Bugger.

[seawasp]

Bugger, bugger, bugger, and other bad words.

My PS3 just died, and my short research on the net indicates that it's basically a brick. There's a fix... that involves taking it apart and reflowing solder on one particular set of chips. Out of my league, and in many cases apparently the "fix" lasts only a few weeks.

This really sucks because it's one of the 60GB early models, the first ones which actually were backwards compatible in hardware. I actually DO play some PS2 and even PS1 games, so this matters to me.

So now I either have to get a new PS3, or sell back all the games I have (at ruinous discounts) since they'll be useless without the console.

Comments

[alex swavely (from livejournal.com)]

The ps2 is backwards-compatible with ps1 games, but they had a real problem with that capability in the ps3, which is one of the major reasons for pulling the chip (the other being price, since after all, they basically had a whole ps2 hidden inside). There are certain ps3 games that lock up hard on the 20&60.

PS2 consoles aren't very pricey, and the ps3 'slim' actually has better heat management than the 'phat' - plus, the 'slim' goes for less on the used market (you probably can sell your broken 'phat' on ebay for more than a used good working 'slim').

[seawasp]

I wanted to use one console. Maybe I'll have to go to the stack again.

Bah. I wanted to save money for a new TV, so that I could actually play some of the games that now assume you HAVE a widescreen LCD high-res TV.

[alex swavely (from livejournal.com)]

In the case of the ps2, phat is better than slim - otherwise with a pair of slims, you could pretty much stick em both in the same spot as a phat ps3. I have a phat ps2 and slim ps3, myself.

[alex swavely (from livejournal.com)]

(phat ps2 is tray-load and slim is top-load, slim has worse heat management)