My PS3 crashed... It's all gone!

[Revolutionary]

You should jsust be thankful you dont have RROD (then again Microsoft will fix that for free)

 

[Omikron009]

Game over, man! GAME OVER!

 

[Tekkawarrior]

But the PS3, HAS NO GAMES!

JK Ebay it, Play on PC, win.

 

[C_sector]

You should have saved your data on memory cards or used it as backup. So yea, save the money to get it fixed, save up for a few memory cards and recreate your 'Ceramic Unicorns'

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

That's uncalled for... if it were your 360, you'll be cussing like it the only word you know.

I know. On the other hand, if I did and made a thread about it, I'd probably get a number of responses to the tune of "Tough shit, failure rate, blah blah."

I have nothing against this guy and utterly sympathize with him, but I can't help but think it's a bit funny. It goes with the pleasure of owning the one utterly indestructible 360 on earth. I mean, I seriously put that thing through it's paces.

I totally know what you're going for there, my friend. I, too, have a Steel Box from the Gods. My 360 has run fine since I bought it years ago. I had one hiccup with my disc tray, but a quick love tap with my fist magically resolved the issue.

So, after years of "lol, ur console fails. Redringslolol", I, too, can't help but feel a spike of "Take fucking that, you fucking console fanboys" every time I hear about a PS3 breaking.

Of course, with my luck, now my 360 will now be a pile of molten plastic and metal when I get home.

As for the loss of your saves, well, yeah, that sucks so hard. I had my gamecube memory card with us on a trip to the mountains (Biiiiiig Smash players, had all our data and records on it from years of competitive play) and it fell out of my backpack somehow on a hike, never to be seen again.

So I can relate to that level of suckitude.

 

[PoweD]

I don't really mind happening in normal games but in Team Fortress 2 makes me pissed off,and all my achievement,hats and items were removed luckily steam cloud was added before i uninstalled it

 

[w@rew0lf]

That was uncalled for.

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

Sorry dude... but All is not lost. I don't really know what's the yellow light mean but if your hardrive isn't fried, you haven't lost anything yet.

*Villain Hand Rub* Mwahaha. What he has experienced is known as the "Yellow Light of Death" it is the PS3's version of the RROD except that it's much more lethal than it's Xbox counterpart. This is just...so...beautiful *tear*

Sorry for being an asshat but this has proved many a people I dislike wrong.

I'll make it up to you with this.

Go back to your bridge, you shall not post here Troll.

I really wanna call you a ****** but I'm not gonna do it, not gonna do it. I'll settle for your comment was uncalled for and the OP enjoyed it.

 

[DigitalSushi]

You can remove the HDD, see if it works on its own, well hooked up to something PC like, it'd be silly to have it sit in the middle of the room with no power and expect it to work.

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

Why, because it's one out of 10 billion occasions where a 360 outlasted a PS3?

I've told you a million times don't exaggerate!.

 

[DigitalSushi]

Spoiler

That was uncalled for.

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

Sorry dude... but All is not lost. I don't really know what's the yellow light mean but if your hardrive isn't fried, you haven't lost anything yet.

*Villain Hand Rub* Mwahaha. What he has experienced is known as the "Yellow Light of Death" it is the PS3's version of the RROD except that it's much more lethal than it's Xbox counterpart. This is just...so...beautiful *tear*

Sorry for being an asshat but this has proved many a people I dislike wrong.

I'll make it up to you with this.

Go back to your bridge, you shall not post here Troll.

I really wanna call you a ****** but I'm not gonna do it, not gonna do it. I'll settle for your comment was uncalled for and the OP enjoyed it.

That picture is superb, look at the mother shielding her kid.

i'm mean the guys a psycho, but still, I had a good belly laugh.

 

[wolfy098]

Spoiler

That was uncalled for.

Sigh... Well, I loaded up RD:R for the last time yesterday, not that I knew that... the power light flashed yellow, then started blinking red.... Now it won't stay on long enough to even remove the game disc.

According to the Sony support hot line, there's nothing I can do without voiding the warranty, and I doubt I have the skill to fix it even if I was willing to do that. It will cost $150 if I want it fixed, money I don't have. Honestly, I don't mind a gaming hiatus; I've lived without my games before. But I had at least 2,000 hours of game saves on that system, everything I've played in the last two years plus years of PS2 saves. There is no way to recover that data.

It's like... I've spent years painting little ceramic unicorns -- each one unique. Tedious, but ultimately rewarding. Some had racing stripes, some were dressed like a bdsm slave and were swinging a horn twice the length of it's body, and some seemed to simply be covered in blood. Then a bomb exploded, destroying them all and burning my hands so that I have to pay some ****** to fix them before I can attempt to rebuild my shattered collection... [/tortured metaphor]

....

Fuck, I don't know, have any condolences? Advice? Anecdotes?

...Life is cruel.

Sorry dude... but All is not lost. I don't really know what's the yellow light mean but if your hardrive isn't fried, you haven't lost anything yet.

*Villain Hand Rub* Mwahaha. What he has experienced is known as the "Yellow Light of Death" it is the PS3's version of the RROD except that it's much more lethal than it's Xbox counterpart. This is just...so...beautiful *tear*

Sorry for being an asshat but this has proved many a people I dislike wrong.

I'll make it up to you with this.

Go back to your bridge, you shall not post here Troll.

I really wanna call you a ****** but I'm not gonna do it, not gonna do it. I'll settle for your comment was uncalled for and the OP enjoyed it.

That picture is superb, look at the mother shielding her kid.

i'm mean the guys a psycho, but still, I had a good belly laugh.

She's being sure to get a good look herself though.

OT: I'd say don't try yourself unless you have at least some experience in mechanics.

Sorry about it but at least you'll have a lot to do if there aren't any good games coming out

 

[SmartIdiot]

Same thing happened to me a while ago. Got home from a long shift at work, decided to have the sheer audacity to fire up my PS3 and get lost in Oblivion for a while and... yellow light.

Still waiting for it to come back from repair.

 

[capin Rob]

Buy an Xbox, If your shit chrashes you can recover your online account.

 

[UBERfionn]

It happened to me to, i brought it to a local computer repair place and they fixed it for a lot less then sony.

Ask around where you live and see if theres anyone who will fix it for you.

 

[Miumaru]

360's are always criticized for always red ringing, but never praised for the fact they ALWAYS give you a new one at the cost of waiting a month or two.

 

[UBERfionn]

Buy an Xbox, If your shit chrashes you can recover your online account.

All you need to do with PSN is sign in. and your trophies are saved online and are added to what you have not replaced.

 

[RanD00M]

Open it up.Yes it will void the warranty,but just do it.Vacuum the fuck out of the entire PS3.Now plug it back in,and see if it works.

 

[The Maddest March Hare]

Hi there, I've owned, played, and generally abused a 360 for around four years now and it works great.

I'm savoring this moment.

High 5 for 360 owners who've never had to replace a console!

Spoiler: Push button, receive reward

OT: I'm sorry to hear that. I really am. While I do take a rather Schadenfreude pleasure from it being a PS3 that has bricked after all the crap I've got about 360s over the years, losing that much time and effort is just horrible. I just hope that you can get that back somehow.

I know what it's like. Back in the good old days of Gold and Silver, I had a 500 hour, absolutely, 100% complete game, including Mew and Celebi. Non-cheated. 2 teams of level 100 monsters ready for any in school mini tourney (yeah, my school was cool like that). And one day, the game vanished. Never seen it since. Bad day indeed.