Last week while I was online playing the esteemed Call of Duty 4 with a friend of mine, something horrible happened: My PS3 died. It did not go gently into that good night, but go it did. And I was sad.
It started as a match had begun when my PS3 froze. I then go to shut down and restart it when even the power button in front didn't work. Surprised, I shut down the PS3 via the power switch in back and then tried to restart it. It froze again, repeat steps 1 and 2. I then get a screen that it will be attempting to rebuild my database. I think to myself, "Okay. No big deal. I'll be back online and fragging dumbasses in no time."
Then the rebuild failed. I was becoming more alarmed but no overly so. i mean, this is a PS3 after all, not a 360, I should be good to go. My PS3 recommends to format the hard drive so I do and then: Nothing. Upon start up it says Sony Computer Entertainment and then I get to stare at the wave. That's it.
Now I get depressed, but I figure it's just something with the hard drive so I open her up and find the fucking Spanish armada of dust in the HDD bay. I exaggerate, but there was a surprising amount of dust in the bay. I'm not a neat freak about my PS3, I'l wipe it down every couple of weeks. My point is while I'm not attacking my PS3 with compressed air every day, neither am I like that tool last year who had a dust factory in his PS3 and through it in the dirt when it seemed too clean.
So, back to my tragic tale, I call Sony the next day hoping that maybe a simple hard drive swap and downloading the software will make it all good. The answer: no. The guy told me that formatting the hard drive would not erase the XMB and since my PS3 is over a year old it is out of warranty. But for the low, low price of $149.99 (plus tax) I can exchange my dead PS3 for a new one.
I joke about the price to replace it because it's kind of bullshit, but at the same time it's nice not to not have to pay another $400-$500 again to get another PS3.
Anyway, I just need to find my Bestbuy receipt to get a brand new one for Free.99, my favorite price. Any thoughts? Only serious ones please; there is no need to make a flame war out of this.
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Damn, that's messed up. I don't know what to tell you . . . my receipt for my PS3 is in the same place as it's been since I took the PS3 out of the box . . . namely, in the PS3 box in my closet.
oh, nice. You are getting a new one not a refurbished unit?
OMG YOU NOOB! PS3'S DONT DIE LOLZ WHO DO YOU THINK YOUR TRYING TO TRICK? BILL GATES? lOLZ EVEN HE DOENT KNOW ABOUT HOW THE PS3 IS INVINCIBLE.
hAIL PS3!