I found this comment in Sony's response to BBC funny:

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The phrase “yellow light of death” has been adopted by certain members of the online community to describe the situation in which PS3 systems have shut down following the illumination of the yellow light on the PS3’s front panel. The yellow indicator is simply a non-specific fault indicator that can be triggered in a range of different circumstances. For example, it could indicate a problem caused or exacerbated by the console’s power supply, by overheating, by poor ventilation, by software issues or by any one of a range of issues that may inevitably affect any complex item of consumer electronics.

Well, duh.... red ring of death is also a generic fault indicator, nothing more, nothing less.

I am sure next gen console makers will make sure no fault indicator ever displays anywhere in case of failure, it is better that the console just quietly dies. :)

To be reasonable, I do agree Xbox 360 has a lowsy track record when it comes to quality and PS3 is better. Microsoft's failures have been discussed to a ring of death, we all know this. Mine hasn't broken, and I wouldn't be surprised if that vacuum cleaner of a PS3 of mine died some day of dust overload, but so far both are going strong. I do think PS3 slim is a good step and I might upgrade one day, just to keep it small. Microsoft would do well to follow suit, assuming quality is assured.

I still don't use my PS3 so I guess it would be pretty stupid to upgrade.

@BrianK

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If I get your right your contention is there is no PS3 failures?

NO... Let me highlight my criticism using a 3rd party source:

"Watchdog accused of exaggeration

Participant in controversial PS3 spot claims he was encouraged to embellish his YLOD problems

Following BBC show Watchdog’s somewhat farcical attack on PS3 last week, one of the consumers that starred in the segment has come out and claimed that he was encouraged to exaggerate the problems his console had suffered.

When asked by TheSixthAxis whether the BBC had told him to embellish the story of how his PS3 malfunctioned, the anonymous respondent claimed: “Categorically, yes.”

The source was also critical of the BBC’s reporting of the matter. “The show lacked vital info on things like models that were affected, any decent explanation as to what had happened to the console, and they only aired the brief story of what had happened to one of the people on the show, when the three of us had different circumstances as to what happened in each instance.

“They also only concentrated on the YLOD problem, when they could have also brought up the issue where the Blu-ray drive fails, although Sony honour those fixes as they recognise it as a problem.”

Hours before last week’s Watchdog was aired Sony went public with a strongly-worded criticism of the programme, which the platform holder labelled as factually incorrect."

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/35854/Watchdog-accused-of-exaggeration

Some more:

"He also adds that Watchdog wouldn’t let him or anyone else speak to the engineers that the programme had recruited to independently fix the knackered PS3s, or to let them watch the actual repairs taking place."

http://www.bitterwallet.com/watchdog-asked-ps3-owners-to-embellish-stories/18601

So, I was pointing out the problems were protrayed in an unprofessional, sensational, incomplete and inaccurate manner, like this participant also tries to tell you. I don't understand why you could not get this from my previous posting...

Like I said before here at AmigaWorld PS3s do fail like all other complex consumer electronics, but in relatively small numbers compared to something like the XBox 360.

Last edited by MikeB on 22-Sep-2009 at 07:33 PM.
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