There really is nothing going on in the world of gaming right now. Sure, we had a couple of cool mergers, but news has been pretty much dry in terms of any big stories. And game releases? We won’t be seeing anything big for the next couple of months. I do plan on getting Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood because I hear it is much improved over the first, and then BlazBlue looks like a fun game as well, but there really aren’t many big games coming out. The next huge release is Arkham Asylum, but we have to wait until the end of August to get that one. So onto some pointless post!
I rarely, if ever, hear about any PS3 problems. I’ve already had to send my Wii back, and I’m on my third Xbox 360, but the PS3 is the system I thought would be the most reliable. I had some freezing problems when playing Uncharted back in December, but aside from that, it’s been doing great! I played Ratchet and Clank Future: Tools of Destruction, Valkyria Chronicles, Street Fighter IV, and plenty of Killzone 2 on it without a single hitch. And then I buy inFamous, and it freezes within the first hour.
After the game locked up on me for the tenth or so time, I realized that there may be something wrong with my system. I play Killzone 2 online for a bit without a problem, and then go back to inFamous before the same thing happens. I manage to get through the game though (and I would have finished it twice in the same amount of time if not for my PS3), and I do so playing two hours straight without a problem. Hooray, maybe my system is okay after all. Pop in Killzone 2, it begins to freeze within the first five or ten minutes of me playing.
Now I can’t even play anything without it freezing after ten minutes of play. I still hear audio, but the actual gameplay is frozen completely, and I can’t access the PS3 XMB to exit the game. So I try every possible “solution” on Sony’s site, but then come to the realization that I will have to send it back, since nothing is working. But hey, the warranty is good for a year, so I can send it back and get it repaired for free! Then I look at the date: June 12th, 2009. Exactly one year after I purchases my PS3 (the MGS4 bundle). Now what do I have to pay? Oh, only $150.
So yeah, my PS3 is now collecting dust while I try to gather up the money. I’m really in no hurry to fix it, like I would be if it were my Xbox 360 (since I pretty much get every multiplatform title for it), but it’s still fucking stupid. This both puts a complete hold on my Insomniac Games marathon, once I get around to the first Resistance that is. Luckily, there isn’t a PS3 game I want to play until Uncharted 2, so I have time.
In short: My PS3 is having problems, need to get it repaired, I’m pissed but not as pissed as I thought I would be. Now I’m really out of things to rant about. We’ll see what I come up with tomorrow!
