Finally some good news for PlayStation3 fan boys and dads.
According to a test conducted by “PS3 Vault” – a PS3 fan site, the console appears to have a very well designed cooling system. Even SCEA’s senior director of corporate communications Dave Karraker took note and promptly blogged about the experiment on his official PlayStation Blog, while making sure to bash Microsoft’s 360 along the way.
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“A lot of noise has been made recently about the reliability issues of one of our competitor’s systems. So, not surprisingly, some of our more ambitious PlayStation faithful’s [from fan site PS3 Vault] decided to run their own stress test on the PlayStation 3. They put it in a freezer at zero degrees for up to 108 hours and they put it in a sauna at 120 degrees for up to 64 hours — all the while running games and Blu-ray Disc movies on it. Did it fail? Nope. Like the Energizer Bunny, it kept going and going and going. Probably not something you want to try at home, but our thanks to the guys at PS3 Vault for putting our system through the ringer.”
According to Internet rumors, one third of all 360’s need repair, because of overheating issues. Microsoft reacted swiftly by allocating $1.15 billion to extend the consoles warranty to 3 years.
And so the “Console Wars” commences…