Tom 14013 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 After taking the piss out of Xbox's for so long I have finally encountered a Sony equivalent! The console keeps beeping at me and resetting itself and basically refuses to start properly for longer than 5 minutes. I have looked it up and a few people have the same problem but I'm not sure what to do as I bought my PS3 off Ebay so the warranty is basically out the window - I have had it since June 2008 too so that would have probably out dated the first warranty anyway. I'm not sure whether to get it repaired or cut my losses and get a new one but with Christmas coming up and having already spent fortune on people I don't think a new PS3 is happening. Bugger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 My mates lending me and my bro his Xbox when he moves to Canada but it's still a very bitter pill to swallow. PS3's are king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 eh well at least you'll be able to get yourself on live now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 There's no way I'm paying for that £30 or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 what price a better service? fiver a month man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 10, 2009 Author Share Posted December 10, 2009 I may have to invest for that I suppose! Just for a month or two I dunno. Hope to get the PS3 back soon though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khay 10 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Lets get some fifa and Cod on the go you numpty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 Ant you're the only person I know who actually prefers the ps pad, why do you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nyff 0 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Should get all of us in one big COD party sometime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Gonna ring up Sony and apparently they will send me a new one. Meanwhile...how the hell do you connect an Xbox 360 (Premium/elite, black?) to the internet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 16, 2009 Share Posted December 16, 2009 there are a few ways, 1. wireless adaptor, is a rip off 2. non microsoft one http://www.amazon.co.uk/Belkin-Wireless-Ad...0346&sr=1-2 i have that it is excellent 3. if you've a laptop nearby you can put an ethernet between them and bridge the connections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 16, 2009 Author Share Posted December 16, 2009 Ah nice. I just need to get an ethernet cable now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Get to borrow the Xbox for three months so it's probably worth paying the £15 for some Xbox live I suppose! I rang Sony and they said my console was out of warranty but for £128 they would replace it with a working model but only the same model not an upgrade and as mines a 40gb I think everything is an update. They also said it would come with a 3 month warranty but I don't think it's worth it when I can get a brand new 250gb Slim delivered for £240. So I'm stumped as to what to do. I might just have to save but it means I'm looking at February before I'm PS3ing again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 go to game and see if you can do a gamecare swap, its something we do sometimes, fudges the system a bit you buy the two year warranty (£30 i think) pay the difference to one of the new models and sorted, then you get the two year warranty too for when this one breaks again since PS3s are so fragile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 if yo udo go for that it would be appreciated you not mention who mentioned it (ie which store) as im not sure as to the legality of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 Ah cool nice one. I'll give it a shot although for some reason I can't call the local store itself but it goes through to the national hotline. I might go through and ask the crack. What are the buzzwords? Just ''gamecare swap''. I didn't buy it from game though! Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 national hotline is to keep the trogs from bothering us in store over nothing at our busiest time of the year just take it in and try and steer the conversaton towards replacing the console, see if they'll offer it, it might just be us http://kotaku.com/5429592/survey-sony-cons...k-subscriptions just come across that btw, since you were on about having to pay for XBL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 18, 2009 Author Share Posted December 18, 2009 To be honest I resent having to pay for any online service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14069 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 Do you still need a gold account to play FIFA? Mine will probably be on Silver when I get it all connected back up and I don't really want to shell out any more money that I need to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 18, 2009 Share Posted December 18, 2009 yes yo udo you can make a new gamertag on your 360 that will get 1 month free gold up to 3 times per console though so take advantage Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43157 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Get to borrow the Xbox for three months so it's probably worth paying the £15 for some Xbox live I suppose! I rang Sony and they said my console was out of warranty but for £128 they would replace it with a working model but only the same model not an upgrade and as mines a 40gb I think everything is an update. They also said it would come with a 3 month warranty but I don't think it's worth it when I can get a brand new 250gb Slim delivered for £240. So I'm stumped as to what to do. I might just have to save but it means I'm looking at February before I'm PS3ing again. I'm looking at buying a ps3 in January Tom. Where did you get this deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted December 22, 2009 Author Share Posted December 22, 2009 Here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 43157 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4872 Posted December 22, 2009 Share Posted December 22, 2009 I was about to argue through some sense of duty but GAME stores own shopto so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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