The Power Review

Stop Bitching about the PS3 Glitch

This is getting truly out of hand.  The PSN has been glitching for less than 24 hours and people are saying that this is comparable to the RROD devastation that afflicted early chipsets of the Xbox 360s.  How fickle are people that they can’t remember history and what has happened not even a year and half ago now.

*Flashback to December 31^st, 2008.*

All was well as children around the world were preparing to watch the new year’s eve celebration as the clock struck midnight.  However, fate had a different sort of new years resolution for little Jimmy and the 12 other people around the planet that bought 30gb Microsoft Zunes.  Because as the clock stuck midnight, every single 30gb Zune on the entire planet bricked simultaneously.  Consequently the tech community freaked out, dubbing the event as the ‘Red Ring of Zune’.  It turned out that this was only an internal clock issue and after 24 hours all of the Zunes (all 13 of them worldwide) returned to normal.

Now back to present day.  How is this so dissimilar from what is occurring right now with the ‘fat’ PS3s?  We’re lucky that our systems didn’t brick.  They’re still playable for non-trophy games: ie Valkyria Chronicles, Metal Gear Solid 4, Resistance: Fall of Man, Heavenly Sword.  This is the perfect opportunity to go back and play those games.  Or better yet, use your system as a blu-ray player, since it is arguably the best one of those on the market.  Moral of the story is that people are overreacting about this entirely situation which will more than likely auto-correct itself within a matter of hours.

What’s your take on this ‘ApocalyPS3’ (it pains me to even type that phrase).  Is it just fuel for the trolls to go to town on?  That’s my own personal opinion.  What’s yours? Comment below.

Sony’s official advice on the situation.

UPDATE!

The PS3 is now working again.  There are no patches, just turn on your PS3 and it works!