Playstation 3 and the Yellow Light of DEATH

[Yoda]

I've had my Xbox 360s die twice, my launch PS3's disc drive was DOA. Not impressed by either of the big two console manufacturers. My Xbox Ones and my PS4 haven't been super reliable, but that mostly seems to be software issues. It's hard to tell of course, maybe they have heat problems like the previous gen consoles as well. God knows they put off plenty of it.

You'd think if either of the two is going to have problems down the line, it would be the PS4... uses just as much power, is much smaller, and on top of that its power supply is internal. Is Microsoft's Xbox One design an overreaction to their heat problems last gen? Somehow the plastic case still manages to get white hot despite the design.

I've heard that the non-Kinect SKU for Xbox One has had some issues with loud clicky noises from the hard disk, enough complaints to put it 'under review' on Amazon. PS4's biggest issue as far as I know was the way the rubber on their thumbsticks would easily peel away. Apparently they've improved the formula enough to where it's not an issue with newer controllers.

 

[Mr. Adventure]

I've heard that the non-Kinect SKU for Xbox One has had some issues with loud clicky noises from the hard disk, enough complaints to put it 'under review' on Amazon.

Oh, they don't want to buy Kinect, eh? Well, we'll show them!

 

[MacLeod]

Unfortunantly like all electronical items, these will fail from time to time. You've got to remember they have hundreds if not thousands of componants inside each with their own failure rate, anyone of which could fail and cause the item to fail.

 

[Trekker4747]

Just thought I'd offer an update, for what it is worth.

It took about a week longer than originally planned due to an illness effecting the shop's tech. but I got the PS3 back and it works just as it did before the YLOD and, again, it only cost me $50, as opposed to the over $100 plus shipping it'd cost to send it off to Sony to do (resulting in the loss of data on the device and it taking several weeks) or opposed to $100 or so I'd pay to buy a new smart-BD player. (As I wouldn't have bought a new/used PS3 or a PS4.)

So, good to have her back up and running again!

 

[Robert Maxwell]

Glad it worked out for you!

 

[Random_Spock]

That's great news! Glad you were able to get it working again.

 

[SPCTRE]

That's a very fair deal you got on that repair job.