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TwilightOdyssey

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Disaster struck! My PS3 is DEAD!!
« on: April 22, 2007, 03:54:25 PM »
WTH?!!

My PS3 has locked up and is not turning on! Grrrrrr :evil:

Fortunately, I've only put about 9 hrs into FFXII and still have the original memory card, so all is not lost if they have to swap the unit out.

It's all boxed up and I'm taking it to the shop now. Let's see how good Gamestop & Sony's customer service is for their flagship product.


To be continued ...

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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2007, 04:00:00 PM »
that sucks dude.

they are supposed to be the games console...

sony must have slipped up really badly during the manufacture if any more break  :roll:
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« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2007, 04:04:21 PM »
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Sony erroneously claim they are the games console...


Fixed that for ya.

PS3 = hideously overpriced and not much better than the 360 which has been out over a year.  Most game are ports of the 360 version, and their previous "exclusives" like the GTA series are like rats leaving a sinking ship.

Very disappointing.

Shame about the breakage though Ben, it sucks when new toys break just after buying them.  :(

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« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2007, 05:00:43 PM »
I would be going ballistic if that happened to me!

But i don't agree i think the 360 is not that good compared to PS3, the only thing the 360 has on the PS3 is the price and the fact that it came out first. Graphics are better on the PS3 and obviously the controllers etc.
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« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2007, 05:04:55 PM »
the PS3 controllers look so ugly and uncomfortable

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« Reply #5 on: April 22, 2007, 05:08:14 PM »
They are just normal Playstation controllers...
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« Reply #6 on: April 22, 2007, 05:13:47 PM »
i was thinking of those silver bananas, i didn't think you could get the normal controllers...

I'm a little out of date with console knowledge since i sold my PS2 a year or so ago

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« Reply #7 on: April 22, 2007, 05:20:06 PM »
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They are just normal Playstation controllers...


No they're not.  There's no rumble, they're hideously flimsy and lightweight and incredibly uncomfortable to use for any period of time.  Sony really dropped the ball here, as they actually came out with a controller worse than the PS1 and PS2 controllers.

The 360 controller on the other hand is extremely comfortable over long periods, and is the best controller I've used since the GameCube.  Microsoft did good here, as the original Xbox controller was just rubbish.

I ditched my old PC gamepad and use a 360 controller on that too now as they're so good.

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« Reply #8 on: April 22, 2007, 05:28:16 PM »
I can't stand Xbox controllers, wtf is wrong with the PS1 and PS2 controllers?? They are the best ones. Also i would rather have a lightweight pad than a heavy one and i have always found Playstation to be the most comfortable.

Though i will agree with you on the Gamecube controller being the best.
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« Reply #9 on: April 22, 2007, 05:33:52 PM »
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I would be going ballistic if that happened to me!

But i don't agree i think the 360 is not that good compared to PS3, the only thing the 360 has on the PS3 is the price and the fact that it came out first. Graphics are better on the PS3 and obviously the controllers etc.


Sounds like you haven't actually played one.  ;)

The GFX are marginally better in the odd spot in a couple of games, but unless you're a complete GFX whore you wouldn't even notice.  The rest of the games are direct ports from the 360 and are identical.  ;)

The only thing the PS3 has going for it currently is that it's a cheap BlueRay player.  And the reason it uses BlueRay is because Sony want to shoe-horn BlueRay in as the defacto standard for HD movies.  The entire PS3 debacle seems to be geared towards this, and Sony have forgotten that "it's about the games man!".

Sony have really lost the plot with both this, and to a lesser extent the PSP (They released a 10 minute advert for the PSP in the US, and it didn't even mention games once FFS).

You just have to look at the sales figures to see how badly they've messed up.  These are sales figures for Japan (Sony Gaming's strongest and most loyal market) the other week:

Nintendo DS: 133k
Nintendo Wii: 75k
Sony PSP: 24k
Sony PS2: 12k
Sony PS3: 11k

Of course, being Japan, the 360 doesn't even appear on the radar.  Japanese gamers don't much like US/European games and hardware (with rare exceptions).

I've a lot of friends who work in the games industry, and almost to a man they are really unimpressed with the PS3.

It also says a lot that Sony just made redundant 54 developers and QA staff (luckily a guy I know who works there managed to keep his job) from the branch that made Motorstorm as part of their management teams current "Oh shite, we really messed up" panic.

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« Reply #10 on: April 22, 2007, 05:37:07 PM »
US sales figures for March:

  # DS: 508k
  # PS2: 280k
  # Wii: 259k
  # X360: 199k
  # PSP: 180k
  # GBA: 148k
  # PS3: 130k

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« Reply #11 on: April 22, 2007, 05:38:39 PM »
xbox and gamecube controllers ftw! I hate playstation controllers with a passion, they're just horrible.

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« Reply #12 on: April 22, 2007, 05:41:33 PM »
Muttley, you really seem to know your stuff! almost too much  :wink:
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« Reply #13 on: April 22, 2007, 05:42:56 PM »
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xbox and gamecube controllers ftw! I hate playstation controllers with a passion, they're just horrible.


Orignal XBox controller was rubbish.  The Japanese Original XBox controller was alright....ish.

The 360 Controller > Gamecube. (which I was shocked about after the above).

Doesn anyone here have any love at all for the Atari Jaguar controller?



:lol:

Still, it was good enough for Tempest 2000 (the best game on the console full stop).

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« Reply #14 on: April 22, 2007, 05:46:36 PM »
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Muttley, you really seem to know your stuff! almost too much  :wink:


That's what comes of being a hardcore gamer since the Vic20 days (25 bleedin' years) and knowing a lot of people in the industry.  Hey, I live near Guildford, at one time most of the UK games development companies were based there.  :lol:

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