New PS3 marketing tactic....Killing XBox 360s

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Pretty good blog post over at 1up. Some of the comments are hilarious (click the link to read them).

My PS3 just killed my 360

I keep my PS3 and my Xbox 360 in an entertainment unit in the living room. It's a big wooden thing with glass doors, and while it looks cool, I guess it's not exactly what I'd cool
well ventilated.

Anyway, this morning at some ungodly hour, both my kids got up and wanted to play videogames. My older son wanted to play Cars
while my little guy wanted to watch, and fiddle with another controller while pretending to play. The pretend option turned out to be the Sixaxis (this is relevant, I'll come back to it.)

Now, the 360 on it's own doesn't run so hot that it can't handle being in the entertainment unit with the door shut. I've had it on for hours and hours and hours before, and it never gets so hot that the fan goes into turbo bastard mode. The PS3, on the other hand, is another story. If I keep that sucker in a confined space for too long, I fear for the safety of my family. Hence, whenever we play PS3 games...the door to the unit stays
open.

So (back to the narrative) while pretending to play along with his brother, my little guy hits the PS button, and the PS3 springs to life, inside the
closed entertainment unit, unbeknown to Mrs. D and myself.

Needless to say, temperatures rise, fans kick in, then more fans kick in, then some new, untold level of nuclear reactor-grade cooling kicks in deep within the bowels of the PS3, and the first thing I know of this is when a little voice cries, "Dad, something's wrong with my game."

Conditions in the confined space had become so super-heated that the 360 red-ringed out, big time.

So. Bottom line, my PS3
killed my 360. I have learned a very valuable lesson from this.

Source: http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=8093480&publicUserId=5345401
 
This must be the biggest load of B/S I've ever readed.
But hey it was funny.
 
Well, Im a reliable source since I actually have the system....and my system doesn't get hot all (warm) but not hot.
And the guy is an Idiot he put it inside an entertainment center...and where was the controller...? It should have been out of reach of kids since the kid didn't know what he was doing.
 
I guess all the discussion on which is better the PS3 or 360.
The PS3 won the battle. What a great idea to kill your competitor. Run it hot, see who can handle it more. In this case the PS3 won.
Enjoy your games.
 
Too bad thats not really true. how about not locking both consoles in a box? and put em outside the box..
 
Sounds like the 360 and PS3 had a heat contest.
Both contributed to the heat, but the 360 gave out first.

Since their both in the same space, makes sense they're the same temp,, no matter who generates more.

Looks like the 360 has a lower heat tolerance, which matches all the bad 360 stories. Heck, my 622 probably woulda killed the 360, as it makes my PS3 feel like an ice cube.
 

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