iirc solder standards had recently changed. The PS3 had similar issues (YLOD), as well as any laptop with an integrated NVidia chip (including Macbooks). It was pretty grim.

Luke! One of the Kotaku OGs. It’s been a pleasure, and best of luck in your future endeavors.

Hush now little liar, your betters are talking.

Considering that both the Series X and PS5 required luck, or bending over for a scalper for almost two years, what would be the point of pushing Slim and Pro models out of the door now? It would make anyone considering ether system to simply wait and hurt sales on both sides.

Yeah your probably right about them needing to be in production now if Sony has a year end plan. As for not making them, they are strongly financially motivated to do it. Part of it is because there is a whole segement that double dips when they do it, then there is capturing the market portion that has waited for the…

That assume the price cut version is marketing related, it may just be a revision of tech that is cheaper for them to manufacture. Consoles are sold at a loss so these new version are often just ways to reduce that loss 

The point of a Slim model is the same as it always is, to streamline production and cut costs. No matter when you introduce a revision there’s always going to be that period where they still have old models they need to sell, but you also have to consider the people out there (like myself) who have been holding out…

I wouldn’t be surprised if half their argument was speculation generated by an AI, which they took as fact, and ran with it. An AI trying to analyze Sony’s development and product release wouldn’t likely have a handle on the delays caused by covid, and rather continue the trend from all models over the years. On the…

The trolley is blatant obvious and ineffective, 2/10.

Exactly. It’s why officers are trained to work in pairs in a lot of places. Where I grew up, two cops to a vehicle is how patrols usually worked for most calls. For just this reason. Mr Hero cop here ran in and when that kid came out of that hallway, he got jumpy and shot him. I do think race was partially involved,…

She is getting eactly what she deserves. Cardi B is way out of her league and has plenty of money to make Tasha K miserable. 

Nah, she’s stupid - bankruptcy isn’t always approved by the court and not all debts are discharged. This stupid broad lied, admitted she lied for clicks, went to Africa bragging about all the money she had moved from the US to avoid garnishment.  She’s a messier, drunk version of Wendy Williams.

I worked at Best Buy when the Vita launched, and it didn’t take long for the Vita shelf space to shrink like crazy. Occasionally Id get customers asking if/why we couldn’t sell the darn things or its software, I’d just go “Did you see the prices of the memory cards?” (It was a holiday gig for me, my f-level was low)

Holy shit I can not believe there are people like you out there that can do olympic level racist mental gymnastics, afuckingmazing you fucking absolute moron 

Without the gun, the situation is benign. Guns keep NOBODY safe, except perhaps in the jungle or on the battlefield. Citizens of a CIVILIZED country have no need for deadly weapons in their home. Guns are for cowards and bullies, not “protection”. Also, over half of the handgun fatalities in this country every year…

Finally something to do with the 60k points you get from buying the thing but nothing to spend it on.

He was acquitted of all charges, had a shitload of built up good will and while talented, was also very much a man that never really left his childhood, given that he didn’t get to have much of one between his talent putting him in the spotlight constantly and famously abusive father beating his ass for anything he…

FYI (once again): The Dr. Emilio imposter account posting here in this thread is NOT the long-established account user known in the Giz family.

Morrissey has gone full asshole and loves English chauvinism.