couple of ps3 ?s

beachBOYken

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might pick up a ps3 this week , but what i want to know is a few following things please-

whats the hardware failure rate like with the ps3 compared to the 360?

also does blu-ray get those anoying error codes during a film like on the ocassional hd-dvd?

cheers
 
The failure rate is about the same with the new Xbox360 really, my friend says she takes more 40gb PS3's back than new HDMI Xbox360's, so new PS3's against new Xbox360's there isn't really anything in it.

As for Blu-Rays, I've never had a problem with one of them and I've got 9.
 
I must have watched about 30 Blu-ray discs now. Only 1 refused to play and the others have been completely trouble-free viewing.
 
Nope, you get the shockingly **** Six-Axis. The Dual Shock 3 is the pad Sony released to 'replace' the Six-Axis, you'll need to import one of those.
 
beachBOYken said:
is it that bad and why have they not got ds3 controllers over here?

cheers
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The ones with the 40Gbs are supposed to be better than the orignal sixaxis, build quality wise. If you want a second controller it would be worth getting a DS3 imported as it had vibrate and works out a bit cheaper than the official retail price of the UK sixaxis. The DS3's are supposed to be over here in spring, but i expect them to be more expensive than an import one. The curent sixaxis is built better than the original and the dead spots are improved in most case (this was never an issue for me anyway) and dont forget they have better triggers ;)
 
It's very widely disliked and by all reports the DS3 is infinitely superior as a controller. They will arrive over here, they've been out in Asia for a few months, they aren't difficult to import though.
Definitely worth buying one if you're getting a PS3 as the Six-Axis is by far and away the worst thing about the console, it's probably the only bad thing about the console.
 
NokkonWud said:
The failure rate is about the same with the new Xbox360 really, my friend says she takes more 40gb PS3's back than new HDMI Xbox360's, so new PS3's against new Xbox360's there isn't really anything in it.
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What a crazy fanboy thing to say.

Last official stats each company admitted regarding failure rates was that the 360 was a round 30% failure rate 9hence MS having to stump up a 3 yea warranty against RROD, for fear of litigation on the horizon). PS3 was last stated as being below 2% failure I believe (early versions).

Since then both consoles have had hardware revisions. If you think the ps3 has gone up from 2% failure and met the 30% figure somewhere in the middle then you live ain't a fantasy land. last I read the 40gb fail slightly more than the 60gb/80gb etc units and the new 360s may be 10% failure rate (both of these are rumours with no hard evidence behind them)

If they both had similar failure rates we would have heard something by now, officially (or from fanboys :) )

No offense, but your mate working a in a retail computer game shop is hardly reflective of anything , in the grander scheme of things, she/he has experience of one tiny store in the grander scheme of things. It is unlikely (though not impossible) that they are privvy to any more info then the returns for their own shop/chain, which means very little.


rp2000
 
Is there any other source from some kind of reputable site showing the PS3 failure rate to be similar to new gen 360s, besides just Nokkon's mate who works in a shop somewhere? Because frankly thats a useless 'source'. It completely ignores the fact many people return straight to MS not the shops etc.
 
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Is there any other source from some kind of reputable site showing the PS3 failure rate to be similar to new gen 360s, besides just Nokkon's mate who works in a shop somewhere?
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Without looking I can confidently say, no official source exists. This is why fanboys can exaggerate to their heart's content, and play down the 360 failures, and play up the ps3 failures ;)


rp2000

Edit: I ain't bothered either way, but I hate people who spout hearsay and disinformation and disguise that as implied fact (not saying that is what nokkonwud is saying, but his comments could be interpreted like that, I think).
Edit2: I will look like a fool if such stats do exists, but I like to think if they did, I would have rad about it on these fine forums by now!!! :)
 
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Well, he states it as fact, so he should be prepared to back it up with more than 'what my mate says'
 
divine` said:
Is there any other source from some kind of reputable site showing the PS3 failure rate to be similar to new gen 360s, besides just Nokkon's mate who works in a shop somewhere?
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Nope, it's just Nokkonwud's biased opinion.

The newer Xbox's aren't proven to be any more reliable than the older ones since they haven't been on the market long enough to find out, to suggest PS3's are as unreliable is just fanboy talk based on a few faulty lasers (which is to be expected with such a new technology).
 
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rp2000 said:
Nonsense
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I'm only saying what my friend says, she takes as many or more 40gb PS3's in as newer, HDMI Xbox360's.
It's not like I'm making anything up.

People can send back to Sony in the same way they send back to Microsoft too.

Waaah, God forbid anyone should say anything negative about the precious PS3 eh? Why are so people so far up Sony's ass that they don't like anything that could be taken as negativity? If my friend takes more PS3's back that's not my problem, your problem or hers.
 
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