BBC's Watchdog PS3 Show FAIL

The BBC have really shown how lame they are with this. I dont suppose there was any mention of the estimated 23% RRoD that the xbox had.

That string bean iain lee really gets my goat.

In hindsight, taking part in watchdog was an obvious mistake. It is clear that the facts do not line up. The overzealous and rash attempt to show the PS3 in a poor light was based on poor journalism and a low number of systems reviewed.

Watchdog in unbalanced, sensationalist, scaremongering 'news' item shock? How unusual.

Despite the pointless guff and attempt at comedy from the show (and the horribly out of context information), I actually think they have a point. It does appear that the PS3 suffers from a similar problem to the original RROD early 360s (although to a much lesser degree) and Sony are doing nothing about it.

At least Microsoft recognised the fault, extended warranties and fixed the consoles instead of blaming the users for not keeping their consoles well ventilated and cool enough.

@irritant
That's because a 0.5% failure rate is low for consumer electronics. There isn't a "problem" just the usual batch of failures. MS had to acknowledge that their console was very poorly designed and made and offer assistance otherwise nobody would have bought one.

Adverts are coming to the BBC and now this?!
This stinks of an under-the-table deal with Microsoft.

Thing that probably created the problem is the BBC sacking Nicky Campbell and the other very proficient team to hire Anne Robinson because she is more edgy - nonsense breeds nonsense. Watchdog was a good show now it's a mess. Nicky always said "we asked ____ if they wanted to come on the show but they declined" or they were in the studio, bureacracy!

They forgot to mention that, the xbox 360 used to have the EXACT SAME PROBLEM called the 'RING OF DEATH'

I own a PS3, 360 & a Wii, and my 360 broke TWICE because of this EXACT same problem the ps3 is having (altho my ps3 has never broke)

I fixed my xbox the same way the prat guys did with those ps3's, so very harsh to just point the finger at sony!

I'm on my 3rd PS3 60 GB.

I'mbeating the 0.5% failure rate by some margin.

@Michael_Lee

I have had no failures, and neither has my father in law, so we are at 0%. Maybe you should take more care!

All major companies seem to get faults with their devices/software, over hyped by the news these days, the majority of which would normally be resolved by the company anyway without any big deal.

Also, the new series of Watchdog is very poor, the new format is ridiculous. Yes, at times the previous ones have been sensentional at times but at least they seemd to get things solved from time to time.

Why do any of you care. I hate sycophants!!!

@Me

a sycophant is "a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite". I think you will find we are all bitching about the crap reporting on the BBC, which makes us more critic than sycophant.

I dismissed the entire thing the moment I read "Iain Lee". What a nobber.

I suck big nobs for cash