You may recollect a news report we brought you in early February about a middle school student whose PSP caught fire in his pants, causing second degree burns and likely making the poor kid the butt of jokes for weeks afterward. It seems recent research is pointing in the direction of the after-market charger used with the system rather than the PSP itself. Pelican Accessories haven't made a public statement regarding this possibility as of yet.
Sheilah Clay, the boy's mother, commented that he is back in school but still suffers a lot of pain when the burns on his leg are cleaned. I'm glad he is okay, and equally glad things are pointing away from Sony when it comes to this incident. It seemed like just another reason for anti-game enthusiasts to preach the evils of video games. I hear they read Destructoid these days.
[Via Freep -- thanks, Jonathan]
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4:54 PM on 02.26.2008
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I wonder if this is covered by warranty.
Still, Pelican are a shit third-party company. All of their stuff is shit. When I was younger and the N64 came out, I got a Pelican expansion pack for it. "Sure whatever" I said. The games played fine but after EXACTLY one hour every time, the N64 would freeze.... fucking Pelican. At least I got the proper OFFICIAL expansion pack myself soon after.
The point is, I don't recall any third party products (apart from the Wavebird for the Gamecube) being worth getting. Just stick with the official stuff.
The same thing happened to me when I was trying to play through Vagrant Story. I've never bought a 3rd party accessory since.
So what's the consensus on Hori controllers?
@ The-Excel
Hori products have always been excellent from my experience, and they're often licensed as official products from Nintendo and other companies.
I also remember that a third party control pad messed up my friend's ability to use his Playstation. He didn't have anything to do with the controller once it condemned his second PS.
Electricity is fun.