PS3 already exhibiting overheating problems

[Reckoner]

Sony's gonna make a killing on warranties

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: randay

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: randay
These threads keep getting more and more pathetic. Do you honestly believe sony would release a broken console? God, you people are dumb.

a lot of ps1's became defective after awhile.

and my 8086, atari, commodore64, nintendo, supernintendo, sega genesis, and gameboy all work perfectly fine still.

I have a working Atari 2600, NES, Super NES and Sega Genesis. I haven't checked my original Gameboy in a while, because I got a GBA.

And also, many PS2s broke too.

I don't really think that Sony would knowingly release a broken console. That isn't the issue here. The issue here is that Sony is STILL working out the bugs this close to launch. That means they're either manufacturing defective consoles, or they haven't started manufacturing them yet. Either one is pretty bad considering the launch is a month and a half away.

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
"Unique temperature conditions"? You mean like those found inside of an entertainment cabinet perhaps? What... does Sony expect everyone to mount their PS3s in front of an AC unit?

how about being on all day and having people crowded around all day?

Not to mention that only a HANDFUL of sony batteries actually caught on fire...

Only a handful caught fire? When it comes to things just randomly starting on fire, one is too many.

 

[everman]

Well it does kinda look like one of those sandwich grills. Maybe you can use the controller to shake up a martini?...oh wait can't do that anymore

 

[CTweak]

Didn't the 360 have heat issues in the pre-release consoles which were in stores? And weren't some people hanging their 360's power bricks up in the air to avoid overheating? Seems to be a pattern. I think these things (just like the 360) are simply going to be massive heat producers.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Some say ifhte PS3 fails, Sony will go under.

 

[slayer202]

Originally posted by: XZeroII

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
"Unique temperature conditions"? You mean like those found inside of an entertainment cabinet perhaps? What... does Sony expect everyone to mount their PS3s in front of an AC unit?

how about being on all day and having people crowded around all day?

Not to mention that only a HANDFUL of sony batteries actually caught on fire...

Only a handful caught fire? When it comes to things just randomly starting on fire, one is too many.

well a handful of laptop batteries catching on fire should not stop people from buying a playstation 3...if a handful of ps3s caught fire, it wouldn't stop me from buying one. ill take the 1 in a million chance

 

[JImmyK]

Originally posted by: Lonyo

Originally posted by: randay
These threads keep getting more and more pathetic. Do you honestly believe sony would release a broken console? God, you people are dumb.

Yeah. Or sell batteries that explode.
God people, GET A CLUE!

That is some funny ownage, BUT in SOnys defense their PS3 is whisper quiet maybe they can pump up the fan a bit and get to Xbox 360 levels and be cool.

even though the 360 has had some heating issues 3-6 months down the line, the xbox 360 demoed much better then this. If the PS3 is havign heatign problems the first few hours thats far worse then the first few months...

 

[MX2]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Some say ifhte PS3 fails, Sony will go under.

:roll:

 

[XZeroII]

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: XZeroII

Originally posted by: slayer202

Originally posted by: AbAbber2k
"Unique temperature conditions"? You mean like those found inside of an entertainment cabinet perhaps? What... does Sony expect everyone to mount their PS3s in front of an AC unit?

how about being on all day and having people crowded around all day?

Not to mention that only a HANDFUL of sony batteries actually caught on fire...

Only a handful caught fire? When it comes to things just randomly starting on fire, one is too many.

well a handful of laptop batteries catching on fire should not stop people from buying a playstation 3...if a handful of ps3s caught fire, it wouldn't stop me from buying one. ill take the 1 in a million chance

No, it shouldn't. But still, I would not buy something that had a 1 in a million chance of just catching on fire. Imagine how much it would cost an office to have someone leave their laptop on overnight and burn the office down. It would cost a lot of money to get back up to speed again. Even if it were a personal PC and it burned down your house. I would lose lots of treasured items here that insurance could not replace. Frankly, 1 in a million is still concerning to me.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Some say ifhte PS3 fails, Sony will go under.

I highly doubt that. Sony is a big company, they make a ton of consumer electronics. They distribute movies and music. They publish games. If PS3 is a failure at worst Sony will become another Sega with regard to the video game industry. But I think they'd give it another go - the home entertainment market is worth it to them.

 

[Cooler]

Now that Intel is no longer the king of overheating products the title goes to sony.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Cooler
Now that Intel is no longer the king of overheating products the title goes to sony.

I remember seeing a video a while back where someone ran different processors without a heatsink/fan. Most would run briefly, maybe 15 seconds before the computer froze. But one, I don't remember if it was an AMD or an Intel, caught fire within seconds of turning the power on.

 

[archcommus]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: IHateMyJob2004
Some say ifhte PS3 fails, Sony will go under.

I highly doubt that. Sony is a big company, they make a ton of consumer electronics. They distribute movies and music. They publish games. If PS3 is a failure at worst Sony will become another Sega with regard to the video game industry. But I think they'd give it another go - the home entertainment market is worth it to them.

Agreed, Sony is far too huge for any one failed product to kill them.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Cooler
Now that Intel is no longer the king of overheating products the title goes to sony.

I remember seeing a video a while back where someone ran different processors without a heatsink/fan. Most would run briefly, maybe 15 seconds before the computer froze. But one, I don't remember if it was an AMD or an Intel, caught fire within seconds of turning the power on.

Tom's Hardware did that video. The AMD chip blew up in seconds. The Intel chip fared very well.

 

[JackBurton]

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: Cooler
Now that Intel is no longer the king of overheating products the title goes to sony.

I remember seeing a video a while back where someone ran different processors without a heatsink/fan. Most would run briefly, maybe 15 seconds before the computer froze. But one, I don't remember if it was an AMD or an Intel, caught fire within seconds of turning the power on.

Tom's Hardware did that video. The AMD chip blew up in seconds. The Intel chip fared very well.

All Intel chips were not damaged by taking the heatsink off. The P4 actually kept running with it off and then resumed back to normal speeds when the heatsink was placed back on. All AMD chips on the other hand died. Some actually went up in smoke.

I still have that video.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: CTweak
Didn't the 360 have heat issues in the pre-release consoles which were in stores? And weren't some people hanging their 360's power bricks up in the air to avoid overheating? Seems to be a pattern. I think these things (just like the 360) are simply going to be massive heat producers.

That seems reasonable. If I were buying a next-gen console I would get a laptop cooler for it. As it is, my slim ps2 arrives on thursday

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: preslove

Originally posted by: CTweak
Didn't the 360 have heat issues in the pre-release consoles which were in stores? And weren't some people hanging their 360's power bricks up in the air to avoid overheating? Seems to be a pattern. I think these things (just like the 360) are simply going to be massive heat producers.

That seems reasonable. If I were buying a next-gen console I would get a laptop cooler for it. As it is, my slim ps2 arrives on thursday

Where'd you buy? Did you get a deal? New or used? I want to get a slim PS2, preferably new, but I don't want to pay more than $100 for it. I've seen them on sale at Target that cheap, but not recently.

 

[TraumaRN]

Meh.....all I have to say is this, screw Sony, my money is on a Wii!

Mostly cuz I played it already, saw it up close, and as a soon to be graduating college student I dont have 600 dollars to blow on a gaming system that just gives me a gaming system. No games or anything.

Rather spend 250 bucks for a Wii, 30 bucks for a new controller and maybe 150 bucks for 3-4 games(depending on price) plus I get Wii Sports with the system....

If it's true about the overheating that doesnt look good for Sony, especially not a month before launch.

 

[preslove]

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: preslove

Originally posted by: CTweak
Didn't the 360 have heat issues in the pre-release consoles which were in stores? And weren't some people hanging their 360's power bricks up in the air to avoid overheating? Seems to be a pattern. I think these things (just like the 360) are simply going to be massive heat producers.

That seems reasonable. If I were buying a next-gen console I would get a laptop cooler for it. As it is, my slim ps2 arrives on thursday

Where'd you buy? Did you get a deal? New or used? I want to get a slim PS2, preferably new, but I don't want to pay more than $100 for it. I've seen them on sale at Target that cheap, but not recently.

Ebay for $90. Hopefully it works. I think I'm going to get a small tv instead of a tv box for my monitor, so I wanted to save $.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: preslove

Originally posted by: mugs

Originally posted by: preslove

Originally posted by: CTweak
Didn't the 360 have heat issues in the pre-release consoles which were in stores? And weren't some people hanging their 360's power bricks up in the air to avoid overheating? Seems to be a pattern. I think these things (just like the 360) are simply going to be massive heat producers.

That seems reasonable. If I were buying a next-gen console I would get a laptop cooler for it. As it is, my slim ps2 arrives on thursday

Where'd you buy? Did you get a deal? New or used? I want to get a slim PS2, preferably new, but I don't want to pay more than $100 for it. I've seen them on sale at Target that cheap, but not recently.

Ebay for $90. Hopefully it works. I think I'm going to get a small tv instead of a tv box for my monitor, so I wanted to save $.

Ah, that was you that was looking for the composite->VGA adapter? I still have to find a good one so I can use an extra LCD monitor as a TV in my study.

 

[intogamer]

Woot another price drop?

The more problems... the more they have to work and delays

I really want Blue-Ray Game console for $400

 

[schneiderguy]

good thing microsoft fixed the XBOX360 overheating issues before launch!!!

... oh, wait, they didnt :roll:

 

[Wreckem]

Right now the games division at Sony only makes up 15% of its revenue. A few years ago the games division made up much more and kept Sony profitable, there was a point were the games division was the only division post a profit, but the rest of Sony has rebounded since then.