Japanese Government Investigating Overheating PS Vitas
Sony says issue is not a malfunction.
Sony has announced that the PlayStation Vita will not be recalled, as a Japanese government agency investigates more than 30 cases of overheating systems since the platform's launch.
Yomiuri reports that a detailed listing of 31 incidents have been submitted to the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation on July 12. Of these global figures, 23 cases of overheating Vitas originated from Japan, with eight from North America, United Kingdom and Australia.
The problem seems to occur during charging, with all 31 cases involving the connection port where the charging unti plugs into the Vita unit. No injuries have occurred as a result of the overheating issue, but Sony said that the product is not malfunctioning.
Sony PR has told Yumiuri that "the problem is with people having liquids or other objects inserted in the connection." The Vita won't be recalled, and burnt out connector ports will need to pay the company to get it fixed.
Via Andriasang
Yomiuri reports that a detailed listing of 31 incidents have been submitted to the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation on July 12. Of these global figures, 23 cases of overheating Vitas originated from Japan, with eight from North America, United Kingdom and Australia.
The problem seems to occur during charging, with all 31 cases involving the connection port where the charging unti plugs into the Vita unit. No injuries have occurred as a result of the overheating issue, but Sony said that the product is not malfunctioning.
Sony PR has told Yumiuri that "the problem is with people having liquids or other objects inserted in the connection." The Vita won't be recalled, and burnt out connector ports will need to pay the company to get it fixed.
Via Andriasang
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irritant 25 Jul 2012 11:50
1/3
"...investigates more than 30 cases of overheating systems..." !!!
That's pretty much every one sold, isn't it?
That's pretty much every one sold, isn't it?
DrkStr 25 Jul 2012 12:10
2/3
Not that I don't appreciate the humour, but the figure of 30 is pretty paltry against the 831,924 sold in Japan to 16th July according to Media Create. About 0.0036% in fact.
Even if we assume the "100 have the issue, only 1 complains" rule, it's still 0.36%.
I seem to remember that the "accepted" failure rate for hardware is about 3%.
I can't see this being an issue.
Even if we assume the "100 have the issue, only 1 complains" rule, it's still 0.36%.
I seem to remember that the "accepted" failure rate for hardware is about 3%.
I can't see this being an issue.
Ergo 25 Jul 2012 16:55
3/3
@irritant
Ba-dump-bump.
Ba-dump-bump.