rager1969 said:
It should be equally obvious that you can't accept the possiblity of a problem with the 40GB PS3. I am skeptical of the 40% rate, but I don't think that Sony can do no wrong. Remember the P$2 bad disc error? Sony may be repeating history. And if you want to hear another "failure" story, my 20GB PS3 has been exhibiting a rolling ghost band lately (I don't have this problem with my Xbox 360, Xbox or PS2). I'm running both the TV and PS3 through the same UPS, I've replaced the video cable - even ran it directly into the TV (bypassing the component switch), but no luck. Since I've had it for less than a year, I'm thinking of calling for warranty service. While technically not a failure, it's unacceptable. |
I read daily evidence from Xbox 360 fans that their brand new Xbox 360 failed, that their newly refurbished unit failed, or that their "manufactured this month" replacement from Microsoft failed. I've read a *rumor* that 40GB PS3's have disc read problems, the magnitude of which should have been easily caught in testing.
Anytime someone makes an unsubstantiated claim, I'm skeptical. Especially if it is as outlandish as a 40% failure rate for general electronics. If I hadn't seen the Xbox 360 failure rate many times with my own eyes, I might have a hard time believing it.
People have a tendency to disbelieve the unlikely. The fact that Microsoft sucks so much that they're essentially doing the bare minimum to help their hardware problem is unbelievable and seemingly unlikely. The fact that new units are still failing within weeks or months would seem unlikely if I didn't know it to be fact. The assumption people make is that MS fixed their problems, and it's not true.
Microsoft has a track record of irresponsibly releasing and maintaining unreliable hardware with the Xbox 360. Sony has a track record of rock-solid hardware with the PS3 (not that they can't fail, but it's not common like it is with the 360). So forgive me for considering the daily failure reports that I read from Xbox 360 fans and not immediately believing an unconfirmed rumor that the 40GB PS3 has a 40% failure rate.
Going from a 1-3% failure rate to a 40% failure rate that can be determined within weeks is something that could have easily been caught if there were weeks of testing. I can't imagine Sony releasing a flagship product without at least some weeks of testing. Consider that there are often several revisions to each console within a year -- minor revisions, such as using different vendors for your DVD/BD drives, hard drives, etc are much more common than major revisions (new product). Companies test and release these. I've never seen a revision take a rock solid product and move it to ridiculous failure rate (more than 10x the failure rate of the previous product). Have you?