine I use more than it. This is an understandable risk taken when buying a launch console.

When it comes down to Sony support, I did call Sony and they gave me 2 options. Send in my broken 60gb Ps3 and pay $149 to fix it as well as $29 to ship. This means I will get my 60gb back. OR, I can send in my broken 60gb and trade it out for a 120gb PS3 slim. This will cost me $119 plus $29 to ship. I'm not comfortable paying $178 for them to disassemble my PS3 so they can fix the connections around the GPU and CPU. To me that seems a bit overpriced. On the other hand, if I do trade it out for a PS3 slim I only get a 90 day warranty according to customer support. This means after a few months I could easily be in the same situation. My last option is to pay about $300 (which I would have to save up for) and get a new PS3 slim and an extended warranty from the store I purchase it from.

Any thoughts or ideas?

Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Stevo_the_gamer

Hearsay, indeed, is not a great foundation for laying forth an argument. You need some factual proof to back up your assertion.Stevo_the_gamer