NEWS CATEGORIES:



NEWS ARCHIVE >>
SOFTPEDIA REVIEWS >>
Home / News / Games / Play Station

Play Station


Forty Per Cent of the 40GB PS3 Consoles Malfunctioning

Every console has its own "Red Ring of Death"

By Alexandru Stanescu, Editor, Gaming Reviews (Consoles)

8th of November 2007, 07:43 GMT

Adjust text size:


Longing for a 40GB PS3? Think twice
Enlarge picture
Sony's been hit by PS3 issues again it seems, as a couple of retail sources are reporting that the console's failure rates are pretty high. Games Mania, a Belgian games retailer is part of the PS3 distributors
and mentioned that the consoles sold pretty well, but about 40 per cent of them were returned because of hardware issues that prevented the devices from reading Blu-ray (or any other) disks.

We're not sure yet if we're dealing with a single retailer's problem or a general issue, but it seems that Sony has its own "Red Ring of Death" to face now. Taking into consideration that this is the first time we've heard about problems like this, we can only suppose that the malfunctions only happened in Belgium, so we shouldn't criticize the 40GB device yet. In case you're looking for bugs and hardware malfunctions of the PS3 you might want to know that the console was made using low-cost technologies and it doesn't feature as many cooling vents as its predecessors.

Have you ever experienced disk reading issues on your 40GB PS3 so far? It's weird that Sony decided to use less cooling vents, since the console tends to overheat after a long gaming session. Microsoft did the opposite thing, increasing the number of cooling parts on the 360 in order to prevent the Red Ring of Death and other overheating problems from happening. Well, it's only logical that sacrifices were made in order to cut costs and offer the public a cheaper PS3, in an attempt to compete with the acclaimed Xbox 360 or the best-selling Wii console.

Since this version of Sony's gaming device may have the above-mentioned issues imagine what would happen if the company pulled out a PS3 slim, without a proper ventilation system... The failure rates would be sky high and Sony would once again lose billions.

TAGS:

PS3 | Sony | Issues | Retailer | 40GB


Rating:
Very Good (4.5/5) 6 vote(s) so far    

Read by 2,059 user(s) | Add comment | Link to this article
Subscribe to news | Print article | Send to friend

© Copyright 2001-2008 Softpedia
Contact:

 

 

SEARCH THE NEWS ARCHIVE :




Today's News
| Yesterday's News | News Archive


MORE RELATED ARTICLES:


PS3 Failing to Play Blu-ray Movies Again

Gametart Direct - Get Your PS3 and Rent the Games

Best Buy No Longer Wants the 20GB PS3

PS3 - Games Rental Site Launched

Sony's PS3 Has Started to Sell

PS3 - New Dead or Alive Game, Megaman Reworked via PSN...

Sony Prepping to Launch 40GB PS3 for $399.99?

Sony Confirms New 40GB PS3 for PAL Territories - €399

User opinions:


Comment #1 by: kupo on 09 Jul 2008, 15:42 GMT reply to this comment

HEY YA ALL..
I M IN GREECE AND I WANTED TO REPORT ANOTHER -APPARENT- MALFUNCTION OF PS3 AND ITS BUILD IN BLUE RAY TECHNOLOGY.
I BOUGHT MY PS3 ON DECEMBER 28TH AND SINCE THEN DUE TO MY HEAVY SCHEDULE I HAVENT PLAYED LONG BT I STORAGED IT IN ITS OWN BOX WITH SAFETY AND CARE :)
I HAVE USED MY PS 3 AROUN 10 TIMES MAX FROM 2 - 5 HRS EACH TIME. ANYWAYS NOT TO TIRE U ALL, I AM PLAYING MY FAVORITE GAME ASSASSINS CREED AND AS FAR AS I ALREADY KNOW ITS A GAME WITH TOO MANY GLITCHES. AS I WAS PLAYING MY SCREEN FROZE - HOW UNUSUAL- AND I HAD TO REBOOT MY PS3 FROM THE START UP BUTTON IN THE FRONT SIDE OF THE BOX. I HATE TO REBOOT IT LIKE THAT BUT I REALLY HAD TO!!
AS THE GAME IS FROZED AND IM TOTALLY DISSAPOINTED AS IM SO CLOSE TO HAVE THE 9TH ASSASSINATION OF THE GAME, I REBOOT MY SYSTEM AND I ASSUME THAT I LL HAVE TO START THE LEVEL ALL THE WAY AGAIN.
SO AS I REBOOT THE PS3 THEN ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT DOESNT RECOGNIZE THE GAME DISK. IM SO SURPRISED THAT I EJECT AND INSERTING IT AGAIN THE DISK BUT NOTHING. THEN I INSERT ANOTHER GAME BUT STILL MY PS3 SHOWS THAT SOMETHING IS BEING LOADING (UP RIGHT CORNER) OR THAT IT TRIES TO READ THE DISK BUT AGAIN NOTING. THEN I TRY TO INSERT A SIMPLE DVD MOVIE JUST TO CHECK IF THERES A PROBLEM WITH THE GAME DISK OR ITS MY SYSTEMS FAULT.. GUESS WHAT!! MY QUARANTEE ISNT EXIRED YET - FORTUNATELLY- BUT IM AFRAID WHATS WRONG WITH IT SNCE I HAVENT MISTREATED THE MACHINE IN THE PAST NOR I HAVE PUT ANY CHIP ON IT IN ORDER TO PLAY BACKUP GAME COPIES..
WAITING FOR UR REPLY GUYS. PLZ TELL ME UR OPINION
THNXIN ADVANCE :))

Share your opinion:

Your Name:
Your Email Address:
(will not be used for commercial purposes)
Solve this to prove you're not a bot: =
Your review/opinion:

 






SUBMIT PROGRAM   |   ADVERTISE   |   GET HELP   |   SEND US FEEDBACK   |   RSS FEEDS   |   ENTER NEWS SITE   |   ENGLISH BOARD   |   ROMANIAN FORUM