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Old 21-09-2009, 22:06   #9
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Re: 'Yellow Ring Of Death'

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Originally Posted by Hom3r View Post
Perhaps it was a dark secret that Sony wanted hidden.
h funniest thing I thought was that Sony only do a 1 year warrenty whise MS 3 years.

Thank good I have the latter.
Sony's 1 year manufacturer's warranty is in line with the industry standard.

Microsoft only give you a three year warranty for the Red Ring of Death & E74, all other faults have a standard one year warranty.

...And MS only brought in the 3 year RROD warranty because of it being so widespread, & so widely reported. They had to do it because of all the bad press. And it cost them lots & lots of money to do so.

Although the PS3 can suffer from the Yellow Light of Death (YLOD), the failure rate of the PS3 is still lower than that of the 360, and Sony have not had anywhere near the same level of bad press for this as MS have had for the RROD.

It's a pity the Watchdog segment on this was not particularly good...

http://www.mcvuk.com/news/35817/Watc...ent-falls-flat


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Originally Posted by zing View Post
didnt MS only initiate the 3 years because of the Red Ring of Death?
Yep. And it is only the RROD & E74 that is covered by the three year warranty. Everything else is still 1 year.
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