MrPopo wrote:You're choosing whether or not you want to upgrade your PS3's system software to be able to play new games. If you don't you can still play your old games.
During the Leap Year Bug "update" my Warfare 2 would not play online or offline because of the Trophy issue. Game would have run fine if I was not connected that day. So if I don't install this newest update, older games may eventually not run on or off line due to a possibly hidden Trophy patch.
Ivo wrote:Niode, please let us know how the consumer rights thing and the partial refund goes.
I think you choose to keep OtherOS, which removes important functionality of playing recent games and online. What % of the original price this is worth fairly, I don't know. But considering the original fat price, it might be a good downpayment for a Slim, and that would let you have both functionalities (at the non-negligible "price" of having 2 bricks and needing to swap from one to the other etc., but oh well).
Ivo.
All academic, I doubt Sony would be willing. It would be great if they do get pressure to put back in all the features. My guess is Sony will do what it can to phase out the Fats. As Fats continue to YLOD, future repair or really what happens a replacement would be the Slim. It will eventually happen when Fat YLOD stock run out. Then there would be less clients that have older features available. No more Linux, PS2 or other Memory Card support and the consumer gets a lesser machine.
Here are some figures to contemplate though. My first 60gb YLOD which by the way failed during the last Firmware Update, cost 162 dollars from Sony Service Center for an even swap. The second YLOD luckily happened two weeks shy of warranty expiring. Since I already have two PS2s, I was ready to give up on 60gb in favor of possibly more reliable slim. Sony policy is even swap, to upgrade to a slim was another 142 dollars.
Would have been nice if that offer was available the first go around when I chucked out 162 dollars.
The figures:
Original Price - $599
New Slim PS3 - $299
Service Repair - $162
Slim Upgrade - $142
Keep Other OS - $0
As other possible loopholes are discovered for piracy, more features will be removed, rather then patch. Take a guess if Sony does bow to pressure to do the right thing. Blind consumers who will buy the newest Gen no matter what.
But, this is for the best that I don't downgrade. Hackers will find a way around this. I sound like a broken record because I've said this so many times, but if there's one thing I have learned from my years of gaming, its that hackers always win. It may take a while, but there is no such thing as an unhackable console. We can do this if we all just stay strong! Do not give in to Sony; we're better than that!
