Any PS3 owner can tell you that the shiny black console is a dust magnet, but this is ridiculous!
The Consumerist managed to get the of pictures of a PS3 console that was denied repair under the warranty due to its dusty state. Sony wanted $150 to brave the dust bunnies and filth.
Apparently Sony originally wouldn't release photos of the dirty system, but later determined that the pictures of the owner's console are "neither confidential nor private," and now The Consumerist has them to share with the gaming world. After seeing them, it was probably in Sony's best interest to show these to the world -- this system is disgusting!
Seriously, what the hell? Does the owner live in an adobe hut? This looks the system has been through the courses of Motorstorm and Sega Rally Revo, and then hit by crossfire in Call of Duty 4. I'm with Sony -- there's no way in hell I'd repair this system. What do you think?
Check out more dirty pictures after the jump.
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12:02 PM on 11.15.2007
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Seriously, you can't NOT look at that and come to the conclusion that it was probably not the system's fault it's broken.
Not only should he have to pay $150 for the system repair, afterwhich he should be made to trade it in and sign a form stating that he is never to own electronics ever again ever.
http://consumerist.com/consumer/audio/sony-csr-what-no-dust-doesnt-void-your-ps3-warranty-321288.php
anyway, im guessing the inside is caked with dust. the ps3 is a dust magnet. my cussins ps3 had a ton of dust with in just a month. i could only imagine how folding@home must of made a dust box out of the pstriple.
i don't think it's neglect. the thing is just sucking in dust 24/7 because sony offers you folding at home. hes been runing his system like any normal person. that shouldn't void his warranty.
The dirtiest part is just fingerprints.
How the hell does something get that dust after only a year?
But the best was when a customer brought in his PC that smelled and looked like it came out of a cow's ass. It was the most foul smelling thing I have ever seen and smelled, I won't go into how bad the customer smelled as well and he was completly oblivious to it. I originally helped him but I brought my boss over because I didn't want to check it in, obviously. After some coaxing he got my boss to take it in, but we all made it clear the rest of us were not going anywhere near it. So he was stuck with it, he didn't touch it for almost a week, it was in a garbadge bag with a glade air-freshner inside. Not sure what he did to it, but it eventually was fixed, and afterwards he realized that he really shouldn't have taken it.
By not having any decent games to play and just sitting on the shelf for a year :)
It's gotta be.
Anyone from the IGN boards will get that joke - especially if you saw his pic of his 360 controller....which looks like he used it to wipe his ass.
The proper course of action was to tell the user that fixing it was free, but cleaning it would cost. If cleaning it was what fixed it, or was required to fix it, then the labor would be charged.
And frankly, I don't feel the PS3 is any more a "dust magnet" than any other piece of electronic hardware. The black gloss simply causes more dust to be clearly visible. My PS2, PS1, telephone, lamp and PC all attract similar levels of dust.
The owner of the console was obviously negligent.
http://kotaku.com/gaming/top/ps3s-kicks-ass-at-collecting-dusk-217197.php
he only had it for 3 weeks!
And he never even wiped it down or put a dust cover on it? Disgusting. Can't people even be trusted to be responsible for the things they own anymore? Or will we start needing signs to come with soap that remind us to use it for bathing?
And people whine about signs that say "this coffee is hot" being unnecessary. Apparently some folks just need everything spelled out.
WARNING: THIS ELECTRONIC DEVICE NEEDS TO BE PLUGGED IN TO WORK.
WARNING: CAN CAUSE INJURY IF USED AS A WEAPON.
I'm fine with the reason this thing is foul and the dust prob shorted traces on the board and is not covered buy warranty, but that is not what Sony told this guy.