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With all of the negativity surrounding the quality of Microsoft's Xbox 360 hardware, it's almost a welcome sight to see a headline proclaiming the durability of the PlayStation 3 (however partial the source may be). According to recent tests conducted by PS3Vault, nothing short of a sledgehammer is powerful enough to bring the mighty PS3 to its knees. So what sort of hardships did the PSTriple endure and pass with flying colors? How about 108 hours of pretty much nonstop use in the harshest of environments:
Guess what? The PS3 didn't buckle under the pressure -- even when faced with the unfathomable idea of playing a marathon of the "Blu-rays." Pretty impressive, when you consider the thousands of Xbox 360s that have perished in the most comfortable of places. However, I must point out that while this looks good to Sony fans out there, I'm less than inclined to believe it without some video to back it up. Hit the jump for the full details on the testing. The following conditions were applied to each testing environment • Continuous usuage of 108hours with no interruption to power supply The following cycle was copied and used in each testing environment. Environment 1 Typical Family Room Temperature Started at 50F and was progressively scaled down over the next 4 days to reach 0degrees. Incidents We noticed a slight sluggishness in playback once the temperature reached 0 degrees , this was maintained for the last 24hours, with 12 hours to go we thought we were going to crash with a sudden , blackout to the screen, this was tracked down to condensation on the cord for the screen. 108hours in and still working fine Environment 3 Heat Sauna – again console inside and controllers and screen outside. [Via N4G] Next page: More PS3 stories ![]()
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1:54 PM on 08.12.2007, 


