R.I.P. Playstation 3 (that rhymes!)

hopefully, the only time
I have to use this header

On Tuesday, June 28, 2011, Playstation 3, or "PS3" as it was known to friends, died.  Although the cause of it's death is unknown, sources close to the PS3 said it might have overheated during a game of Pacman Championship Edition DX.  At first, it was thought the PS3 had merely fainted and stopped working temporarily, but after consultation with the internet, it was established by the family that the PS3 had the Yellow Light of Death.

According to Sony, which specializes in reviving systems that suffer such deaths, PS3 could possibly be fixed if sent to their hospitals for an extended one or two month stay.  Unfortunately, PS3's insurance was not extended past its first birthday, so PS3 was uninsured and the cost for treatment would be expensive and the chances of success were slim.  It surgery were unsuccessful, Sony promised to send a similar system back for PS3's users to "adopt" and use as if it were the same as PS3.

Playstation 3 (2008-2011)

Instead of go through the expense and potential heartbreak, PS3's users literally pulled the plug on PS3, and decided that after a few months of mourning, they would consider getting a whole new system, a healthier, slimmer version of Playstation 3.

Although not as successful or social as other video game systems, PS3 had some accomplishments to it's name.  It had garnered several trophies, including three coveted platinum trophies during it's short life.  PS3 also had an uncanny ability to store lots of information, and from an early age, it was apparent that PS3's 40 GB hard drive was just not enough to hold everything, so PS3 successfully underwent hard drive replacement surgery and increased its memory to 250 GB.

It had so much potential.

PS3 leaves behind several games, many of which were not completely finished. One of PS3's discs, Little Big Planet 2, was only a couple months old at the time of PS3's death, and now officials are afraid this relatively unplayed game may never get a chance of fulfilling it's potential as a form of entertainment.

PS3 was also with disc at the time of the death.  Although efforts were made to extract the disc so it would have a chance of use outside of PS3, things look grim.  Further complicating matters is the fact that PS3 was merely a surrogate for the disc.  After the disc was completed, it was to be sent to Netflix, who has legal ownership over the disc.  Although Netflix has not been contacted yet, it is assumed by parties involved that restitution will need to be made to Netflix if further efforts to extract the disc are unsuccessful.

PS3 died young and is survived by a large family of video game systems, some of them decades older than PS3.  PS3's father, Playstation the Second, and PS3's grandfather, Playstation the First, were both there to see the untimely death.  Playstation 2 was saddened to see its successor go, noting while it had seen this type of thing happen all the time to Xbox 360s, it never thought such a thing could happen in its family.

Also surviving PS3 is Super Nintendo, Nintendo, Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube, Nintendo Game Boy, several Nintendo Game Boy Advances, Nintendo DS, two Nintendo DS Lites, Microsoft Xbox, and Mattel Intellivision, all of whom are still alive and kicking.  PS3's relation with some of these systems was strained, particularly with it's great-grandfather Super Nintendo, who fathered Playstation the First but abandoned it because it felt Playstation's mother, Sony, was asking for more than a fair share of child support.  (If you don't get the joke, don't worry, I didn't expect you to.)

Nintendo Wii, dusted off and ready to
fill PS3's big shoes

Hit particularly hard by the PS3's death is its second cousin, Nintendo Wii, who after a couple years of sitting around doing little work, has been asked to fulfill many of PS3's duties, including Netflix streaming.  Although Wii has claimed it would try its hardest to live up to PS3's example, its inability to play DVDs, Blu-Ray discs, or high definition content mean it will likely fall short.