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PS3 burns down guys house

8:38 PM on 11.30.2006   |   Dyson

PS3 burns down guys house photo

Talk about a bumpy launch. The self-proclaimed Netnoob has been blogging about how his PS3 burnt down his house. Yeah, that's right.

Burnt. Down. His. House.

Apparently, leaving your PS3 on all night can constitute a fire hazard. Whether or not he had left his PS3 on all night in a pile of oily rags, remains to be seen. The gentlenoob isn't terribly forthcoming with a lot of details about the what happened. Here is the most informative thing we learn about the PS3, and the fire.

The fire department has said that they fully suspect it was the playstation 3 that caused the fire, the place where that bad boy was sitting is where the fire originated from and is where the most damage and sustained heat was.

Should you be worried? Probably not. This story hasn't been officially confirmed, and the reason why the PS3 caught fire is still unclear. Although, I'd still leave that PS3 "bad boy" you just bought turned off when you're not using it. Sony is the company who made exploding laptop batteries all the rage last summer.

The complete blog after the break.

In his own words:

My Playstation 3 caught fire

Not thinkin the NG, big boy playstation three would have any trouble being on over night.......... But I was wrong! Comming home at six in the morning and finding half of my house burnt to a crisp.. The fire department took a few days finding what set the blaze, my playstation three, so they say.. Funny the part of the house that got jacked up just so happen to be right where the ps3 was siting.Now I have up to 12,000 bucks in damage, and no more playstation!FUCK! I tryed getting in touch with the lovely people at sony, LOL but I havent seen a dime yet....

I'm not suing sony

Since I posted about my house fire, a lot of people have emailed me and there has been a lot of bullshit talk bout me suing the homies at sony. I NEVER SAID I WAS SUING ANYONE. I'm not suing... I have home owners insurance and everything will be taken care of. I have moved back into my parents house and will be getting a new place soon. I still believe it was the PS3 that caused the fire, and nothing is going to make me believe anything else. Those of you wanting interviews and what not can suck a cock, I'm not here to make you money. I will be posting a couple pictures of the PS3 tomorrow... The guys from the fire department have a couple that I think they have posted on various forums, so try searching google and you might be able to find them in the next couple days. Til that you can check out a couple of pictures of the house. You can see that the fire originated in my living room and took out the wall closest to the camera. This is where the PS3 was sitting. Also you can see what has been dubbed the remains of meh "$150" big lots couch. I will try to get PS3 aftermath photos up ASAP for you guys...

BACK TO ME SUING SONY.  I have a life and I work for my money. Those of you looking to get rich by suing people can suck it. When you work hard for your money, you can appreciate what you have. If I sued sony for a million dollars, I would be just like all those who win the lottery. You will feel good for awhile, but in a year you will probably hate life more than you did when you were broke. The only thing I want is another ps3, and in a year I probably won't feel any better whether or not I had one, but atleast I will know I didn't stoop to the level of suing a corporation just to make a couple bucks.

The fire department has said that they fully suspect it was the playstation 3 that caused the fire, the place where that bad boy was sitting is where the fire originated from and is where the most damage and sustained heat was.

In my last post I was pissed off and not very clear, when I said I have not seen a cent from sony, i called them trying to get a replacement system. I am still pursuing getting a new system as even after all of this, I would still like a PS3. This time i wont leave it turned on over night, and un plug its ass when not in use.

To those who said my house was only worth 24k and I had my priorities in the wrong order, I am 21 years old and living on my own. My house is worth more than 24 and 12.000 was just a number i pulled out my ass, me buying an overpriced system and living in a house under 500,000 is none of your business.

Damn straight!

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Lezbro's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 23:44
Lezbro
I heard a PSP raped a guy in a wheelchair.

http://www.exitplayers.com/images/smart/hawking.jpg
lAboMbA's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 23:47
lAboMbA
i smell bullshit.
Xbudz's Avatar - Comment posted on 11/30/2006 23:49
Xbudz
sounds very legit.
Matthew Mac's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 00:19
Matthew Mac
Weren't there stories of Xboxes burning down houses a few years ago? But I think that was actually credible, something to do with the cables.
lAboMbA's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 00:29
lAboMbA
i still have a launch 360 and it works fine. i'm just not retarded enough to leave something like that on w/out proper ventilation. as far as the original xboxes are concerned...they did have some serious issues w/their power cables. http://www.techspot.com/story17012.html
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 00:51
Aaron Mxy Yost
Props to him for not being one of those "OMG LAWSUIT! GIMMIE FREE MONEY" jerks.
Karsten's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 07:01
Karsten
Didn't Crecente from Kotaku write something about his PS3 making a very loud noise and being very hot after he left it on all night?

And while I was writing this I looked it up:
http://www.kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/ps3-freaks-out-wife-216529.php
Ballistic90's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 08:33
Ballistic90
I doubt this is a serious problem that people will need to be worried about. It was most likely a 1 in a million chance that we probably won't hear from again. He probably had it directly on the carpet lying down, right near some flammable drapes.
Ha-Puken's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 09:47
Ha-Puken
Ballistic90: One in a million!? That guy must have some pretty shitty luck considering there is only about 400,000 of them here in the states...
Ballistic90's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/01/2006 14:10
Ballistic90
Ha-puken, I meant in the terms of the situation that would create this situation. If someone plays with their PS3 one day properly ventilated and then moves it to a place that just so happened to have the needed components to start a fire, then that wouldn't be the same "1 in a million".
Furball's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/04/2006 22:41
Furball
Ohhh...the horror. Yeah, and a 360 ran over my dog. Ah well, at least this fruitcake isn't from NC. We don't need any more bad press, what with this idiot bum-rushing a coupla folks for their PS3's, then getting blasted by the police. At home. Right after they blasted his dog. Hmm...tell ya what. Why don't I just skip this generation of games and play my old shit again? I never killed nobody. Well, there was that one guy, but I'm almost sure he was a zombie....oh, so that's what I forgot! Hold on, lemme go get my pills.
nuke888's Avatar - Comment posted on 05/04/2007 09:38
nuke888
its funny an pathetic how biased paid bad press tries to invent stories bout competitors failures to say " we are all the same every systems blowns up" instead of just makin new revisions of shitty hardware that have not to rely on epoxy glue to hope have a chance to survive...
Alvin D Davenport's Avatar - Comment posted on 01/12/2010 19:24
Alvin D Davenport
one of the biggest lies by a 3fixme fanfag dude i herd of ppl leaving their ps3 on for weeks and from the research i've done it can go on longer! f@h (folding home) is a good example of this you have to leave it on for hours on end an i do that so does my friends just for gaming! now if he said xbox360 i'd believe it but ps3 no way in hell is that even remotely believable!
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