ps3 fail rate way higher than the 360 ?

our PS3 is the PS3 Phat and it's fine as dandy.

I think it's the PS3 Slim that has problems.

[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

LMAO, I'm not going to argue which one has the higher failure rate but you really should understand the difference between fact and things you may or may not find on the internet. YouTube :lol: Ya, I heard the elite was RROD free when released with the Jasper joke, I made the mistake of buying one and that lasted a whole 5 months. What's it called now Falcon, maybe gullible chipset.

I have a 40 gig and it just broke down on me :(.

Overall? No. Not even close. On the plus side, the 360 warranty is very good. It's technically 3 years, but apparently they'll still fix rrod and the e# issue past that for free.

60gbs are the worst. Mine has got the YLOD 2 times. Just fixed it again and now I have to see how long it will last this time.

I guess your friends are just unlucky then.

[QUOTE="Androvinus"]

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.

Jrfanfreak88

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.

They are lying to you like they lied to me. Your warranty expired on December 8, 2007, around the same time as mine. You can open it up and do as you want, but if you send it in and they deem it unrepairable because of something you did, then they will not fix it. Overall it is complete bs from Sony and they are pathetic for not fixing launch models for free from what is clearly a design flaw. The cooling inside the phat PS3s is a joke, the fan is trash, the heat pipes and heat sink are trash. We have fixed my broken 60gb 2 times with the reflow method, it is not difficult if you are good at disassembling and reassembling electronics. I also own a Slim now.

how about becuase the recent influx in people buying it here kets do some math

lets say there is 100,000,000 ps3s sold

nevermind no1 listens to me

if anyone wants to hear the rest of this tell me

[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

ppl need to clean there systems more regularly. That and general hardware failures are the causes of ylod13C

Someone I know has all of their vents on the PS3 clogged with dust and it is on a carpet, but my system got the YLOD which I dusted and kept in a cool spot at all times. Nothing you do can prevent it. Just have to be lucky.

[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.delta3074

yeah maybe you're right thats why im surprised many PS3 owners want to jump from the slim type. And the phat one is more better looking too. :?

This thread looks like Heresay Wars...

[QUOTE="Jrfanfreak88"]

[QUOTE="Androvinus"]

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.

Kahuna_1

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.

They are lying to you like they lied to me. Your warranty expired on December 8, 2007, around the same time as mine. You can open it up and do as you want, but if you send it in and they deem it unrepairable because of something you did, then they will not fix it. Overall it is complete bs from Sony and they are pathetic for not fixing launch models for free from what is clearly a design flaw. The cooling inside the phat PS3s is a joke, the fan is trash, the heat pipes and heat sink are trash. We have fixed my broken 60gb 2 times with the reflow method, it is not difficult if you are good at disassembling and reassembling electronics. I also own a Slim now.

[QUOTE="delta3074"][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.___gamemaster__

yeah maybe you're right thats why im surprised many PS3 owners want to jump from the slim type. And the phat one is more better looking too. :?

My personal experience. Every person I meet that has a 360, I ask them how many RROD's they've had. 1, yes only ONE person has said zero(met him today, I actually congratulated him). Among the hundreds of people I've talked too(yeah, my work has a high turnover rate). Of my actual friends with 360's, being 4, each has had at LEAST 2 RROD's. one of them was on NEW systems each time and he now owns 2 so that he has one working while the other is gone.

Now of the people I know that have PS3's, being 6, NOT ONE has broken down or shown ANY hint of ware. And my own PS3 spends more hours of the day turned on then it does off. Not always gaming but it's still on, doing something be it playing music, movies, whatever.

[QUOTE="guitarsrock4eva"]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.iamshivy

My 60 runs like a queen, It's never going to fail me, as haven'tmy launch 360 done yet either

I hope this is a joke thread. I really do :| Someone tell me this is a joke thread

thats wierd and all but Ive had my ps3 for 3 years and its like brand new tthe only ps3s I know that have problems are the 20 GB ones if you get a 60GB one buy a new computer hardrive for it (up to 750GB) not even saying you have to buy the hardrive but with the 60 GB you'll be fineAwesome-X23666

Why did you bump a thread from January?

Quick math, let's assume only 1 million people own a PS3, 1,000,000 x 0.08 = 80,000. I am sure your friends + you could be within those 80,000salxis

I havent heard much about the slim but the fats failure rate is defintiely high.

[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

lol nice try, 360 fail rate is at 54% according to game informer. and everyone on here is on their 2nd 3rd 4th and 5th 360. ps3 is around 8%

Everyone I know says the same thing, that PS3's are crap. Everyone. You know, 3 of my friends at school and like the entire internet. All of it. Yeah. And they not only breakdown, but they explode. And cause cancer. PS3s also have offensive political and religious affiliations. Thats why the 360 is like totally awesome.beekayjay