"Sony Asks $315 To Fix New PS3 Blu ray Problem"

[MindKry]

JEDE3 said:

MindKry said:
You people sound like a bunch of conspiracy theorists.

Can anyone here 'prove' that this article is providing false information and the woman did not have a problem with her system?

Has anyone here been in Australia and required the same repair and got quoted a different price?

The guy who wrote the article in the first place isn't a Microsoft fanboy. He's done articles for many different companies and has actually been very big in the Australian tech scene.

David Richards isn't simply looking for an excuse to bash the PS3, whether the information he got from the woman is incorrect is another story. Even then, maybe it's an isolated incident involving the woman, and just because you're accustomed to dealing with Sony in the US doesn't mean that it's the same for Australia.

Seriously, when a bad story concerning the PS3 comes out you guys just kind of skimp over it and tell yourselves it can't possibly be true.

I live in a world where even Sony CAN make mistakes. So before you start hopping up on soap boxes and talking about how incorrect the article is or insinuating how biased the reporter may be, come at me with some proof rather than wild accusations.

i don't care if this story is true or not. I think bringing car expenses into it is trivial and stupid. completely unrelated. However, I just responded to your post to say... if 5th paragraph is the case he should lose his journalist title

I didn't say he was a GOOD journalist. I just said he was a journalist. He has to be critical of what he is looking at and if some woman comes upto him with a story about her PS3 then he'll probably roll with that because it is a hot topic at the time.

 

However, if you're looking into his credentials then look no further.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_W._Richards

Also read the second last paragraph of the first article concerning the $315 repair. He tried to get Sony of Australia to comment and they declined.

 

David Richards is many things, perhaps he a plagiarist, perhaps his information might be incorrect.

My biggest problem with the responses in this thread is because everyone assumes he's in the pocket of Microsoft because he decided to follow a story about an unfair repair cost. These claims are ridiculous and unfounded.

Be more critical when looking at a story, get the facts first. I can't say 100% if Richards has done that, as a journalist he should have his facts and I must take him at his word because I'm not his editor.

However, I always keep critical about all stories coming oout of the press regardless of whether they are for or agains't a particular console.

 

So people, get a grip.

 

Edit: Before I forget, the car thing is just to be comparitive. Obviously it is a little objectionable because it makes the original amount of money look like more of a cost then it was before. It's a little sensational, but it's also HER quote, not his.

It's something that could've been better acomplished by a percentage. She will have to pay 45% more then the original cost of the console to get the Blu Ray drive fixed according to the figures quoted in the article.

When converted through xe.com, $315 Aus is roughly $263 US. Also, $263 US is about 87% of the cost of a PS3 at the new price point of $299.

Got it?