The Xbox 360's
RROD has been the monkey on Microsoft's back for the past couple of years, but according to some reports, Sony has been dealing with some similar problems with the PS3 as well. Complaints on Sony's own forums show a small percentage of users being greeted with
80010514 errors, and finding out that their Blu-ray drives are no longer functioning. A quick search via the information superhighway seems to indicate that Sony has not released an official breakdown of the code, but that it veritably indicates an issue with the Blu-ray drive.
To be fair, it has to be mentioned that isolated reports of this error have been around for quite some time -- since the PS3's launch, in fact -- and that we've heard nothing about it coming anywhere near Xbox 360 levels of concern. However, it should be known that at least a couple people on staff know of others who have had issues with their PS3's giving up the ghost.
Since I've taken a liking to my own, and I'm aware of a few of you owning the hardware yourself, I just have to ask: Do you know of anyone personally whose had their PS3 go on the fritz? Inquiring minds want to know.
[Via Maxconsole -- Thanks, Justin!]
Contest:
1:01 PM on 04.09.2008
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Mine used to freeze up when the update with the information bar was released, but I turned it off, and that hasn't been an issue for me since.
I'm really not concerned and will certainly be purchasing the MGS4 bundle as planned.
Frankly, I'm surprised that more 360s and PS3s don't come with bad optical or hard drives. Having spent a few years in technical support, I installed a ton of new systems (possibly literally, 2000lbs worth of computers) and it was hardly a surprise to find one with a bad drive straight out of the box.
Was watching Full Metal Jacket on the Blu-rays the other night and all was well.
I think it's directly related to disc access, so i'm hoping the air dusting and move i gave the system will help :x
Sony's customer support was great though, and I promptly shipped the defective unit off and got another one back.
Ironically my two-year old 360, which gets a lot more use, has been chugging along like a champ in all of its jet-turbine loud glory.
Too bad though......<1% failure still holds for the 11.5 million PS3 owners out there
http://www.ripten.com/2007/07/03/failure-rate-xbox-360-high-as-33-sony-ps3-less-than-1/
I think the failure rate (or rather, the essentially lack thereof) of the PS3 has been known by most, if not all, to be very low. You just want to insult him because you don't believe that it is indeed that low
You are a waste of space.
So, we have the Red Ring of Death, now Sony could have a Blue Ray of Death, now Nintendo needs a Green Light of Death and we'll have a full set.
Seriously though, never heard of this error. None of my PS3 owning friends have run across this and it sounds like not many people here have had this happen either. Hope this is just a rare isolated thing.
I took good care of my consoles and I went through about three PSones, and two PS2s. My friend's PS2 is practically dead, and his PSP stopped working for him out of the blue. So Sony has it's fair share of shoddy workman ship.
Nintendo, as far as I can tell, seems to be the most reliable when it comes to hardware.
i know the Sony fanboys will say that i'm full of sh@t but it's the truth.the PS3's gonna have their problems just give it time.alot of them haven't gotten alot of use so now that they are you'll see the problems start to surface.
What are you smoking? I have no power over what icons you choose, and the PS3 gets more play time (in my household) than the other two consoles combined. You obviously don't know me very well.
Then again, we were really pushing Rock Band to the limit, so maybe it sabotaged his console.
LOL.
slow news day?
Because then it would be totally understandable.
It's on my forearm
The problem started when I noticed my Call of Duty 4 disc had what could be best described as the metal lines on a dart board type marks on the back of the disc. They rubbed off but kept coming back. Anyway a couple of days later I switched COD4 for Tiger Woods 08 and the game was in my PS3 but it wasn't showing on my XMB. I put back in COD4 and had the same problem.
Anyway I rang the Playstation customer service number and got a refurbished PS3 in 48 hours.