And down goes the PS3...

[songnar]

Yep. The gods are angry and vengeful beings.

Not always, OP have you ever bought WoW gold or anyother MMO currency? If so that would easily explain why the gaming gods hate you

yes if you buy WoW gold you will go to gaming hell...its just pong in there...and fire maybe.

Mmmmm, sweet, sweet Pong.

 

[Shadow Tyrant]

Have you checked the wiring in your house? There has to be a common denominator somewhere. Also, are you sure it's the PS3 and not just the cable? My 360 video output cable is really finicky and won't work unless it's just right.

 

[Shadows Walking]

I have one of the first X-box 360's to come out.
As a matter of fact it is the arcade version and not only have I had no problems what so ever but all my friends boasting larger hard drives, to make up for their lack of meat under the belt, have gone through at least one x-box each.
I don't know why PS3 owners shun the X-box community, sure we might have more "reported" failures, but according to some internet findings and cross referencing before laughing my ass off, Sony has seemingly covered up over half of the reports of PS3 crashes and break downs.

Now you might say that PS3 is better for the fact that it has Blu-Ray. Now let me ask you this. HOW MANY FUCKING GAMES USE IT? Seriously, the only thing Blu-Ray is capable of at the moment is Movies. If games where to be Blu-Ray equipped it would most likely take twice as long to put everything in it.

I'm not saying I hate the PS3, as a matter of fact I love it. Some of my favorite games (Old and upcoming) are on the PS3. If you ask me, the fact that the PS3 has all the special little bullshit is as annoying as four children with Polio, Terrets (Sp.?) and Bi-Polar disorder trying to tap dance on the cardboard box your dumb hobo ass is sleeping in.

But w/e, seriously, the good ole' Computer is the superior species in the long run.

 

[songnar]

Now you might say that PS3 is better for the fact that it has Blu-Ray. Now let me ask you this. HOW MANY FUCKING GAMES USE IT?

I can count at least 1.

MGS4, first game to only utilize full Blu-Ray tech.

 

[Virgil]

Have you checked the wiring in your house? There has to be a common denominator somewhere. Also, are you sure it's the PS3 and not just the cable? My 360 video output cable is really finicky and won't work unless it's just right.

Nope, not likely. The PS3 and first Xbox 360 death were in the usual 'dud' timespan for new electronics, and their original warranty periods. I'm just lucky I guess. Second Xbox death was really overdue anyway - the original systems are ticking timebombs of fail anyway

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Another anti-PS3 thread, this time presented as a complaint about hardware but also managing to criticise the games too! Hurrah!

It's not an anti-PS3 thread, it's a general complaint about the current state of console reliability. If it makes you feel better, I don't play any games on my Wii either. I'm currently actively playing LOTRO on the PC, and Fallout 3 and Rock Band on the 360 (hence why I was far more upset when the 360 died).

I built the forums, I can whine if I want to

Was it one of the start ps3's? They are the ones that commit sucide the most.

Nope, brand new 80gb SKU - manufacture date of July 2008. I suspect a complete failure of the video chipset - it's the only thing that makes sense. The system will still load and eject discs, though that's not very helpful unless I want a very expensive CD holder.

Is it just during trying to play games/movies?(I.E can you still navigate the XMB?)

If its just that, then the blu-ray player has screwed you over.

(Complete fail set of chips just seems wrong.. 6 chips... Just wow.)

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

Have you checked the wiring in your house? There has to be a common denominator somewhere. Also, are you sure it's the PS3 and not just the cable? My 360 video output cable is really finicky and won't work unless it's just right.

Nope, not likely. The PS3 and first Xbox 360 death were in the usual 'dud' timespan for new electronics, and their original warranty periods. I'm just lucky I guess. Second Xbox death was really overdue anyway - the original systems are ticking timebombs of fail anyway

I'd advise trying to load the hard drive onto your PC and back up your data before you send it then. Because we don't need you to start swearing vengeance on your father too.

Could you not just take out the HDD? I really don't think they need that..

 

[Darkwolf9]

One hardware failure does not a trend make.

That said, I've not yet been sufficiently motivated to dump $400 on a console. You can buy a decent PC for that price these days. Throw in $100 and it'll do Blu-Ray.

Or you could dump the $400 dollars on the PS3 and plug up your keyboard and mouse and throw on a operating system and you have a $400 dollar computer that plays PS3 games and PC games without a problem, not to mention it comes with a blue ray drive and you don't have to worry about updating the hardware next year on it so you can play games at full rez.

 

[Sewblon]

for this generation my 360 died but I replaced it and now own all three consoles, a PSP, a DS and a PC that can run Crysis and WAR. I am rich

 

[Theo Samaritan]

One hardware failure does not a trend make.

That said, I've not yet been sufficiently motivated to dump $400 on a console. You can buy a decent PC for that price these days. Throw in $100 and it'll do Blu-Ray.

Or you could dump the $400 dollars on the PS3 and plug up your keyboard and mouse and throw on a operating system and you have a $400 dollar computer that plays PS3 games and PC games without a problem, not to mention it comes with a blue ray drive and you don't have to worry about updating the hardware next year on it so you can play games at full rez.

You really need to think this through...

 

[Woe Is You]

One hardware failure does not a trend make.

That said, I've not yet been sufficiently motivated to dump $400 on a console. You can buy a decent PC for that price these days. Throw in $100 and it'll do Blu-Ray.

Or you could dump the $400 dollars on the PS3 and plug up your keyboard and mouse and throw on a operating system and you have a $400 dollar computer that plays PS3 games and PC games without a problem, not to mention it comes with a blue ray drive and you don't have to worry about updating the hardware next year on it so you can play games at full rez.

Tried playing PC games on a PS3? I mean, games that aren't run through Dosbox or ScummVM. You'll probably see the problem then.

 

[geldonyetich]

Or you could dump the $400 dollars on the PS3 and plug up your keyboard and mouse and throw on a operating system and you have a $400 dollar computer that plays PS3 games and PC games without a problem, not to mention it comes with a blue ray drive and you don't have to worry about updating the hardware next year on it so you can play games at full rez.

Would be nice if you could. I get the feeling most people don't have the necessary modification equipment and knowhow to butcher their PS3 thusly.

 

[Nimbus]

One hardware failure does not a trend make.

That said, I've not yet been sufficiently motivated to dump $400 on a console. You can buy a decent PC for that price these days. Throw in $100 and it'll do Blu-Ray.

You have a strange idea of "decent". I blew ~2000 on mine and I still know people with hardware that would eat mine for breakfast.

I've a strange idea of decent? My friend, "decent" should not be defined by what every punk with a good job and computer fixation is willing to dump on their computer. That's the thoroughly unrealistic definition.

I guess my definition of "decent" would just be that it's "decent enough to run modern games without it being genuinely masochistic." My $400 system example should be able to handle, say, Assassin's Creed.

$400 will get you a solid (2.6 Ghz single core) processor, decent motherboard, 2 GB of cheap ram, a [500] GB hard drive, and still have about $150 left over for a video card which (if carefully picked) should be capable of running any game on the market successfully.

Well, a monitor or operating system will probably push you above the $400 price tag, but aside from that, I'm pretty sure the definition of $400 for a "decent" system applies.

My definition of decent is running today's high-end games, mostly at full settings. My definition of excelent is running tomorrow's games with 16x AA.

 

[Darkwolf9]

Your right. My bad. Not a lot ram on the console. Either way it still makes for a cheap PC.

 

[asinann]

It's cheating.
And it violates the EULA.

 

[geldonyetich]

My definition of decent is running today's high-end games, mostly at full settings. My definition of excelent is running tomorrow's games with 16x AA.

Fair enough you can have your definition of decent and I can have mine. However, I'm pretty sure people can't even detect with their naked eye the level detail you're running at.

 

[Woe Is You]

Or you could dump the $400 dollars on the PS3 and plug up your keyboard and mouse and throw on a operating system and you have a $400 dollar computer that plays PS3 games and PC games without a problem, not to mention it comes with a blue ray drive and you don't have to worry about updating the hardware next year on it so you can play games at full rez.

Would be nice if you could. I get the feeling most people don't have the necessary modification equipment and knowhow to butcher their PS3 thusly.

Well, seriously speaking...

I'm not sure what you mean by "having the necessary modification equipment" but installing Linux is trivial on the PS3 and can be done without opening the machine.

Running PC games on a system that isn't a PC requires emulation, though. Emulation always requires that the system you're emulating on is higher powered than the system you're emulating and the PS3 isn't specced high enough to run most of the current games on the PC. All sorts of technical crap (lack of memory, subpar graphics chip) is the reason for it, so we can't even speak of seriously emulating anything that's newer than SCUMM games.

Your right. My bad. Not a lot ram on the console. Either way it still makes for a cheap PC.

Well, you can use it like you would a very cheap PC. It's just the fact that even the cheapest PC you can buy brand new is better equipped to run apps like browsers and word processors than a PS3.

You still can't run PC apps on a PS3 without emulation and DOSBox aside, the PS3 has no PC emulators. Not that it'd do much good to do so for reasons I explained earlier.

If you still don't believe me, you might as well try it for yourself.

 

[Twilight_guy]

The scent of death hangs about this one. Cursed be he, the man who the console gods have laid low. Cursed be he! Flee poor fellows avoid this wretch and seek shelter from his tainted state. Look not upon him for the sight could bring misfortune to you. Flee flee and head for shelter lest the ill befall you. Away away fly from the thing. Hush hush away.

Seriously though, that sucks for you. Hope you have better luck in the future. (Odds are against anything happening again soon).