can you not just send it off to get repaired??
Bowling on the Wii is my favourite game. Why don't you just get that?
I like when people don't read the original post.
oh yeah sorry forgot as soon is something is out of warranty it cannot be taken anywhere to see if it can be repaired. how silly of me.
well i would guess that it would be a whole lot cheaper than a new "cheap ps3"
my advice would be to ring sony and explain the problem, it might be something common they can help out with.