Sony tackles BBC over 'PS3 failure' report

[Cypher1980]

Icyedge said:

Cypher1980 said:

alanshearer said:

Cypher1980 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRyRxKlo9-o

Here it is in all its glory. Dont really think SONY have got a lot to complain about.

They might be miffed at the "stunt" attitude that Watchdog took but they were given the right of reply and chose not to use it.

Legally nothing can be done.

The only people who say Sony hasnt got anything to complain about are anti PS3/Sony people. It was a stitchup plain and simple.

Well I beg to differ. I've watched it from start to finish and it seems a little sensationalist, but other than that, on the level.

I dont think the gas pockets are the cause either and give the program makers their due, they did say that SONY told them it was not the cause.

However it still doesnt tell us what is.

The fact that one blast in the magic oven fixed all 16 consoles (4 albeit briefly) tends to point to a single problem causing the failure.

Heck time will bring out the truth so lets no one get het up.

If YLOD's keep occuring SONY will be forced to fix em.

If it really is a small minority of owners with launch machines then the problems should eventually fade away.

Still from a tech perspective its really interesting.

3 Years after we can tell that its not an inherent fault, an inherent fault would have cause problem faster and on a lot more units. Now if you say that a PS3 may overheat and desolder when enclose, this is a good affirmation. The fact that the magic oven fixed all 16 consoles sure point to a single problem, overheating followed by desoldering. But did the owners read the manual, its written to not enclose the PS3 and to leave at least 4 inches from a wall surface. If you think about it, 4 inches is a lot compare to what most people would use for electronic equipment.

I concede that three years is good going, but the RROD was unheard of for the first year after the consoles release and only got to epidemic proportions after 2 years.

The PS3 has done far better but if the YLODS keep happening on launch machines consistently and its caused by solder fractures then this will be correctly called an INHERENT FAULT.

Its not a dirty word and I doubt SONY or MS saw this coming at the design phase but if all machines are prone to the problem then SONY should accept that the fix should be made free.

As for not enclosing the PS3. Yeah its in the manual and I agree with it.

Problem is SONY advertise it as the complete multimedia and entertainment system to be placed in your living room.

Most people put this sort of equipment under the telly in a purpose built multimedia cabinet. Turns out thats the wrong way to behave.