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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. journalism-ish by nuzak · · Score: -1, Troll

    So some guy told slashdot that some other guy told Destructoid that some guy from Sony said that the consoles freeze up on purpose and it MUST be true and zOMG SONY IS TEH EVIL LOLZ!!!!!1

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    Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.
  3. 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

  4. Translated: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Blah blah blah I am an attention whore blah blah blah the site will do anything for page views and ad impressions blah blah why don't gaming industry people answer our questions when we do stuff like wear a retarded mask blah blah if you are going to believe any of my lies believe that I am not doing yet another "Sony is SUX dongs" FUD piece for clicks.

    I did get a good LOL out of your "I think you'll find Destructoid (as a whole) to be both informative and reliable" bit!