Sony is recalling 3.5m faulty power adaptors which were sold with the black PlayStation 2 slimline version between August and December 2004. - BBC News
I remember a similar situation with Microsoft's X-Box earlier this year, which apparently 'affected almost three-quaters of all X-box consoles sold around the world since its launch in 2001'.
I'm at a loss to understand just how these things manage to happen. Surely the company supplying the product (in this case Sony) should undergo extensive testing with it, and iron out any flaws with the products before they reach the shops. What's the excuse to let 3.5 million of these things come off the production line faulty? Where's the break in the line which allows these faulty products to be shipped out?
Sony are offering to replace returned adapters for free, but let's hope that they actually send the correct adapters to people, unlike Microsoft. In fact, this is nowhere near as worse as the incident with Microsoft, who announced it would be replacing 14.1 million X-Box cables (Admitting later that the numbers was larger than first thought). Then again, this was a fault with the new slim line PS2, had it been a fault with the regular PS2 then the situation would have been far worse for Sony.
Link.
EDIT: According to the press release:
Sony Computer Entertainment America has received 38 reports of adaptors overheating, including 19 reports of melting. There have been four reports of minor property damage, two reports of minor burns and one report of a minor shock.
Also, this entry over at Joystiq tells you to check the model number (located on the back, bottom, or side of the PlayStation 2 console) and send off for a new adapter if the number serial matches SCPH 70012 or SCPH 70011. For a new adapter go here for the US and here for Europe.
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