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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. Re:Sony for MVP by Dysfnctnl85 · · Score: 0, Troll

    When will the unfounded Sony hatred actually stop?

    I would love to see a ./ article announcing the end of posts containing FUD about any next-gen console.

  2. Re:right... I'll buy that bridge... by Total_Wimp · · Score: 1, Troll

    Actually, the demo is quite fun and loads more rapidly then several ps2 games I have. Of course "fun" is subject to interpretation, but last I checked, "loads rapidly" is not. The PS3 well within the average time for many other consoles and modern PC games.

    I've played Motor Storm in at least three Kiosks and I didn't experience hard lock ups that would require a manual reset. However, I did experience the game resetting after about about a round and a half. I always assumed it did this on purpose and never stopped to think it was because of instability, but now that it's brought up, I can see why it might look like a hardware issue. It would make more sense to give some kind of warning that "your turn is up buddy, give the controller to the next guy."

    TW