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PS3 Problems Cause Sony Stocks to Slide

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the sad-day-for-stocks dept.

eldavojohn writes "Gamespot has an article describing PS3s operating erratically at conference demonstrations.' In its defense, Sony said the PS3 failures were caused by unusually high temperatures created by having many of the next-gen consoles operating in close proximity to each other. 'It's not a problem with the PlayStation 3 unit itself,' Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato told the AP. 'For a normal player at home, there shouldn't be any problem.' As a result, Sony's stock slid 2.75%. I guess they should have thought first before releasing five times the number of kiosks as they did with the PS2 — they're causing each other to overheat. There goes my PS3 beowulf cluster idea!" Update: 10/04 20:40 GMT by Z : anti-human 1 wrote in to mention a GamesIndustry.biz article, with a flat denial of overheating issues from Sony. "As could be seen on the TGS floor by the tens of thousands of media and public attendees, both the hardware and software worked flawlessly."

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  1. PS3's Overheat Too?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    *SHOCK!*

  2. Re: PS3 Problems Cause Sony Stocks to Slide by maGiC_RS · · Score: -1, Redundant

    In other news, 2+2=4.

  3. PS3 problems are the cause, it's the rootkits by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    I could give a damn about the PS3, I don't play console games. But I can tell you that the rootkit fiasco that sony tried to foist off on unsuspecting consumers was complete and utter bullcrap.

    I wasn't a big fan of Sony electronics anyways so I never bought them, but after hearing about the rootkit situation I will not buy anything from sony no matter what it is or how good it looks.