Sony's diabolical plan, or so it may seem

[Jamash]

Spoiler: SNIP

Sony products have always had a reputation for built-in obsolescence, even before they started making consoles.

Apparently in Japan, it's referred to as "the Sony Warranty" - the common assumption that those products will break just after the warranty ends.

I've experienced it myself with multiple PS2's failing, each time just after the warranty ended, and each time Sony would charge about 3/4 of the cost of a new one just to replace it with a refurbished one, so for me it made more financial sense to buy a new PS2 with a new warranty rather than spend an extortionate amount for a refurbished old PS2 with no warranty.

However, I don't know whether it is a actually an evil plot on Sony's part, or if it just that as humans it's preferable to believe in conspiracies when we've struck by the same bit of bad luck 3 or 4 times repeatedly.

I think that Sony is just rather good at providing a warranty just before the average length of time that an item will cease working. Not that they actually build in functions that make it stop working.

Yeah, it only takes one component to fail for the whole product to be rendered useless, in the PS2's case the disc laser.

Like you said, there's no ticking time bomb or a kill switch inside the products, it's just that some key components have a limited life span.

Apparently in some Cybershot cameras there a rechargeable battery which controls some key functions that has a limited recharge cycle. Once that stops working you have to cough up a fuck load of money to get it replaced, unless you're adept at completely disassembling and reassembling a digital camera, since the battery is located deep inside the camera.

 

[Da_Schwartz]

Yes you have uncovered the truth. Released PS3's come from the factory installed with killswitches that when triggered cripple the console via psn when the ps slim is released. >.> Or it's just a co-inky-dink.

 

[avelmen1889]

same thing happned with my 'fat' ps2 when the ps2 slim came out

 

[VanityGirl]

That kinda happened with the PS2, the fatty had problems (mine ate my games :'( ) then along comes skinny to save the day.

I doubt Sony's got a diabolic plan

 

[Worgen]

never buy a sony system without a 2 year warrenty

 

[DerpyDerpyDerp]

I play too many PS1 and PS2 games to give up my 60GB.

On a different note however, I have had to return mine once before. It had a graphics problem and so they shipped me a new one. I just hope now that they dropped the retail price more, they choose to drop the repair price a little.

 

[HyenaThePirate]

Maybe I'm misunderstanding the point here...

But If my 60GB breaks, I'm going to be severely, SEVERELY pissed.
I mean SERIOUSLY pissed to the point that I will never buy a Sony product again.

Why? Because of backwards compatibility.

Look, I don't care if I can get a PS2 for a song and a dance. I don't WANT to use a PS2 anymore just to play games I could already play on my NEXT GENERATION console PS3. It was a functionality that was there before, and Sony in their infinite wisdom decided to remove it. Yes, I know they claim to have done it to cut the cost of the PS3 down because so many people cried big fat tears over the original selling price... But I wasn't one of those people. I paid good money for that function and I'll be damned if i pay nearly the cost of a new one just to have it again, especially since I do not believe that at all. I know and will believe firmly in my heart that Sony got rid of Backwards Compatibility because they KNEW they could make MORE money RE-SELLING me the same games back to me for $10+ on PSN for "download". They might have everyone else fooled, but I know better.

So when my PS3 breaks or they screw it up with a firmware, they can kiss me goodbye as a customer unless they are willing to replace my 60 gig with another 60 gig.

And thats my opinion on that.

 

[iamnotincompliance]

The [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_timer]Sony timer[/a] strikes again!

 

[HyenaThePirate]

The [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_timer]Sony timer[/a] strikes again!

Ouch.. it's actually reached Urban Legend status?
AND it has it's own Wikipedia page?

Wow.

 

[AceDiamond]

The [a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_timer]Sony timer[/a] strikes again!

Ouch.. it's actually reached Urban Legend status?
AND it has it's own Wikipedia page?

Wow.

You have to keep in mind given the other things Sony's been responsible for (fake movie reviews, music CD rootkits, crippling their own laptops, the fake PSP christmas ad campaign) it's one of those things people can easily believe. I myself surprisingly do not have a judgement on whether or not they have planned obsolescence in mind, however.

 

[Pendragon9]

Yes,Sony is evil. They're Satan and they're coming to ruin gaming by forcing you to buy their products.

Yes, let's cry and complain about it until they leave our world. Sounds like a good plan.

Spoiler

Oh wait. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You should be ashamed.

 

[AceDiamond]

Yes,Sony is evil. They're Satan and they're coming to ruin gaming by forcing you to buy their products.

Yes, let's cry and complain about it until they leave our world. Sounds like a good plan.

Spoiler

Oh wait. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You should be ashamed.

And yet you said Nintendo was doing the same thing with DSi-exclusive games, something that they've been slow to introduce and aren't going to be doing soley from here on in either. So I think the only one who should be ashamed here is you. I mean really, why would you call people on acting like this, warranted or not, when you yourself are equally as guilty?

 

[Pimppeter2]

So ps3s are starting to break? Am I the only one that thinks this is helarious?

All we need is for the Xbox Live to start sucking and we could blow up fanboy minds

 

[kekeekekenee]

I am a proud owner of a ps3 and until recently was enjoying very much the entertainment that i received from my 60GB console, smirking at all the ps3 owners with only 2 usb ports and no flash memory ports.
However,around a week ago my ps3 decided to break showing the flashing red lights that i am sure most are familiar with. I first consulted the trusty manual and found it was supposed to be an overheating problem. After much readjustment and around 24 hours of rest i hoped for good results but my effors were in vain and sure enough it was still not working.
After consulting the internet and found a variety of explanations and tips, ranging from it is an overheating problem to it was dead and i should be distraught as a result. As i bought the ps3 close to its release my warranty had long since expired and so i was unable to get i fixed for free from sony (and i wasn't going to pay £150 for them to fix it)

All this may sound like old news but i think that the fact that sony were releasing a ps3 slim in under a week at a reduced price of £249.99 is much to perfect to be coincidental.

i have preceded to purchase a ps3 slim and am happy with it as it is on par with my old 'trusty' fatty but i am left with a lingering suspicion.

What do you think???

Proud to own a Console? How can you be proud of owning a Console, May i ask?

 

[Pendragon9]

Yes,Sony is evil. They're Satan and they're coming to ruin gaming by forcing you to buy their products.

Yes, let's cry and complain about it until they leave our world. Sounds like a good plan.

Spoiler

Oh wait. That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard. You should be ashamed.

And yet you said Nintendo was doing the same thing with DSi-exclusive games, something that they've been slow to introduce and aren't going to be doing soley from here on in either. So I think the only one who should be ashamed here is you. I mean really, why would you call people on acting like this, warranted or not, when you yourself are equally as guilty?

I'm just gonna forget the complete irony of this, you calling me on it when you're guilty of fanboy accusations. That's just hilarious. I'm not even gonna dignify that with a response.

You sir have made my day.

But still. Half the posts here, INCLUDING YOURS, makes Sony out as the devil once agian. And you're trying to divert away from that by accusing me of acting that way? Hahahaha. Oh, well played.

 

[Shoggoth2588]

A very cleaver ploy Sony stole from Microsoft. The only difference is that Sony waited to activate it's red light-O-death whereas Microsoft just had as many systems fail as their blackened hearts desired.

 

[GOATOFRAGE]

A very cleaver ploy Sony stole from Microsoft. The only difference is that Sony waited to activate it's red light-O-death whereas Microsoft just had as many systems fail as their blackened hearts desired.

my thoughts exactly