Green DNA Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 My son's PS3 keeps getting an "unreadable disk" error message, now matter what disk he puts in the machine. He told me that he has seen something in a number of tech forums that say this is caused by one of the regular Sony automatic downloads and that if you if you bring this to their attention, Sony will fix it for free. Has anyone heard or experienced this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Ask eCurb he's the resident PS3 fanboy, but he probably won't believe that the PS3 crapped out. I'm sure you can send it back for repair, have you registered the product with Sony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Get a 360. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Ask eCurb he's the resident PS3 fanboy, but he probably won't believe that the PS3 crapped out. I'm sure you can send it back for repair, have you registered the product with Sony? I have no clue if he registered it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Get a 360. problem solved, I'll pass that along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alk Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 This is clearly your son's fault. PS3's don't just break themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 I have no clue if he registered it That's a good thing, just call them up and tell them what the problem is. Tell them it was a gift and you don't know when it was bought. Worked for me with my 360 when I got RROD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor99 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 problem solved, I'll pass that along. You'd be able to reclaim your spot as the greatest dad in the world. You're welcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 Get a 360. And increase the probability of another failure by 16500%. Yeah! DNA, it could be an update or it could be the laser of your PS3 got screwed up somehow. I haven't kept too much with the news about the PS3, so I can't help you as far as new updates bricking the console. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 This is clearly your son's fault. PS3's don't just break themselves. Or sell themselves based on this data from last year. Overall and 2007 Video Game Console Sales Numbers in the U.S. Posted on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr Now that the holiday shopping season of 2007 is a couple of weeks behind us it is time to look at the sales numbers of the video game consoles. The numbers below were released last week by the market research company NPD Group. Nintendo took the first two spots with the DS and the Wii, by a huge margin. Surprising is that almost 4 million Sony PS2s were sold - outselling the Sony PS3 by 1.5 million. If Nintendo would have been able to step up the Wii production they would have surely sold considerably more than the 6,290,000 million consoles they did. In case you wondered, there are still no $249 Wii consoles available online. All three new generation video game consoles still have a very long way to go to catch the 40 million mark of the Sony PS2, especially when the PS2 is still selling in the millions. Video Game Console Sales 2007: * Nintendo DS - 8,500,000 * Wii - 6,290,000 * Xbox 360 - 4,620,000 * PlayStation 2 - 3,970,000 * PSP - 3,820,000 * PlayStation 3 - 2,560,000 * Game Boy Advance - 1,120,000 Overall Video Game Console Sale Stats: * PlayStation 2 - 41,120,000 * Game Boy Advance - 36,240,000 * Nintendo DS - 17,650,000 * PSP - 10,470,000 * Xbox 360 - 9,150,000 * Wii - 7,380,000 * PlayStation 3 - 3,250,000 http://www.i4u.com/article14151.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Or sell themselves based on this data from last year. http://www.i4u.com/article14151.html How about some data from this year? By your logic, the only thing selling itself is the Wii. This year the PS3 and 360 have been just about even. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 if you would have gotten a 360 it would have been an easy fix. Too bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETSFAN5180 Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 My son traded in his PS3 at Game Stop for an XBOX 360. I lost some $$$$.But 360 is 10X better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 How about some data from this year? By your logic, the only thing selling itself is the Wii. This year the PS3 and 360 have been just about even. This is all I could find http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/03/19/game-consoles-february-2008-npd-sales-figure-analysis/ I don't have a dog in this fight as I don't play video games. My kids have a Wii and we do Wii sports, but thats about it for my participation in the console wars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 This is all I could find http://www.digital-digest.com/blog/DVDGuy/2008/03/19/game-consoles-february-2008-npd-sales-figure-analysis/ I don't have a dog in this fight as I don't play video games. My kids have a Wii and we do Wii sports, but thats about it for my participation in the console wars. Yeah, I have a 360 and PS3, but haven't played either since before summer started. I wasn't saying that in support of the PS3, as much as comparing a console in its first year to another in its second and a half doesn't do much justice. Last year the 360 had much better games out than the PS3 as there was more time to develop for the system, but this year the PS3 has done pretty good on the software side. Just wanted to point out the argument was unfair, not support either side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Just call up Sony they will take care of it for you Im sure unless somehow he voided the warranty by opening it up or something like that. Gainzo... you showed the PS3's #s from its first year... it has been growing stronger by the month... just like the PS2 did when it clobbered the original Xbox... Its a better more reliable system with just about the same if not in some cases better games and all the features and more... Wii is a fun console but aimed more as a general family fun console not a "gaming" console... also Sony has a bunch of stuff to compete with it... Little Big Planet, Singstar, ect.... sure it wont convince parents into spending the extra 300 bucks over a Wii... but it will make more kids transition to PS3 rather the Xbox, just like the PS2 did. Basically Sony is following the same plan that helped it absolutely CRUSH Microsoft the first time around... and its working again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Basically Sony is following the same plan that helped it absolutely CRUSH Microsoft the first time around... and its working again... Sony had a 1 year head start and countless millions unit lead over the competition in the previous generation. It had not competition outside of the dreamcast and it was building on Sony's success with the first PS which on the previous console war. So no... Sony isn't following the same plan at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Sony had a 1 year head start and countless millions unit lead over the competition in the previous generation. It had not competition outside of the dreamcast and it was building on Sony's success with the first PS which on the previous console war. So no... Sony isn't following the same plan at all. Not to mention the PS2 also was a DVD player, that helped huge. It also had its fair share of problems, I had to buy two of them back in the day because it crapped out on me. This time around the PS3 has Blu-ray and its the best blu-ray player on the market. That's about it though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Sony had a 1 year head start and countless millions unit lead over the competition in the previous generation. It had not competition outside of the dreamcast and it was building on Sony's success with the first PS which on the previous console war. So no... Sony isn't following the same plan at all. They are following the same plan, they are steadily catching up and will have the longer lasting system so they will crush Microsoft again. Sony already has higher software sales with some of the big muli-platform companies and that is with less systems out there... Not to mention the PS2 also was a DVD player, that helped huge. It also had its fair share of problems, I had to buy two of them back in the day because it crapped out on me. This time around the PS3 has Blu-ray and its the best blu-ray player on the market. That's about it though... More proof for my point... last time everyone said CD was enough but Sony took the leap and went DVD... they wound up being able to get mroe life and more money/units out of the PS2 than the XBOX could get... This time around... same thing.. everyone said DVD was enough... but Sony took the leap and used Blu-Ray and it will pay off again... Not to mention the HUGE advantage is FREE online... might not seem like much to me and you... but a lot of parents like the feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 They are following the same plan, they are steadily catching up and will have the longer lasting system so they will crush Microsoft again. Sony already has higher software sales with some of the big muli-platform companies and that is with less systems out there... What plan, catching up to who? Nobody stood a chance last generation. The PS2 was never in second... nobody came even close to catching them. Sony is playing catchup for the first time ever and they have done a decent job chasing MS but both are getting obliterated by Nintendo. This is not anything that they have ever had to plan for. From sometime in 1997 until this generation Sony was the one being chased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Not to mention the PS2 also was a DVD player, that helped huge. It also had its fair share of problems, I had to buy two of them back in the day because it crapped out on me. This time around the PS3 has Blu-ray and its the best blu-ray player on the market. That's about it though... Exactly. There are a lot of consumers that are using the PS3 as primarily a blu-ray player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Exactly. There are a lot of consumers that are using the PS3 as primarily a blu-ray player. It also helped that for the longest time it was cheaper to buy a PS3 than a stand alone Blu-Ray player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 What plan, catching up to who? Nobody stood a chance last generation. The PS2 was never in second... nobody came even close to catching them. Sony is playing catchup for the first time ever and they have done a decent job chasing MS but both are getting obliterated by Nintendo. This is not anything that they have ever had to plan for. From sometime in 1997 until this generation Sony was the one being chased. Don't bother in his world PS3 can't do no wrong.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 It also helped that for the longest time it was cheaper to buy a PS3 than a stand alone Blu-Ray player. How do you figure? Sales have gotten stronger and stronger while stand-alone players get cheaper and cheaper... Sony always has and always will make the better product... they spend the time, money, and use the technology to make it possible... the 360 is a basic hardware money making machine for Microsoft... they went cheap and admitted it... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Don't bother in his world PS3 can't do no wrong.... In my world my 360 crapped out and my PS3 has been perfect... wonder why I feel that way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rillo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Exactly. There are a lot of consumers that are using the PS3 as primarily a blu-ray player. Honestly, I tell people if they want to go Blu-ray just get the PS3. Its the best on the market because of the updates, people who bought the stand alone player got screwed IMO. DVD is fine for me, the new 360 update will have netflix streaming in HD, I think that will be huge and get a whole new customer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 Not to mention the PS2 also was a DVD player, that helped huge. It also had its fair share of problems, I had to buy two of them back in the day because it crapped out on me. This time around the PS3 has Blu-ray and its the best blu-ray player on the market. That's about it though... I tend to disagree with the "that's about it" comment. Built in WiFi, easily swappable 2.5" hard drive, wireless connectivity with the PSP for access to all the media on the PS3 from any WiFi location, Blu-Ray, a capable supercomputer thanks to the Cell chip, a computer thanks to Sony allowing (sometimes even promoting) the use of Yellow Dog Linux, numerous media hubs, the list goes on and on and that's only on the hardware side. To say that the only thing the PS3 has over the competition is a Blu-Ray drive is simply asinine, even if you would never use all of the above features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 How do you figure? Sales have gotten stronger and stronger while stand-alone players get cheaper and cheaper... Sony always has and always will make the better product... they spend the time, money, and use the technology to make it possible... the 360 is a basic hardware money making machine for Microsoft... they went cheap and admitted it... lol That was a true statement I made. I remember looking at the cost of stand alone Blu-ray players early this year and they cost more than a PS3. Sony's "cheapest" Blu-Ray player is now $100 less than the 80GB PS3. I still don't buy the argument that Sony makes a better product. That may have been true in the '80's but it's not true anymore. I have a 42" HP plasma TV, an IBM ThinkPad and a Dell desktop. All much cheaper than comparable Sony products and just as good, if not better. In this day and age why are you such a Sony fanboy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 That was a true statement I made. I remember looking at the cost of stand alone Blu-ray players early this year and they cost more than a PS3. Sony's "cheapest" Blu-Ray player is now $100 less than the 80GB PS3. I still don't buy the argument that Sony makes a better product. That may have been true in the '80's but it's not true anymore. I have a 42" HP plasma TV, an IBM ThinkPad and a Dell desktop. All much cheaper than comparable Sony products and just as good, if not better. In this day and age why are you such a Sony fanboy? I was talking in terms of gaming console quality... But their TV's are top notch too... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bergen Jet Posted October 30, 2008 Share Posted October 30, 2008 I was talking in terms of gaming console quality... But their TV's are top notch too... IMO Sony was the king of rear projection and they are the king of LCD. Sony and Samsung LCD are the way to go IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gainzo Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 I was talking in terms of gaming console quality... But their TV's are top notch too... You know I don't give a crap about the PS3. Sony TV's? The most expensive sets in the history of electronics? My HP plasma is crystal clear. Why should I spend an extra $1,000 or $2,000 for a set that says Sony? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 You know I don't give a crap about the PS3. Sony TV's? The most expensive sets in the history of electronics? My HP plasma is crystal clear. Why should I spend an extra $1,000 or $2,000 for a set that says Sony? How much did you pay for your TV... Sony sets arent that expensive and are certainly a step above the rest... http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1~~cabcat0100000%23%234%23%23wu~~cabcat0101000%23%237%23%236d~~cabcat0101001%23%230%23%233j~~nf652||536f6e79&list=y&nrp=15&sc=TVVideoSP&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&usc=abcat0100000 1080P Sony Bravia LCD's $1999 for a 52" $1500 for a 46" $1100 for a 40" $639 for a 32" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
war ensemble Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 You know I don't give a crap about the PS3. Sony TV's? The most expensive sets in the history of electronics? My HP plasma is crystal clear. Why should I spend an extra $1,000 or $2,000 for a set that says Sony? No offense, but you must really suck at finding deals. I got (or I suppose found for my dad to buy) a 32" Sony HDTV for 500$ about a year ago at CostCo...the Vizio's were selling for 600$. I also then got a great deal on a 40" Sony that came with a free PS3 and two games and a Blu-Ray movie. You certainly wouldn't be paying another 1-2K for a Sony HDTV over competitors, unless you swapped an HP CRT for a Sony super TV. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gangreenman Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 PS won the original console war? Interesting, I thought it finished 2nd in sales to the N64, with the Sega Dreamcast or whatever in third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladyJET2280 Posted October 31, 2008 Share Posted October 31, 2008 LG tvs are pretty good!! I have the 47 inch tv!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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