Fuckin' Ps3...

[Uel]

i got the 80 gig fat and it works perfect. ive had it for a few years

[brad]

Yeah I know they are cheaper just think the og models look so much more better than the new slims. Will look at the prices of those.

[HAL 9000]

yea dude.. i got mine for like 300 and it came with a game too!!! lol... i think it was actually cheaper then my xbox...lol..

[L-Booma]

Ok payday I want to get a ps3, recently got a 360 love it but want to try out a ps3 finally.

The only thing is I want to know is, are the original fat models just as efficient as the new slim models they sell.

I found a brand new one 80gb hd on amazon for only 330 dollars. I just want to make sure its not going to crash a couple months later as they are the older models.

just a buy a new slim for 300 dollar with a game lol.

[Havok]

The old fat 20gb and 60gb models are known to have problems and require servicing from Sony. There were 2 versions of the 80gb fat model. The original had backwards compatibility (which is what I have) had the potential for issues, but no where near the level that the original 20gb and 60gb models did. All things considered, unless you plan on playing a TON of ps2 games, then go for a newer model. Considering you're from the US, just go to any store and pick up the latest bundle. They're $299 and include a game. You lose backwards compatibility, but get a more reliable system and a newer game.

[Ray Finkle]

Ps3s are for pussy n00bs.

[brad]

buy a new model

Ok but would a brand new one of the fat models not be just as efficent ?

[Exodus]

buy a new model

[brad]

Ok payday I want to get a ps3, recently got a 360 love it but want to try out a ps3 finally.

The only thing is I want to know is, are the original fat models just as efficient as the new slim models they sell.

I found a brand new one 80gb hd on amazon for only 330 dollars. I just want to make sure its not going to crash a couple months later as they are the older models.

[Havok]

Never had a problem with ps3 *knocks on wood* I've had it for 4 years. My Xbox broke a couple months ago only had it for 2 years and I had to pay $100 to fix it...

I've owned/own a total of 7 different 360's.

1 - Bought on December 28th 2005 - RROD after a week of inactivity in September 2006. I came back from my honey moon and it broke. I paid $150 to have it fixed but was later issued a full refund.

2 - Replacement console sent back from MS after they "Repaired" my first one. I ended up trading this one in during January 2008 for a PS3 (80gb w/BC) because...

3 - Bought a New tv from Best Buy and received a free Xbox 360 with it in November 2007. This one lasted until Oct. 2008. Sent in with RROD for a free replacement.

4 - Received another "new/repaired" console from MS. This one lasted until November 2009. Sent in for another RROD replacement.

5 - Replacement console that was later traded in on June of 2010 for...

6 - A New Xbox 360 Slim model.

7. During the Fall of 2009 I traded a spare blu ray player for a back up Xbox 360 which I still have as well.




As for my Playstations...

1. Traded a Used 360 for my first 80gb model in January 2008 This console broke in July 2011 and Sony replaced it with a new one.

2. My replaced Sony Console.

3. My other broken Console I purchased for $35 and had repaired for $50. This is a 40gb unit thats been upgraded to 320gb and works fine.


Even with all of that though, I'd still take my 360 any day of the week over my ps3 for gaming. Plus, my 360's never cost me anything thanks to solid customer service from MS. On top of that, MS always thanked me for my patience and sent an apology letter along with a a free month or so of Xbox live. Sony sent me nothing but my console in a box.

[YoungSimba23]

Never had a problem with ps3 *knocks on wood* I've had it for 4 years. My Xbox broke a couple months ago only had it for 2 years and I had to pay $100 to fix it...

[Havok]

So to finish my story... I contacted Sony the night it broke, which is the night I started this post. On July 20th I received my empty shipping box and mailed it out via FedEx the next day. I received my "new" ps3 yesterday. It's a different console but cleaned up to look like new. It was manufactured only one month after My original one was however (May 2007) so hopefully the problem doesn't return. The turn around time was pretty good, so I give Sony it's due there. While this one was in the process of being sent out, I actually located another Broken 40gb model for sale online that I had shipped to me for a grand total of $35. It looks brand new, but the blu ray drive has stopped reading all disks. I have a place locally that services consoles though and for around $50 I'll have another ps3 up and running as a backup Blu Ray player just in case.

[machiavelli]

dont have a ps3 only a xbox360,so really dont need one to lol

[uknowmehomie]

Man, I've had my PS2 now for 10 yrs and played the shit out of it. I have an og not a slim and that bitch still purrs like a kitten! I've only had my PS3 for a year now so not very long at all, but have had no problems thus far. I love both my systems. Also have a Sega Genesis that sits around and collects dust because my adapter for my tv shorted out. So i said fuck it a couple yrs ago and bought Sega Classics and Sega Genesis Classics for PS2 so I can play Sega games! I'm actually a Sega Boy to heart.

[Cesare Borgia]

So I'm not even going to try to hide the fact that I'm a much MUCH bigger fan of the Xbox 360. I was a bigger fan of the original Xbox as well. Most of this started when My PS2 laser started breaking down and I came to find out it was a common issue. Did Sony agree to pay for there own fuck up? Of course not, they tried to stick it to the consumer.. thankfully I had other options and moved on to my xbox. I later learned of some tricks to keep the PS2 working and used those to there full extent. I was not happy however, and decided right then and there that I wouldn't be a Sony supporter.

Jump ahead a few years and I finally purchased my ps3. I've had it now for about 3 years, but only own 10 games for it. (Compared to the 160 for my xbox 360 and 10 for my Wii). Primarily it's been my Blu Ray and Media Server machine for which it got steady use. Tonight however the damn thing decided that it was going to stop playing Blu Ray disks and instead freeze up after 30 minutes. To which point subsequent attempts to play said media resulted in freeze ups in shorter intervals. Now I understand things break down, hell I've owned 7 different Xbox 360's, 3 of which RROD on me. However at least MS paid for there own mistakes and rectified the situation for me. Sony meanwhile just charged me $150 for them to fix my 3 year old console. One Hundred and Fifty Fuckin Dollars because Sony put out Shit once again. Really, how hard is it to use a little quality control. I mean, never mind the fact that my personal info was just stolen not 2 months ago and you've taken away features in your "updates" that I rightly paid for, no I don't mind, please make me spend another $150 to get a working console... I only paid $500 to buy the fucking thing.

FUCK YOU SONY. If I wasn't a collector of Video Games/consoles, I would have pawned this thing off and purchased a Oppo-BDP 93 Blou Ray player and washed my hands of you forever.

/RANT

Was it one of the original PS3 systems? i had the same shit happen to mine. I could play downloaded games, watch DVDs and play music, i just could not use anything Blu ray. It was after my PS3 froze up and would not respond. Fuck mailing it to Sony, i got a new laser from asia and fixed the shit myself, and then sold the piece of shit after i got it working again. Since then, i have sworn off Sony.

The reason the laser went out was because during that specific run of consoles (and there was a LOT) they had a shortage of the bluray lasers, so they got crappy ones to fill the demand while they waited for the duel lasers that were both the blue AND red lasers built into one. If i knew that your system was fucked up, i would have fixed it for you free of charge (minus the cost of the new laser being around $20 or so)

The malfunctions were due to lousy manufacturing standards, i think someone tried to start a class action lawsuit but too many people were content to throw the $150 at Sony, so it went nowhere