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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. 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...

  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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.

  6. 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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