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Infinity on 02 February 2009
twingo said:
Stocko said:
No DC lasted 1 1/2 years PS3 is on 2 years so EPIC FAILZ!!!

Most don't comprehand basic logic, so this may be lost on a lot of them.

 

Uh, 1998-2002? I think that adds up to 4 years mainstram commercial support, 3 years if you only include support in America.



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Squilliam on 02 February 2009
BMaker11 said:

I don't see how it "works both ways" when the PS3, and even the Wii damnit, have ALWAYS had <1% failure rate. PS3s breaking is a rare occurence. 360s breaking is a common occurence. You can't compare the two. And how do you know the fail rate of Jaspers? No percentages have been calculated yet...only for Falcons, and those were reported at 16%..not 3% (which is really funny because when RRoD first started being recognized, M$ said the 360 fail rate was 3%)

And stop yapping, like is still a big problem? It IS still a big problem. Why is it STILL happening everywhere? Why is it STILL making headlines? Why do 360s continually fail at EVERY gaming expo (E3, TGS, CES, etc) year in and year out...when M$ is trying to separate themselves from that image? I don't care if they fix it for free. It shouldn't be a problem that you always have to be on your toes for. It should be an issue of IF it's going to happen, not WHEN

 

I say you've been eating BS again.

HDDs have a failure rate above 1% per year, and every PS3 has a HDD. Does this simple fact compute?

 



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Infinity on 02 February 2009
Squilliam said:
BMaker11 said:

I don't see how it "works both ways" when the PS3, and even the Wii damnit, have ALWAYS had <1% failure rate. PS3s breaking is a rare occurence. 360s breaking is a common occurence. You can't compare the two. And how do you know the fail rate of Jaspers? No percentages have been calculated yet...only for Falcons, and those were reported at 16%..not 3% (which is really funny because when RRoD first started being recognized, M$ said the 360 fail rate was 3%)

And stop yapping, like is still a big problem? It IS still a big problem. Why is it STILL happening everywhere? Why is it STILL making headlines? Why do 360s continually fail at EVERY gaming expo (E3, TGS, CES, etc) year in and year out...when M$ is trying to separate themselves from that image? I don't care if they fix it for free. It shouldn't be a problem that you always have to be on your toes for. It should be an issue of IF it's going to happen, not WHEN

 

I say you've been eating BS again.

HDDs have a failure rate above 1% per year, and every PS3 has a HDD. Does this simple fact compute?

 

 

That HDD failure rate includes 10 year old hard drives in PCs. The hard drives in new PS3s can not be older than 2 years or so.



FreeTalkLive on 02 February 2009
jacks81x said:
Sony will be fine. You can't win every generation. Nintendo was king with the NES and SNES, then bombed with the N64 and GC. Now they're back on top with the Wii.

The N64 was 2nd place.  I wouldn't call that bombing.

 



 

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twingo on 02 February 2009
Infinity said:
twingo said:
Stocko said:
No DC lasted 1 1/2 years PS3 is on 2 years so EPIC FAILZ!!!

Most don't comprehand basic logic, so this may be lost on a lot of them.

 

Uh, 1998-2002? I think that adds up to 4 years mainstram commercial support, 3 years if you only include support in America.

 

Official death is jan31 2001 when sega announced end of production.

US launch sept 99 so 1.5 years is right on.



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Squilliam on 02 February 2009
Infinity said:
Squilliam said:
BMaker11 said:

I don't see how it "works both ways" when the PS3, and even the Wii damnit, have ALWAYS had <1% failure rate. PS3s breaking is a rare occurence. 360s breaking is a common occurence. You can't compare the two. And how do you know the fail rate of Jaspers? No percentages have been calculated yet...only for Falcons, and those were reported at 16%..not 3% (which is really funny because when RRoD first started being recognized, M$ said the 360 fail rate was 3%)

And stop yapping, like is still a big problem? It IS still a big problem. Why is it STILL happening everywhere? Why is it STILL making headlines? Why do 360s continually fail at EVERY gaming expo (E3, TGS, CES, etc) year in and year out...when M$ is trying to separate themselves from that image? I don't care if they fix it for free. It shouldn't be a problem that you always have to be on your toes for. It should be an issue of IF it's going to happen, not WHEN

 

I say you've been eating BS again.

HDDs have a failure rate above 1% per year, and every PS3 has a HDD. Does this simple fact compute?

 

 

That HDD failure rate includes 10 year old hard drives in PCs. The hard drives in new PS3s can not be older than 2 years or so.

I took that into consideration...

 

 



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BMaker11 on 02 February 2009
Squilliam said:
BMaker11 said:

I don't see how it "works both ways" when the PS3, and even the Wii damnit, have ALWAYS had <1% failure rate. PS3s breaking is a rare occurence. 360s breaking is a common occurence. You can't compare the two. And how do you know the fail rate of Jaspers? No percentages have been calculated yet...only for Falcons, and those were reported at 16%..not 3% (which is really funny because when RRoD first started being recognized, M$ said the 360 fail rate was 3%)

And stop yapping, like is still a big problem? It IS still a big problem. Why is it STILL happening everywhere? Why is it STILL making headlines? Why do 360s continually fail at EVERY gaming expo (E3, TGS, CES, etc) year in and year out...when M$ is trying to separate themselves from that image? I don't care if they fix it for free. It shouldn't be a problem that you always have to be on your toes for. It should be an issue of IF it's going to happen, not WHEN

 

I say you've been eating BS again.

HDDs have a failure rate above 1% per year, and every PS3 has a HDD. Does this simple fact compute?

 

So why is it that every major retailer, and most gaming journalism blogs/sites/magazines/etc have said that it defect rate is under 1%?

http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/take-that,-msoft/ps3-failure-rate-less-than-one-percent-275179.php

http://www.ripten.com/2007/07/03/failure-rate-xbox-360-high-as-33-sony-ps3-less-than-1/

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=167269

http://www.product-reviews.net/2008/01/20/new-xbox-consoles-still-have-high-failure-rate-compared-to-ps3-and-wii/

http://www.slashgear.com/chalk-one-up-for-sony-ps3-failure-rate-less-than-1-056079/

Some of those are a little old...but I doubt a low failure rate would go UP after time has passed. So...if what you've crocked up is true, then why is it that the PS3 fail rate is STILL so low?

 

 



Blacksaber on 02 February 2009

Pshhh nothing is worthy of being compared to the Dreamcast...



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vthokiesrmoo on 02 February 2009

If you take into account the TIME BOTH CONSOLES HAVE BEEN ON THE MARKET the PS3 is selling neck and neck, if not better than the 360. And the only market where the 360 is really ahead of the PS3 if you take this LARGE time difference into account is the NA market, particularly the USA. Sony will not be leaving the videogame industry this generation or next.

SCE right now is biding their time for more exclusives to hit and someday down the road a price cut. Then everyone who has a 360 will want a PS3 if they want to play the exclusives and everyone who already wants a PS3 but is put off by the price tag buys a PS3. The thing that Sony has that neither MS or Nintendo has are THE BEST exclusive game developing studios.

The PS3 has been out for 2 years. Quit being so naive to think this race is over, much less the PS3 being abandoned or Sony abandoning the gaming industry. All you MS fanboys really want the PS3 to be discontinued don't you? Then you wouldn't have to buy one when all the best games are out for it. Give it up already.



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Just2Fresh on 02 February 2009

Thanks to all the people actually giving their opinions on the topic...for the rest talking crap bout not this again and talking about noob? lmao wtf? noob? please Ive been gaming longer than many of you so called gamers that are like 12 years old...anyways....

IF YOU GOT NOTHING PRODUCTIVE TO SAY AND YOU THINK THIS THREAD IS DUMB...WHY BOTHER COMMENTING? LOL JESUS GROW UP