PlayStation 3: Invisible Ring of Death?
- Scribbled on December 23rd, 2008 by Jonah Falcon
- Filed in Rumor Mill, Sony PlayStation 3
Dutch news program Radar is reporting that PlayStation 3 consoles allegedly just die after a year to a year and a half of service without warning.
Radar’s evidence of the PS3’s problem were the 300 reports it received from PS3 owners in the Netherlands. Unlike their rival Dutch network Kassa, who broke the news on the 360’s disc scratching problem, Radar didn’t call upon any hardware specialists or do any lab tests.
Sony responded that of the 250,000 PS3 owners, they had received only 68 calls about problems from consumers in the Netherlands. Sony insisted the PS3 defect rate was well with in industry standards.
Is this a lurking problem, since the PlayStation 3 has just been out for two years? This may be a false alarm or the tip of the iceberg. If true, at least you can credit Microsoft for at least having a red ring warning when something is wrong.
You can read a translation of the news item here.
December 23rd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
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