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by levesque 4741 days ago
Not bricked since it still boots stuff and can be fixed. Oh well, everyone's taken a liking to say they are bricked - it sounds so much more dramatic.
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TillE 4741 days ago
Yeah, I'll allow the usage of "bricked" if recovery requires opening up the device and connecting via JTAG. That's effectively dead and unrecoverable by any normal consumer.

But c'mon, a device that you can fix by sticking in a USB drive with a patch is not bricked.

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pandaman 4741 days ago
Also the number of the affected PS3s is not large both according to Sony and neogaf's lack of a rioting. But, I think such exaggerations in the news are good to catch attention of the people who might be affected by this.
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