thanks for the heads up guys. i dont think im going to buy gta4. .probably will rent it if i have the time to play. but mayve it is not worth kept.

i just played GTA3 and its clones -san andre, vc, and vc stories... turned them off after a couple of missions too.. sucks.

PS3 just crashed again in single player mode. This was AFTER installing the patch. It was okay before the patch....wth is going on!!

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Added on June 8, 2008, 4:24 pmmy PS3 is now officially fu*ked. it doesn't even turn on now. I'm going to call bernard. this is ridiculous.

This post has been edited by OmniAtlas: Jun 8 2008, 04:24 PM

wah.. let us know wat benard said after man. hope its jus the HD. somthin that is easily replaced.

Yea. CJ is the better protagonist to me and I'm not even black. The storyline in SA is better from the start, it kept me playing.

The MP is fun at first but now less and less people are playing.

If you don't like San Adres you better don't get GTA4. SA got more things to do, in other words, wider gameplay.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288359

yes, some US 60GB owners also face the same problem. very weird that a software bug can cause system lock-ups on certain models like that

Just called him, he suspects its the LAN port and it was the lightning that struck it so he recommends that everyone use WIFI.

I don't think it was that problem -- i think it was GTA IV because I had NO problem running other things before and it would only crash like this while playing GTA IV.

now my ps3 is gone and it will not turn on. It goes RED -> YELLOW then back to -> red light.

He suggests I take it back to singapore to fix. anyone have any idea how this process goes? ninja? anyone have any clue? i am in dire need...argh.

No more crashes in GTA4 after the patch for me.

Going to Singapore just to fix one PS3 is quite expensive I think.

Wait...if the lightning struck your network card I think you should still can turn on the PS3. Unless the lightning struck other parts also.

I have family that go down to singapore quite frequently and have cousins there working as well so that is not a problem.

i talked to bernard and he said it is better to go to singapore because you can get a replacement within one week. Some of those that send in locally haven't even got their PS3 back after 8 months!

i'm not too sure if my ps3 is the singapore or hong kong version though. It came with a warrenty card labelled with "Sony Computer Entertainment Hong Kong Limited" ; yet in the PS3 the RSS connects to the Singapore feed.

Does anyone know how to check for sure? Serial number? I'm not too sure if singapore will accept a Hong Kong PS3.

This post has been edited by OmniAtlas: Jun 8 2008, 05:17 PM

weird,,, a game can screw up a console? that's worse than Xbox 360 RROD man

You can check the model no of your PS3 from this list that Vorchiel provided

Geez I do hope you get to do a RMA of your ps3 soon

That's why, I really really don't understand how this game can score 10. It screw up your machine too. Seriously bad coding.

Okay, I just called Sony Singapore and they said they can repair it. They said it will be done in about 1 week, so I just need to bring it into their service repair center. Hopefully they will fix it and all be good.

Stupid GTA IV disc is stuck in the machine though.

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Added on June 8, 2008, 6:25 pmHeres a video of my failing PS3:

Still trying to figure out how to embed youtubes, but heres the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efHALkyDH64



This post has been edited by OmniAtlas: Jun 8 2008, 06:37 PM

Probably because the statistical percentage of this happening to your PS3 is low, and therefore an aberration?

This post has been edited by Schattenjeager: Jun 8 2008, 06:27 PM

Well if Omni was a critic, he finish playing the game and submitted the score for the game THEN only his PS3 started to crash, how could he change his published score?

Right?

if it really IS due to GTA IV then it should have happened to everyone here who played GTA IV. I wouldnt be too quick to place the blame on GTA IV. =\

The problem is its been known to have occurred on the 60 gb launch PS3's (i.e. the system I have) -- so you guys that have later versions, or the 40 gb *might* be safe.

The crashing also only happened while playing GTA IV -- i was having fun in battlefield and COD4 before that without any problems.

I think sony also came out with a statement a few weeks ago that there *is* a hardware compatibility problem and will be fixing it by replacing those ps3s.

A week ago I encountered the crashing with GTAIV. Then I logged out of PSN and disabled the auto sign-in thingy. After that it went fine and I reenabled that thing again. But it crashed again. Then I did the enable/disable thing 2-3 times and concluded that my connection suxx on that day because it worked fine in offline mode. On the next day then only I could play GTAIV normally (with PSN logged-in + R*socialclub linked)

My machine is a 60GB JP launch unit.

Mine is 60GB HK, launch unit as well. Safe so far, hopefully.

i crash when quitting Battlefield BC alwiz ...

you're comparing girls to gta?
dude,you ok or not?