| Fame_Mcswagg said: yea Im battling with that decision right now. I know I could get it fixed by a third party for about 80 bucks. Then I figure I can get my data that I want off the drive then sell it to get a slim so I don't have this problem again. It just pisses me of because it seems that this problem is widespread with the 60 gigs and the solution that sony has come up with doesn't seem reasonable to me. Oh well maybe I'm just spoiled I never had a system fail on me and I been playing games forever. |
Here's the deal with getting it fixed locally; you get your data back, assuming your console isn't a 100% loss and they can resurrect it. If that's worth your $80, go for it, with the idea in mind that you will either be buying a new console later, or will be having it repaired again.
A refurb from SCE, while almost twice as expensive, is virutally guaranteed to last longer (at least for the bare minimum 90 day warrantee). The problem with getting a refurb is that your data will be gone. Even if you pull the HDD, it's keyed to your old console and even any back up you may have made would be similarly keyed. So if your local repair guy offers a similar 90 day guarantee on his work or better, decide whether your money or your data takes priority.
I think what makes dealing with a premature bricked console a lot harder is when you spend $600 on it. A three year lifespan is short at that price, assuming you weren't using it 40+ hours a week. Even $400 is too much to spend on a console that dies within two years.
