My backwards-compatible 60GB PS3 went "yellow light of death" on me, the day after the PS2 was discontinued. This was purely coincidence, but really unfortunate timing as my wife had just started ...

So while running over a cop in GTA: Liberty City Stories, my PS3 just shut off. Tried to turn it back on; no luck. YLOD. Now here are my options: [*] Send to Sony and get refurb 60GB launch PS3. $190 ...

Watchdog's PS3 repair segment last night didn't work, in a nutshell. The program centred on the "thousands upon thousands" of UK PS3s that have shown the YLOD and have to be fixed outside of warrantee ...