Xbox 360 RROD We Know: Sony PS3 YLOD, is it fake or real?
Filed under: Gaming, Sony Playstation 3 | By: Daniel
Posted on: February 27, 2008 | 55 Comments
Last month we heard about the Sony PS3 death with a so-called YLOD, today we have had a few more comments of Playstation 3 gamers getting the YLOD.
We all know the Xbox 360 RROD is fact and I have even had it myself, but gamers have mixed views about YLOD, is it real or fake.
This might be because it is very rare, while Microsoft’s 360 problem was a lot more common.
What do you think, Sony PS3 YLOD – Fake or Real?
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Well not everything is perfect and I do believe that the PS3 might have some tech issues (super duper miny minor though) at some point of it’s lifetime but it really isn’t nothing as serious as Microsofts multi-billion dollar issue.
1 of 10 million I’ll say.
I had the YLOD last week, and have opted to send it to a 3rd party repairer because they charge only £69.99 (instead of Sony’s £128), you get a 6 month warranty (instead of Sony’s 3 month) and they keep your existing HD data intact (unlike Sony). Sony may believe the YLOD fault rate is less than 12,000 (which is what they told the BBC Watchdog program) but I believe its several magnitudes more than that since the repairer I talked to suggested they had fixed thousands of PS3s - all of which Sony wouldn’t count in their official stats.
Oh wow. ONE PS3 got a “YLOD” and suddenly it’s a problem for all of them?
No thanks. I’ll take my chances.
well i have 3 of this ps3 and the second just did the same thing all 3 the 600.00 model cecha01 60gb i think is not a small amount of them with this problem sony socks. (ylod)is real and they need to call them back.
It’s fake. At one time I nearly played my PS3 for 24 hours straight….Nothings wrong with mine
But I’ll have to admit. These so called “Next Generation” games aren’t so addictive as the previous gen games. Games like Goldeneye, Mortal Kombat Triology, NFL Blitz 2000, Zelda Majora’s Mask, Sonic Adventure, Halo (the original), Crash Bandicoot Warped 3, etc.
They just don’t have that much fun or thrill in them like those games anymore. Theres too much focus on graphics, sound, hardrives, hype of a game, instead of the actual gameplay itself! And you know whats really sad about this, is that probably all of those games I mentioned above would probably rank higher than a handful of these next generations games.
It is neither real nor fake based on the perameters you have set.
RROD is a serious hardware failure that directly relates to the crappy parts inside the 360
The YLOD, or whatever you seem to call it is something programmed into the system, it means it is too hot. In other words, anyone who gets this “YLOD” has their system enclosed and not enough ventilation is around it.
First the PS3 will automatically shut itself off if it becomes too hot and is in danger of overheating. If you try to turn it back on after that has happened, you get this yellow light, which means the system is saying: “Hey stupid, I’m too hot right now because your too stupid to give me breathing room, please wait until I cool down.”
its real i had my ps3 for about 3 wks and i gotta ylod…got a new one then something else went wrong but it wasnt a YLOD but its getting fixed at the moment i gotta 360 also ive had mine since lauch it hasnt crapped out…yet but about 4 friends have had theres bite the dust 3 out of the 4 were using the intercooler
@The Future of Sega
I don’t think it’s the games, I think it’s our age…well that’s what I’m blaming my lack of intrest in recent games on lol
heres what it boils down to. Lets get some numbers here. I have never had this happen to my ps3, and yes i have left mine on over night to download a couple of demos before. so thats 1/1 that doesnt have it. Please comment if you own a ps3!!!
The ‘YLOD’ happens when the PS3 is turned on without an HDD installed.
Wait I have one its a “WGAS”, because who does really give a shit