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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:12 PM
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I was reading a similar thread about the X-Box 360 locking up and people mentioned that the PS3 would lock also. I just bought a PS3 last week for my wife and I to play and noticed that on the Star Wars Battlezone II game, it would sometimes just freeze. My wife thought it was a bad game disc, but after reading about the other PS3's that lock, I'm thinking it might be the machine. Who else has the PS3 and what's good/bad about them? Should I have gotten the X-Box instead? Give me your thoughts! Thanks.

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:35 PM
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Honestly, I can't see any PS3 guys owning up to their "superior console" locking up.

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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:49 PM
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I was reading a similar thread about the X-Box 360 locking up and people mentioned that the PS3 would lock also. I just bought a PS3 last week for my wife and I to play and noticed that on the Star Wars Battlezone II game, it would sometimes just freeze. My wife thought it was a bad game disc, but after reading about the other PS3's that lock, I'm thinking it might be the machine. Who else has the PS3 and what's good/bad about them? Should I have gotten the X-Box instead? Give me your thoughts! Thanks.

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I've had mine for about ten months now and its never locked on me before
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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every ps3 ive played has locked up on me, im an xbox guy and even the 360 will lock up sometimes but the ps3 does it more often.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 04:24 PM
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never had that prob. and ive played that sucker 6 hours straight havent had so much as a glitch or a problem YET. motorstorm is addicting. cant wait to get my copy of stuntman in.
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Old Sep 12, 2007 | 05:00 PM
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I haven't had any trouble with my ps3 (knock on wood). I am however on my 4th 360. Not knocking either system or trying to be a fanboy. Think it all comes down to luck with these new systems. Glad I bought the warranty on both though.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 11:56 AM
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mine has never locked up on me? are you sure its not getting too hot?
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 12:22 PM
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Never have had a problem with mine playing any type of game ps2 or ps3,
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My ps3 looked up a couple of times. I called the customer support and they told me to reformat the hdd. After that no problems. My XBOX never locked up though... it gets the most playing time
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 04:19 PM
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Should my brother buy a PS3? He likes the fact that is supports blue ray, too.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 05:04 PM
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 05:10 PM
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Never had a problem with mine either. Whats up on getting some new releases out on BRD.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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Mikey probably has the best idea... if you have it stuck in a little cabinet with no airflow it's probably overheating.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 06:07 PM
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Personally, i have had my 360 freeze when i first got it, but now it hasnt in 3 months or so.
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Old Sep 13, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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Most people don't know that Sony is already on the 3rd gen console for the PS3's, if you have on that was relased in the 1st batch it's got some cooling issues, which is the ones most are having problems with, the 2nd gen consoles have a tendenciy to loose the controller contection...I recently bought my PS3 simply cause I kinda kept up with all the problems and such, buy as said, If it's stuck in a cabinet or somewhere it won't get airflow, chances are it's going to overheat and lock up no matter what gen console you have...and I myslef am waiting on the release of NFS: Prostock (name's kinda missleading) and Jucied 2 looks pretty cool to, (not from the import side of things)
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