Today I picked up a copy of Burnout Paradise. I am a huge fan of this franchise, as it awards me for doing what I do in every other racing game: cause huge and spectacular pile-ups/explosions.
I waited until after midnight to pop it in and play, I needed a nap. When I finally put the disc in nothing happened. The game icon didn’t appear on the XMB. Bummed, I put Soul Calibur IV back in. No show.
Turning to the internets I found that this is a common problem. Sucks.
Not really having anything else to do, I put in the first disc of Firefly. It showed up under the video menu. So I put in SCIV again. It showed up. And now I am updating the Burnout Paradise software.
So… in light of my horrendous experience with Apple and DHL, I am going to pay very close attention to what the PS3 is doing. If it drops the ball even once more, it is going back to Gamestop. It just isn’t worth the pain to deal with another electronics fiasco.