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Demo PS3 Units freeze on Purpose

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the stay-off-my-kiosks-kid dept.

AbsoluteZero writes "A Sony rep has claimed to Destructoid that demo PS3 units in kiosks across the country were built to freeze up on purpose. From the article: "We do that so that people won't play it all day long," he explained. "Specifically during Motorstorm, we made it freeze up a lot.""

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  1. Sony for MVP by j00r0m4nc3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sony's batting 1000 this year. Going for MVP it looks like.

  2. Sure, whatever by JayTech · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sure, just like Microsoft made Windows crash so we would be able to take a break from using the PC...

  3. Re:OTOH by The_Abortionist · · Score: 4, Funny

    > (I also regret not having videotaped our gaming session, as my bro's wife lost her balance and dove headfirst during a bowling throw, almost going through the widescreen tv)

    Had she gone through the TV screen, she could sue Nintendo for not including bungie cords with the game!

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  4. this is old news by xdxfp · · Score: 5, Funny

    This idea isn't new. Trojan designed a condom in the 90's that broke on purpose so people wouldn't have sex all day.

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    1. Re:this is old news by OglinTatas · · Score: 3, Funny

      Dad...?

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  5. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by Vo0k · · Score: 5, Funny

    Requiring a employee-managed kiosk is a bad idea.

    Oh, you're quite wrong here. Employee-managed (and operated, with the employee being the subject of display) kiosks are quite important and successful branch of the sexual entertainment industry.

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  6. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by Thuktun · · Score: 3, Funny
    Requiring a employee-managed kiosk is a bad idea.
    Sony coming up with a bad idea? Preposterous...
  7. When I read about Sony, I find it helpful... by AmazingRuss · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...to play clown music in my mind. It all makes sense then.

  8. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by hexix · · Score: 3, Funny

    This decision? Don't tell me you actually believe that they designed it to freeze.

    They've had demos that automatically return to the main menu back in the PlayStation 1 days.

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  9. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by afidel · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hehe, I love those guys. If they try to detain me I tell them they better have proof of theft or they are going to jail for false imprisonment. If they grab me I tell them they have one second to release me before I respond with force and have them arrested for assault. They have no legal right to stop you, and if they do without proof of theft they are almost always breaking the law. Just be sure to be calm and collected because otherwise you might get in trouble for disturbing the peace. I haven't stopped for those idiots in years, makes leaving the store much faster during the holidays =)

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  10. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by aplusjimages · · Score: 5, Funny

    For me it never froze

    Then you got a defective system. You may want to send it back so they can add the freeze software in.
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  11. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by SoCalChris · · Score: 5, Funny

    I always tell them "No thanks, I'm not interested", and keep walking. It drives my wife nuts.

  12. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by theRiallatar · · Score: 3, Funny

    PS2 games load just fine off of a harddrive. Almost no loading time.

  13. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by DViper01 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe what we really need to bring back is games that take up less than a megabyte of storage. They'd look really good and load really fast, but all you'd see is the hero's eyeball. ... but on the PS3 you could micro-buy another eyeball for just 59 cents or go for the "hero, ultimate edition" - fully dressed, including one weapon - for $ 3.99.
  14. Re:Maybe someone can tell me.... by geobeck · · Score: 5, Funny

    Being that Sony probably hasn't come up with a company line for why the PS3 keeps freezing a (dumb) representative spouted that "They were designed to do that."

    I could imagine sales drones for other companies making the same excuse:

    Wiimote: "It's a boomerang; throw it a little harder and it will return."

    X-Box 360 power supply: "That's the integrated space heater."

    Laptop batteries: "That's part of the force feedback system."

    Pentium floating-point error: "That's to make sure you check your calculations by hand, like you're supposed to."

    The Titanic: "In the event of a collision, the water cooling system kicks in."

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