Today my PS3 has decided to stop working and demanded i do my part to help stimulate the economy by giving an additional $150 to Sony. I don't think this was part of Obama's planned redistribution of wealth. I give Sony credit, so far the process to get it fixed has been fast and friendly, i just hope it stays that way.

The main point of this is a simple warning. I took great care, I mean GREAT care of my PS3. Surge suppressor at the breaker box, APU w/surge protector at the plug in. Nothing with in afoot of the unit, and nothing above the unit to obstruct air flow. I never did the folding at home, or let it run for long periods with nothing to do. Its never been dropped, kicked, slapped, or taken out of the house. Its been air can cleaned regularly. Yes, I have used it a lot over the last 27 months, 15-18 hrs a week,but that is what you do with a PS3. And still I fell victim the the Light. Now my 60 Gig gets to go back to Sony and it may not return. Was told it would be replaced with another 60 Gig if repairs could not be made. But even if repairs are successful they will have to format my drive, erasing all my info. For me a hard lesson learned is, BACKUP, BACKUP, BACKUP, to safe guard my files. I know there are other ways to retrieve the data, but do you know how hard it is to convince a friend to let you swap out hard drives.

I have a launch 60gig and it freezes at least once a month. It only seems to do it after a very long session of game play.

Check with the PS store and see if you can re-download, and reinstall. If that does not help call Sony.

I had issues with loading and connections when I first started playing. If you have a NAT type 3 connectionsome times using your mic can cause issues. I found this helped alot to improve my connection not only when using my mic but all around in terms of lowering lag. If you have already placed your PS3 into your routers DMZ there is no need to read on.

Go to the XMB settings-network settings-internet connection settings. When here do custom-wired or wireless, that will be left to you-manual settings-auto detect-manual-than change the IP Address to 192.168.1.108, this is what i use. Make sure that subnet and DNS are correct, they will require a no change. the remaining settings should be automatic-do not use-and disable UPnP. save these settings. Now use home computer and access router, select Gaming and Application, and then sub menu DMZ. Here it will ask for an IP address 192.168.1.[ ]. In that box enter 108 for the change made to the PS3. Save change and exit. What this does is allows the PS3 direct access to the internet by by-passing the routers firewalls. If done correctly when you do an internet connection test under settings on the PS3 you should have NAT type 2. Hope it helps, made a difference to me.

You didn't lose them they are now just intergrated into the original lists and come up in rotation.

Definitely hold out for the MGS4 bundle if you can it will be well worth it, PS3, daulshock, and game for $499. If you can't wait, RFoM, and Uncharted are cheap as a used game if you have access.