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[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Really? So what you're saying is that at one year and one day, I won't have to pay $150 PLUS the cost of friggin' shipping if my PS3 goes all wonky on me?
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Eh, if you read my post I didn't say that at all. I said they are more than generous with a lot of things other companies aren't. Considering the PS3 has less than a 1% failure rate, $150 isn't a big deal really. Because odds are you don't have to worry about.
 
[quote name='HowStern']Eh, if you read my post I didn't say that at all. I said they are more than generous with a lot of things other companies aren't. Considering the PS3 has less than a 1% failure rate, $150 isn't a big deal really. Because odds are you don't have to worry about.[/quote]

fuck that shit. I paid $400 for it and there's NO WAY IN HELL I would pay them $150 fucking more dollars to repair it, when the cost to them is probably a fuckin' tenth of that.

No way in fuckin' hell.

This is why I laugh at these meager warranties from electronic companies. I'm sorry, but if I pay anything more than $100-200 for your shit, you better cover my item if it's 2 years out of warranty. Four hundred dollars for a system and then $150 to fix it AND having to have the receipt to even get warranty service is a crock of shit.

I can see why the hell the OP is pissed off, though since the PS3 they have is still under warranty for another month, I'd definitely try calling them to get it serviced.

If anything, I dealt with enough reps from AOL back in the day to understand Hindi a bit, since they outsourced most of their work. Mind you, if you asked for an American or said you couldn't understand, they WOULD transfer you to someone without an accent.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']fuck that shit. I paid $400 for it and there's NO WAY IN HELL I would pay them $150 fucking more dollars to repair it, when the cost to them is probably a fuckin' tenth of tha[/quote]

Eh, I would rather pay $550 and have something that works than pay $400 and have a useless pile of trash. What can ya do, ya know?
 
[quote name='HowStern']Eh, I would rather pay $550 and have something that works than pay $400 and have a useless pile of trash. What can ya do, ya know?[/quote]

Gamers can demand that companies actually give a decent warranty on their products. They have managed to get better than last gen with the meager 3 month nonsense, but usually if something is going to go on a system it'll be after a year.

This is why I never usually grab a new system until mid gen because then I know if something is going to fail, but I wanted to play GTA IV and a few of the other games. Although if I had waited, I could've probably bought an 80 gb for $400 or some of the leftover 160 gb models after they discontinue those for $450 and got Uncharted and a voucher for the PSN game PAIN.

But I got impatient after Sony didn't drop it a little bit without taking stuff out and I figured I'd better get one.

But $150 is a bit much, when I'm sure they're getting parts for it on the cheap by NOW.
 
You're expecting an auto like warranty from an electronics company. If you pay over 10k for something then, yes you'll get a couple years worth of a warranty. A $400 item is a completely different story.
 
[quote name='depascal22']You're expecting an auto like warranty from an electronics company. If you pay over 10k for something then, yes you'll get a couple years worth of a warranty. A $400 item is a completely different story.[/quote]

Even if I never got an auto like warranty for the PS3, the 'repair' cost is a bit excessive to me. Now, something along the lines of last gen's PS2 repair costs($75 for repairs, $45 to swap out for a refurb)would be tolerable on the PS3. Although, those costs last gen were laughable to me as well, since for $75 I could buy 5 used PS2's that supposedly didn't work from a local shop and find out all they needed was a good cleaning and have FIVE systems for the cost to fix ONE.
 
Expensive things cost alot to repair. Ever taken a car in for repair? It can run you a couple grand to fix a car that didn't even cost that much.

You can throw all the numbers you want out there but it's up to Sony to set a price that allows them to employ all those people at the repair center. You keep acting like it's one guy in a shop.

You can get your PS3 repaired by some dude that advertises on craigslist but what recourse do you have when he melts your hard drive and hands you a box with the PS3 and a couple extra parts in it?

You can get a black market transplant that might be a match for you or you can pay the extra price to have it done at a hospital with real doctors and sterile instruments.

All I'm saying is that there are certain times in life that it doesn't pay to be cheap.
 
haha thats fine Ice2Dragon I'm done replying to off topic posts since obviously you guys will hate on anything I say since you were wrong to begin with. So if you'd like to believe I'm racist so be it. Bring back Hitler :whistle2:D


Anyways I guess to be a "Troll" the reason I haven't taken care of the PS3 sooner. 1. 60 hour work weeks. 2. I adopted my little sister so when I'm not working I'm doing home work with her. 3. I do have a life outside of gaming.
And 4. The XBOX 360 releases have been much better to this point. But now there is finally a few PS3 games I consider must haves. Besides I'd like to finish Assassins Creed which was the only game I got to play on it before it broke which is a definate top 10 game of this generation to me, and Darkness which is still in the wrapper.


Also I guess I can go off topic one more time on the whole I have to hit it with my hand to get it to put out... Nice call :whistle2:D guess I should have gone with pop haha. But again thanks to those who had helped me.
 
[quote name='depascal22']Expensive things cost alot to repair. Ever taken a car in for repair? It can run you a couple grand to fix a car that didn't even cost that much.

You can throw all the numbers you want out there but it's up to Sony to set a price that allows them to employ all those people at the repair center. You keep acting like it's one guy in a shop.

You can get your PS3 repaired by some dude that advertises on craigslist but what recourse do you have when he melts your hard drive and hands you a box with the PS3 and a couple extra parts in it?

You can get a black market transplant that might be a match for you or you can pay the extra price to have it done at a hospital with real doctors and sterile instruments.

All I'm saying is that there are certain times in life that it doesn't pay to be cheap.[/quote]

But after paying $400 for it to begin with, the idea doesn't sit well any way I look at it. I've had huge car bills before and if I didn't need the car for work, I would've just scrapped the damn thing, since I need the exercise that comes from walking anyway.

However, many of us who got a PS3 this gen did so by getting rid of other systems or games since our savings were meager to begin with. Otherwise, I'd still be playing the PS2 and Xbox and I'd still have almost 100 games for both systems combined.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Personally though, for such an expensive machine, the damn warranty SHOULD be like the RROD extended one for the 360 and be a FULL three years AT LEAST. Though I will admit that at least this gen Sony didn't bend us over with their meager 90 day bullshit like with the PS2.[/quote]
I see you haven't purchased a $2000 TV with a 90 day warranty lately. My pops-in-law owns a TV repair shop and sees more and more $1000+ TVs come in needing repairs right after the warranty is up; most of the time the companies won't budge. My suggestion, buy an extended warranty if you don't trust your purchase to live as long as you'd want it to.

[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']Really? So what you're saying is that at one year and one day, I won't have to pay $150 PLUS the cost of friggin' shipping if my PS3 goes all wonky on me?

I'm betting the answer to that is a resounding NO. I STILL say that major electronics, such as the PS3 and HDtv's, should come with at least a two year warranty since many don't start messing up until AFTER that first year and the warranty is gone.[/quote]
Good luck with that, as a population we want things as quick as possible and as cutting edge as possible. Want a TV or machine that will last? Then make it simple (look at the old tube TVs and Atari 2600s). Again, extended warranty. As a consumer, you can either take the warranty that is given, get an extended warranty, or not make the purchase. For me personally, I feel very confident that my PS3 will last me many years; and since I have a 60GB model I'll GLADLY pay the $150 not to have another device (PS2) attached to my TV.

[quote name='Malik112099']I didn't know they stacked shit that high.


ha! sorry....

anyways...you need to invest in some interior decorating. It looks like you're a squatter. The 2 random bottles confuse me also.[/quote]
Wow, I know some of the troll comments are uncalled for, but THIS one has reached a new low. Take that shit to GAF or GameFAQs; yeah he called his PS3 a piece of shit, but it's out of frustration and not really worthy of the flaming he's getting.
 
[quote name='CrimsonPaw']Good luck with that, as a population we want things as quick as possible and as cutting edge as possible. Want a TV or machine that will last? Then make it simple (look at the old tube TVs and Atari 2600s). Again, extended warranty. As a consumer, you can either take the warranty that is given, get an extended warranty, or not make the purchase. For me personally, I feel very confident that my PS3 will last me many years; and since I have a 60GB model I'll GLADLY pay the $150 not to have another device (PS2) attached to my TV.[/quote]

I didn't want the damn thing to be 'cutting edge', I wanted a fuckin' gaming machine. Mind you, I have used some of the other functions of the PS3, but I doubt I'll ever use them enough for them to be worthwhile.

I'll NEVER use it as a movie player, I'll never use it as a CD player(even though it functions as a PS1 which played CD's), I'll never use it as my MAIN internet browsing machine and so on.

This is why I wish Sony would make a stripped down version for $199-299, though $300 is even too much for my liking. It was a struggle to wrest the money from my hands the day I bought mine.

I had resolved after having video issues with my PS2 last gen that I paid $299 for to NEVER buy a console for more than $150-200 again. But there were games I wanted to play, so I guess I'm stupid and went back on my own word with buying this thing.

Do I regret it? A bit at times, but as long as my PS3 remains as reliable as I've seen the bulk of them being, I'll keep it.
 
[quote name='IAmTheCheapestGamer']
This is why I wish Sony would make a stripped down version for $199-299, though $300 is even too much for my liking. It was a struggle to wrest the money from my hands the day I bought mine.

I had resolved after having video issues with my PS2 last gen that I paid $299 for to NEVER buy a console for more than $150-200 again. But there were games I wanted to play, so I guess I'm stupid and went back on my own word with buying this thing.[/quote]
Sounds like you are pissed at Sony for bringing the PS3 to market when you should be mad at yourself for a lack of willpower. Sony didn't force you to buy the machine, nor did they force you to forgo your personal stance on your purchase threshold. Sony has found that the market will sustain a $400 price point for their system, it will NOT (as they found) sustain a $600 console.

Anyway, I doubt we'll see a
 
[quote name='CrimsonPaw']Sounds like you are pissed at Sony for bringing the PS3 to market when you should be mad at yourself for a lack of willpower. Sony didn't force you to buy the machine, nor did they force you to forgo your personal stance on your purchase threshold. Sony has found that the market will sustain a $400 price point for their system, it will NOT (as they found) sustain a $600 console.

Anyway, I doubt we'll see a
 
[quote name='HowStern']The blu-ray drive is for games.
http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2008/08/01/john-carmack-says-blu-ray-offers-better-graphics/[/quote]

That's all fine and dandy for the graphics whores, but I care about gameplay not staring at the game world and going 'oooooooo pretty'.

And unfortunately, a few games I've played this gen thus far have relied on the 'wow' factor of making the game look nice, while being glitchy as shit in the gameplay department.

fuck graphics, give me a fun game to play anyday.
 
The blu-ray drive in the PS3 is for games. The storage capacity of blu-ray is to dvd, what CD was to cartridge back in the day.
MGS4 on dvd would be ridiculous, visuals would have to be compressed to fit on a reasonable number of discs. blu ray allows for way more data just like the switch from cartridge to cd.
 
I guess tbf, all multiplatform games have to fit on a dvd9 ala 360 and I can't see them putting much more data on the BR b/c there's more storage.
 
^true most of the time for now. but id software has said that Rage will take full benefits of blu-ray where as the 360 version has to be compressed to fit onto dvd because it costs too much to put it out as a multi-disc game. something about the royalty fees. I posted a link about it earlier I thought. that may turn into a new trend as games get bigger and better.
 
LOL Bigger and better. More like more fluff and less substance. I prefer games to be fun to play and actually have some meat to them, not be 'online only' or 'the best LOOKING game to come out in years'. And forget about digital distribution for games. The day that happens, is the day I stop gaming in the gen it happens in and go back to the classics.

Hell, I'd take a serious downgrade in graphics with no problems if it meant that developers would start focusing on what made games fun in the first place: PLAYING THEM.

You have 'Linger in Shadows' and many other non game 'games', which is 'interactive art'. What a crock. You have MGS 4, which is more video, less game. Then you have the other bajillion games out there that focus on you seeing every little 'detail' over actually playing the game for the fun factor.

I wouldn't care if they knocked down all current gen consoles(Wii included) to 16 bit graphics again, as long as the games were fun as hell to play.

fuck this going for realistic graphics shit. If I wanna see real looking stuff, I'll look out the window. Give me my escapism feeling, which is why I play games in the first place. I wanna escape reality for a bit.
 
Not to revamp this topic but for anyone out there who has not yet had a problem with your PS3 or has and are extremely busy and thinking about returning it that was a lot more painless than I could have imagined. Thanks to someone on here showing me the online site. I went on, had the box to ship it sent to me in 3 days got my PS3 back today took a total of about 7 business days and I finally for pretty much the first time in a year have a working PS3. If i didn't work 60+ hours a week and knew about the online support I would have done this much sooner. Other than PS3s (and all other video game consoles/electronics) one year limited warranty policy I think PS3 did an awesome job and they even cleaned off the dust that was about an inch thick on it from sitting in the dark haha.

Thanks again to those of you who actually helped me out. Now once I play some of the games I've had for a year I'll have to get into some must plays I've been hearing about for the PS3.
 
[quote name='dsreptiles']Not to revamp this topic but for anyone out there who has not yet had a problem with your PS3 or has and are extremely busy and thinking about returning it that was a lot more painless than I could have imagined. Thanks to someone on here showing me the online site. I went on, had the box to ship it sent to me in 3 days got my PS3 back today took a total of about 7 business days and I finally for pretty much the first time in a year have a working PS3. If i didn't work 60+ hours a week and knew about the online support I would have done this much sooner. Other than PS3s (and all other video game consoles/electronics) one year limited warranty policy I think PS3 did an awesome job and they even cleaned off the dust that was about an inch thick on it from sitting in the dark haha.

Thanks again to those of you who actually helped me out. Now once I play some of the games I've had for a year I'll have to get into some must plays I've been hearing about for the PS3.[/quote]

I'm surprised they even serviced it, since dust is listed as one of the things that voids your warranty and the one guy wrote about Sony denying service to his PS3 for that very reason on The Consumerist website.

I believe there was a thread about that here a while back actually.

Good to hear you got your system serviced though, hope you're done having problems with it.
 
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