Thursday 8-Nov-2007 12:37 PM We're disappointed that such extremely sloppy journalism has resulted in this totally inaccurate story, says SCEE boss David Reeves
Sony has blasted reports that its new 40GB PS3 model is suffering from a 40-percent failure rate.
The reports stemmed from a Belgian retailer saying that it's had PS3s returned that have suffered a hardware fault resulting in discs being unreadable.
In an official statement on the matter, Sony has said, "Sony Computer Entertainment Europe can categorically deny that there is a 40% failure rate on the newly release 40GB PlayStation 3 as has been reported on a Dutch website.
"Having launched in October, the 40GB PS3 has encountered the same industry leading, very low failure rates, comparable to the low level failure rates of the 60GB PS3."
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David Reeves, president, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe has said the company is very proud of the quality and reliability of PS3 and is "disappointed that such extremely sloppy journalism has resulted in this totally inaccurate story".
"Since launching the 40GB PS3," Reeves continued, "we have experienced a fantastic jump in sales and the failure rates have remained at the very low level that we not only strive for, but have been achieving since the launch of PS3."
