I believe this story. Not the part about forty percent of units sold being faulty. The part about forty percent of buyers coming back returning the units complaining about disc reading errors. Perhaps just perhaps those forty percent of customers brought the machine home, and I do not know stuck a PS2 disc into the machine, and got a message that said perhaps disc reading error.
I am shocked nobody brought this up before, but could the statistic actually be a statistic of how ignorant consumers really are. I could see forty percent of buyers being oblivious to the fact. That would also explain why the story was rescinded. The machines were not faulty. The consumers were just ignorant to the fact that the newer machine was not backwards compatible with their old discs.
The problem has probably been rectified. The store has probably put the units back on the shelf. Then to save themselves some trouble made sure to put up a warning about the machine on the display. Informing the consumer that the backwards compatibility has been removed.
We discussed this at length on these forums. I expect that quite a few PS3s are being returned as consumers discover that it is not backwards compatible. In this case however the staff at the store took the consumers word for it, and did not do a thorough follow up.
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