The Yellow Blink of Death

First it started with a few lock-ups, system freezes. Then some games didn't want to work. I would come home to find the PS3 having a red blinking light where the warm, welcoming green light was. "Power surge or something" I thought, couldn't be my PS3. My launch day, 60GB, backwards compatible beauty, no way. Today I wanted to get in some time on the Home Beta. I turned it on, was checkin' out what new videos I downloaded from the store, then it happened. The PS3 turned off and started blinking red right before my eyes. In disbelief, I reset it, only to have it turn on for a second - flash yellow - and back to blinking red. Again and again, the same thing.

Well I did have an extended warranty, so I called Best Buy to get things sorted. I got the "Uhhhh.... well.... you see.... I'm not sure...." guy on the phone who after 5 minutes of uncertain conversing he took my number and said the manager would call me back. An hour goes by and I get worried, back on the phone. This time I get a different guy who says, "Uhhh yeah, the manager left." So I decide to bring it in. A young lad takes my finger smudged, scratched up PS3 and says, "So yeah, we're going to have to send it away. If it takes longer than 60 days, you get a new one." I describe to him that there are no more 60GB PS3's so he explained to me that I would get a PS3 closest to 60GB specs. He said that ordering the Motorstorm Bundle or the Metal Gear Solid 4 bundle, both apparently have backward compatibility, was an option. So I sit here now, typing away, counting the days until SOCOM: Confrontation comes out, only to have no PS3 to play it on. LAME!