Yesterday while playing fifa my ps3 just died, managaed to turn it on and took the game out before it completely wouldnt work and was giving me the yellow light/red blinking light. (I never even knew this happened)
I rang sony who took my details and told me it would cost £150. Complete piss take. Found out on forums, this is a common problem with the earlier models but there was a way round it. Can register with continuous play for £4.99, then cancel the policy.
Registered with continuous play yesterday afternoon.
Rang them this morning and got my policy number.
Rang back Sony, told them it started working again, i had taken out a policy, and then 'rather suprisingly' the ps3 had died again.
Replacement machine arriving 2nd June between 08:00 and 18:00.
Saved myslef £150, and a broken toe from kicking a filing cabinet in frustration.
If anyone else's ps3 breaks, you can still register and use continuous play even if they already have your details, and quite frankly they deserve it, my ps2 never had anything wrong, and it was chipped. Never expected my ps3 to go wrong.
Now need to work out what to do about all the stuff on my hd.