Random Rant: Why I Think PS3 Made Less Money Than They Expected

**Fragony** · 10-21-2010, 15:28

Originally Posted by Ronin

there...fixed it for you.

there have been multiplatform games where the PS3 was better...it's always down to which system was the main and which one was "ported".

as for the "durability" of the console....2 and a half years of HEAVY use...no problems.
and i´ll never go over to the 360...those controlers are crap.

Oh got no problems either that black beast got some heavy use, you can leave it on for days, I do that at least tend to forget shutting it down. But I can't think of a title where the PS3 version is supposed to run better, and I doubt PS3 only gets ports.

**Husar** · 10-21-2010, 16:53

Uhm, do you even know what you're talking about?

Originally Posted by link below

A new survey of warranty claims by 16,000 game-console owners found that Xbox 360s failed for nearly 24 percent of their owners, compared to 10 percent of PlayStation 3s and less than 3 percent of Wii consoles.

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09...r-rate-survey/

That's also a bit old, here are some other, newer statistics:

Originally Posted by link below

Percentage consoles that were repaired or replaced
XBox 360 : 42%
PS3 : 8%
Wii : <1%

http://gorumors.com/crunchies/game-c...vs-ps3-vs-wii/

I bought my PS3 two years ago and one of the reasons was a higher reliability than the 360, I haven't had any complete failures so far.
Looks like the Wii wins but the PS3 isn't anywhere near the 360 in failure rates.
Don't know what you and your friends do to your PS3s or whether you're just unlucky, but overall the PS3 isn't nearly as bad as your OP makes it out to be.

**Ronin** · 10-21-2010, 17:43

true...microsoft even was "forced" to roll out an extention warranty program for the 360 because the kept breaking down with RROD.

**Shaka_Khan** · 10-22-2010, 03:03

Originally Posted by Husar

Uhm, do you even know what you're talking about?

http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09...r-rate-survey/

That's also a bit old, here are some other, newer statistics:

http://gorumors.com/crunchies/game-c...vs-ps3-vs-wii/

I bought my PS3 two years ago and one of the reasons was a higher reliability than the 360, I haven't had any complete failures so far.
Looks like the Wii wins but the PS3 isn't anywhere near the 360 in failure rates.
Don't know what you and your friends do to your PS3s or whether you're just unlucky, but overall the PS3 isn't nearly as bad as your OP makes it out to be.

How do you take care of your PS3? Do you have the old big version or the new slim one?
Fragony said to place it on a tile. I put mine on a table, not on the floor. I do live in a dusty city.

**Shaka_Khan** · 10-22-2010, 03:52

These were where I got my info from:

http://community.eu.playstation.com/...D/m-p/11723868
http://www.ps3trophies.org/forum/gen...what-ylod.html
http://www.slashgear.com/complete-ps...m-list-172513/
http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/422586

I am on my third ps3. The first one quit with a flash of light and would not turn on again the second one quit displaying a picture on my tv however it would still turn on. I am of coarse extremely worried that my third ps3 is going to become a useless 600 dollar paper wait. Anyone else have a similar experience with there ps3?

The Yellow Light of Death is a way for your PS3 to tell you that it's crapped out on you, and you're going to have to send it back to Sony. As far as I know, it can mean any kind of hardware failure. As far as frequency goes, it appears that the launch 60GB models are much more prone to have this happen due to a fault with the thermal paste that was used. But it can also happen on any model for any other reason as well (including 60GB models).

We really can't figure out more, because Sony pretty much just gave us this one universal error indicator (whereas Microsoft has a bunch of different ring of light combinations for different errors so you can get more details about what's wrong).

Well, in the long run it'll be cheaper to buy a brand new slim model.

Or you can just opt for a replacement from Sony for £130 which comes with a 3 month warranty but most peoples i've heard break down just after that 3 months.

**a completely inoffensive name** · 10-22-2010, 06:34

My console is better then your console. FACT.

**Fragony** · 10-22-2010, 07:34

Try a ps2 game, if it doesn't run you don't have the launch model, newer models aren't backward compatible (screw you Sony another broken promise, guess I will have wait till HD-versions will CHANGE THE WAY WE THINK ABOUT PS2 GAMES FOREVER)