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It froze (w/ vertical white lines) after I played about 20 minutes today.  Fuckin unreal.  The ps3 is 2.5 years old, and I hadn't touched it in the last 6 months except to play The Last of Us dlc which came out this past Friday. 

I waited an hour and tried turning it back on but got nothing but a blank screen.  I tried a new hdmi and resetting the video output to no avail.  Anyone know whats wrong with it?  I've been reading online and it sounds like the gpu is dying/dead.  Is it fixable?

Now I have a delema on my hands.  Dark Souls 2 is coming out in a few weeks and it was going to likely be the last ps3 game I'd get before transitioning into the next gen.  I have a laptop capable of handling Dark Souls 2 but I'd much rather play on console bc of the pvp community.  Also, I have it pre ordered (for ps3), tho I likely can cancel it.  What should I do?