Sony Stock Plunges 3%, PS3 likely to Crash

[ThirdMarioBro]

Originally Posted by 1up

What causes a 2.75% drop in your stock? Well, if you're Sony, apparently it's your videogame console experiencing technical errors at TGS, just two months before it hits retail shelves in an "almost worldwide" fashion. According to an AP report, these "fresh concerns" come from a report released by David Gibson, an analyst for Macquaire Equities, and stated "We are concerned that such a negative problem has occurred so close to full production and is clearly negative news for the company."

Gibson's report claims that the PS3 units at display at TGS not only operated erratically, but had to be repeatedly reset. Sony denies that there were any technical problems with the PS3 itself. However, this is is contrary to the experience of 1UP at TGS, where when playing Motorstorm an EGM Editor had the PS3 crash/break on him.

Sony spokeswoman Nanako Kato stated that any irregularities experienced by TGS attendees stemmed from poor ventilation and concentrated heat of 200 PS3 units being so close together. "Overheating under such circumstance is a common affliction at trade shows, afflicting not just Sony products, but those of its competitors." She stated this wouldn't be the case in consumer's homes. Obviously she doesn't know how hot it gets in Florida.

Source - 1-Up

Yeah, that speaks for itself.