I posted my failed unit in the comments here, but reading your description of overheating would make sense. Mine died when playing MGS4 after the 3.15 update, but it was a very hot night. I had not taken the heat into consideration, given what you have said about heat, and the changes made to the optical drive performance it makes perfect sense.
I installed the update fine, but after playing Metail Gear Solid 4 for a couple of hours, the very next time I turned the system on It would not read any optical media.
Sony in Australia want $250 Aud to repair the console and give the repair a 30 day warranty. I can buy a drive assembly myself for $110 AUD which will come with a 6 month warranty on the part. I can buy a new PS3 Slim 120Gb for $430 AUD
First you have to understand by how long and how frequently games are delayed.
On the DS Yoshi, Kirby, Advance Wars, and Meteos were no where to be found for a very long time. Mario Kart and Castlevania were released with only a minor delay, but the first batch decent titles were delayed getting here for months as Nintendo tried to pad out their release schedule. Sure you got those shitty 3rd part launch titles too, but that was when there were no good first party titles. We had to sit on the shitty titles for roughly 5 months while decent software was avaliable in the US and Canada. Not only that but when I caved and started importing the titles were at least $10AU cheaper including postage and currency conversion fees. NoE's policy seems to be release later at a higher price.
Sure we get the odd title first. Here in Aus we got Donkey Kong Country first all those years ago, but the overwhelming majority of cases will see us waiting much longer for a release. Its not just Nintendo though... Sony is just as bad, as is Microsoft - The Xbox 360 was launched here (Aus) last week.
Also in the case of Trace Memory or Another Code it was released here whith zero publicity. The online campain for the game was missing from Nintendo because they were not releasing it in the US so deemed no advertising or pressence necesary.
Bring on Vib Ribbon and Castlevania! Yes I realise this is blatant idea theft from Nintendo, but you can't run Sympony of the Night on a virtual Nintendo console
Recent PS3 updates prompt more complaints of console failures
Jan 21st 2010 7:11PM (Engadget)I posted my failed unit in the comments here, but reading your description of overheating would make sense. Mine died when playing MGS4 after the 3.15 update, but it was a very hot night. I had not taken the heat into consideration, given what you have said about heat, and the changes made to the optical drive performance it makes perfect sense.
Recent PS3 updates prompt more complaints of console failures
Jan 21st 2010 6:41PM (Engadget)I installed the update fine, but after playing Metail Gear Solid 4 for a couple of hours, the very next time I turned the system on It would not read any optical media.
Sony in Australia want $250 Aud to repair the console and give the repair a 30 day warranty. I can buy a drive assembly myself for $110 AUD which will come with a 6 month warranty on the part.
I can buy a new PS3 Slim 120Gb for $430 AUD
Engadget's relaunch giveaways: Xbox 360 Premium pack number three
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Mar 29th 2006 5:32PM (Joystiq)First you have to understand by how long and how frequently games are delayed.
On the DS Yoshi, Kirby, Advance Wars, and Meteos were no where to be found for a very long time. Mario Kart and Castlevania were released with only a minor delay, but the first batch decent titles were delayed getting here for months as Nintendo tried to pad out their release schedule. Sure you got those shitty 3rd part launch titles too, but that was when there were no good first party titles. We had to sit on the shitty titles for roughly 5 months while decent software was avaliable in the US and Canada. Not only that but when I caved and started importing the titles were at least $10AU cheaper including postage and currency conversion fees. NoE's policy seems to be release later at a higher price.
Sure we get the odd title first. Here in Aus we got Donkey Kong Country first all those years ago, but the overwhelming majority of cases will see us waiting much longer for a release.
Its not just Nintendo though... Sony is just as bad, as is Microsoft - The Xbox 360 was launched here (Aus) last week.
Also in the case of Trace Memory or Another Code it was released here whith zero publicity. The online campain for the game was missing from Nintendo because they were not releasing it in the US so deemed no advertising or pressence necesary.
PlayStation 3 could feature downloadable PSone, PS2 games
Mar 13th 2006 4:53PM (Joystiq)Yes I realise this is blatant idea theft from Nintendo, but you can't run Sympony of the Night on a virtual Nintendo console