Bah! PS3 blu ray drive failure, which new bundle to get?

atpbx · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:37

Its knackered all right, just before its 2nd anniversary, which is 12 months longer than my first xbox 360 lasted.
Ive looked into fixing it, £89 odd for the laser, then the hassle of pulling it apart and the fact it might or might not be the problem, cant be bothered, off to **** to go and get a new one.

I'm going to **** as not only are they the cheapest, they are the only ones with stock at the moment...

Unless anyone has any better bundle links.

"andy" · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:38

have you rang sony to see what they say ?

orderoftheflame · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:39

"andy" said:
have you rang sony to see what they say ?

ps3ud0 · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:45

"andy" said:
have you rang sony to see what they say ?

ps3ud0

carlazai · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:52

Lets make that 4 ring sony

atpbx · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:52

The man from sony, he say "no", I rang them and decided about 1 second later I had to buy a new one.

Streeteh · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:54

Surely Sony will repair it (for a fee)?

Johnz0r · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:56

atpbx said:
The man from sony, he say "no".

Yeah, I haven't been particularly impressed with my refurb 60GB I received last Tuesday. To say it is loud is an understatement, the reason as to why they are picking it up again to try and get it sorted. The BS they try to spiel to you on the phone I was having none of. The woman saying that the fans aren't covered by the warranty!?

Hopefully I will be able to get a replacement that is nice and quiet as just having picked up LBP (which is awesome) and Killzone 2 right around the corner makes me a sad panda.

carlazai · 9 Feb 2009 at 11:57

Can you wait for the Killzone bundle? If not there are a few places on the net that seem to have stock.

Seems that killzone is killing stock levels, sony must be rubbing there hands that they have the killer game at last

rp2000 · 9 Feb 2009 at 12:00

atpbx said:
Its knackered all right, just before its 2nd anniversary, which is 12 months longer than my first xbox 360 lasted.
Ive looked into fixing it, £89 odd for the laser, then the hassle of pulling it apart and the fact it might or might not be the problem, cant be bothered, off to currys to go and get a new one.

I'm going to currys as not only are they the cheapest, they are the only ones with stock at the moment...

Unless anyone has any better bundle links.

Many places seem to have an 80Gb with either LBP, R2, Motorstorm 2 or some other game released in last 3 months for £280.

I am struggling to believe that there is a shortage of stock of PS3 in shops. Everything I have read implies they did not sell well over xmas so I assume there must be loads of stock lying around.

rp2000

atpbx · 9 Feb 2009 at 12:05

**** have tons of them, **** have some, but they want £300+ for an 80gb with some toilet games.
Woolies has gone, and no one else sells them within a radius I can be bothered to drive in this afternoon.

rp2000 · 9 Feb 2009 at 12:07

atpbx said:
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If you order online you will get it tomorrow or day after. Can you live that long without one? (I know it is hard when you have your mind set on something you want on the day all online places seem like a waste, despite the price savings

).

Also your posts have a lot of competitors in it!

rp2000

atpbx · 9 Feb 2009 at 12:08

rp2000 said:
Also your posts have a lot of competitors in it!

rp2000

Bah, didnt think!!

As for being cheaper online and no stock issues, just look at how much a large internet retailer wants for a standalone 80gb model, yes thats right £349.

carlazai · 9 Feb 2009 at 12:17

There are a few shops on the net with stock in if you use your brain. One is very good!

AWPC · 9 Feb 2009 at 13:45

You can pick up a replacement bluray lens for around £35-40 and that is 99.9% certain to be the cause of your BD drive failure. Are the symptoms that it will not play any disc media if so its the lens failed so just get a replacement!!