Xest writes “More and more reports are appearing about PlayStation 3 consoles failing in a similar way to the earlier models of the Xbox 360, except for Sony, it’s the ‘Yellow Light of Death.’ The BBC has an interesting article which suggests the problem could be almost identical to that which caused the Red Ring of Death — poor soldering connections. From the article: ‘Several of those businesses have told Watchdog that the vast majority of consoles they see with the “yellow light of death” can be repaired by heating up specific parts of the circuit board. This process is called solder re-flow. By heating the connections between the components and the circuit board to temperatures in excess of 200 Celsius, the metal solder joints melt, just like they did when the device was first assembled. Console repairers say that this process method is commonly used to repair fractured connections, or dry joints.’ But that’s not the only rule from Microsoft’s playbook Sony has been following; while they have admitted 12,500 out of 2.5 million systems have failed (a convenient 0.5%), they refuse to release full figures of failure rates, citing them as being ‘commercially sensitive.’ Unfortunately, Sony does not appear to be following Microsoft’s lead with regard to an extended warranty, stating that if a PS3 fails after 12 months, it is not their problem. In the UK at least, the Sale of Goods Act would disagree with that statement.” Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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Infamous is the superpowered GTA we’ve all been waiting for, and it’s looking darn good. PlayStation 3 New Games 5/26/09 – Cross Edge – Compare Prices 5/26/09 – …

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Some franchises refuse to die, and thank goodness Aliens vs. Predator is one of them. There simply something magical about the perfectly balanced rock paper scissors struggle between the Aliens,…

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Media Molecule co-founder Alex Evans recently told 1UP that a new website would be launched to support LittleBigPlanet. The LBP portal will allow players to advertise their created levels and…

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More Rock Band more of the time. Classic rock fans rejoice! PlayStation 3 New Games: 5/18/09 – Bionic Commando – Compare Prices 5/19/09 – Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock…

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Well, as stated back in March, Logitech has been developing an adapter for their premium Harmony universal remotes that would allow them to work with the PlayStation 3.Well, it’s finally…

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Despite the fact that Sony continues to assure us that they are not currently working on a redesigned PS3 images have surfaced on the web of a new, slimmer PS3.The…

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PlayStation 3 New Releases: 05/12/09 – Sacred 2: Fallen Angel – Compare Prices 05/14/09 – Texas Cheat ‘Em – PSN Download 05/14/09 – ZEN Pinball…

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BioShock 2 looks to silence the biggest critique of its predecessor by offering multiplayer gameplay. 2K has teamed up with Digital Extremes to offer a truly unique prequel multiplayer experience,…

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Well, in an odd twist of fate Ghostbusters: The Video Game is going to be a European PlayStation exclusive. While the game will be multiplatform in North America, European PlayStationites…

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