To get a out of warrenty Xbox 360 repaired in the UK cost's £78 through the official website. £50 less then what Sony's charging.

I dont get it, I sell household appliances in life. The failure rate inside 5 years is around 20%. Appliances (front load washer, fridg, stove...) cost way more than a PS3 and breaks more, but nobody talk about it. The warranty is 1 year, I dont know how it works in UK, but here in Canada the manufacturer does not even have to repair out of warranty. Most of them will do, but they dont have too. Even if the failure rate of the PS3 was 5%-10% it would still be acceptable comparing to other product of same price range, dont forget that usually many failures will be because of misuse of the product. But sincerely saying they have a faulty hardware because of a 2%?? failure rate is sensasionalist. Complaining about a repair service when out of warranty is probably the worst thing ive ever heard. The law and market say that its a 1 year warranty minimum, then it mean that after this 1 year, it can break and then you have to pay for it and the manufacturer is not in the obligation to fix it for you. When you purchase a product you agree to that.

BBC, if your not happy how the warranty works, what about doing ad campain so your government change the law and oblige manufacturer to give 5 years warranty...

I couldn't really understand your point, but let me try and see if I am correct here.  Basically your saying that Microsoft now controls what goes on the air at the BBC?  They decided to try and cause Sony problems because they themselves had problems with the RROD and no one that is a former employee at M$ can be unbiased or trusted?  LOL you probably should take your fanboy hat off for a few hours.  

Microsoft had nothing to do with this article, they were actually on the same show at one point in time because the RROD.  

Some of the fanboys should realise this is actually a good thing for the consumer.  If there is a serious problem shows like this can put pressure on big corparations so eventually you may end up getting the repair done free, or an extended warranty.  Microsoft had to fix their problems and if Sony knows there are problems with their unit, they should have to fix theirs as well.

How is it a good thing for the consumer?. The watchdog report was a puff peace with very little credibility. Showing that 0.5% of PS3's fail but of course they used the number 12,500 instead.

Right...

Because the PS3 has a failure rate of 0.5% according to the BBC. But they used the number 12,500 instead to sensationalize.

How would it not be good for the consumer? Like I said, IF sony has a problem and they know the PS3 will fail shortly after warranty. They should have to fix the problem for free. Just like the RROD. It certainly wouldn't be good for Sony to have to pony up the extra money. But these things happen all the time. Just like laptop batteries, the RROD, and dozens of other problems that happen to electronics daily.

If this same program was out and instead of Sony it had Microsoft in the title, somehow I think there would be a big difference in the posts here. Jeez...

But the IF is the keyword.

IF Sony had RROD type problems, they MIGHT have admit fault, and MAYBE they'd be giving away 3 year warranty "because they take care of their customers".

But since there ISNT an inherent design fault, why SHOULD they fork out money for something that is covered by UK LAW?

No where did I say that the story was correct.  I just said IF.  

The program in question was just calling Sony out on the problem.  Will there be more people step up and say they have this same problem because of this story?  Who knows.  I seriously doubt it will be anything like the RROD.  But I do believe the problem is much more serious than Sony is making it out to be.  

The BBC by there own reporting said that 0.5% of PS3's fail, but sensationalized it to be a major story. It's not a story.

But your saying that the show is good. When the means by which they conducted the test is faulty.

They refered the RROD type problem to 3 consoles. Which SONY thought was unfair, to be called out as producing a faulty product, when in fact their records showed that only 0.5% percent of all UK consoles sold, had anything to do with the YLOD.

This show isnt good. And thats what this thread is about. If you want to talk about IF/MAYBE and COULD BE's, i'd suggest starting another thread. Im not trying to be mean or anything, and I DO see what you're saying. But in this case theres no need to speculate.