Sony: Watch Out for Exploding Counterfeit PS3 Controllers
Sony: Watch Out for Exploding Counterfeit PS3 Controllers
Posted 09/24/2010 at 6:21am
| by Paul Lilly
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We're okay with a little rumble in our hand, and hey, maybe someday controllers will send out a light shock. But when things start exploding, that's when we have a problem.
This is the first we've heard of a controller actually exploding, but according to Sony, there's a rash of counterfeit PlayStation 3 controllers making the rounds that are at risk of doing just that.
"SCEA (Sony Computer Entertainment America) advises consumers to be cautious when buying PlayStation 3 Wireless controllers from uncertain sources as the quality, reliability, and safety of counterfeit products is uncertain, and in some cases, may be dangerous," Sony warned in a blog post. "It is possible that some counterfeit product may ignite or explode, resulting in injury or damage to the user, your PlayStation 3 computer entertainment system, or other property."
What's worse, these bogus controllers are "practically identical in appearance to genuine" controllers, Sony said.
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Lhot
September 26, 2010 at 2:30am
...a controller could explode, unless someone actually put something that DOES explode into first. Hell, you'd have to pump about 10 amps into one to make it explode, and even then, it wouldn't really explode...the IC chips might, but they wouldn't make it through the controller housing.. lol
Keith E. Whisman
September 24, 2010 at 7:40pm
Sounds like to me that since Sony says it's difficult to tell the difference between a Sony controller and a deadly dangerous counterfit controller, that perhaps there are no Counterfit controllers, just a bad lot of Sony controllers that explode and Sony is trying to suggest that they are fake to save money on possible warranty repairs and lawsuits.
This has conspiracy written all over it. I'm sure Elvis is alive and aliens exist as well.
Jox
September 24, 2010 at 7:11pm
This smacks of a shady advertising ploy that's been around for a long time. It's like a cookie company claiming "No-one has ever died from eating OUR cookies", implying that their cookies are somehow superior and the competition may actually be dangerous.
-Jox
farmit
September 24, 2010 at 3:45pm
1. Playstation 3 gets hacked VIA usb device
2. PS3 firmware gets update to block said exploit
3. Sony releases another update blocking bunches of USB devices and claim it's because of exploding controllers.
Get real, they are just trying to prevent piracy but giving us an excuse to why your >$60 controller no longer works. I've never seen a controller explode.
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