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Best Buy Sells Free PS3 Upgrades

October 01, 2010 in News comments 9

Straight from New York City, we give you breaking news. Geek Squad is apparently selling PlayStation 3's advertised as "Firmware Upgraded" with extra cost associated.

Despite the fact that you can Even if you don’t have it hooked up to your PS3, you can get a free firmware update from the Sony website, put it on a flash drive, then install it on your PS3. If not, you can go to a public library, your school, or a Staples, or hell even a Best Buy Online PC, any of the millions of free online places and grab the firmware update, throw it on a 5$ flash drive, then put it on your PS3. This is outrageous no matter how you look at it.

Some one else even pointed out that you can get the update from Blu Ray Games that have the latest firmware.

But no, Geek Squad would rather charge you for this.

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    Sayyed Oct 2, 10
    this is beyond.....hilarious. I actually want to go wait in that store and see if anyone actually buys one, than point and laugh at them as they walk out with a big smile on their faces thinking they got a deal.

    $30 for a free service? ugh
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    Zero and X Oct 2, 10
    This reminds me of when I got the YLOD, instead of sending the PS3 to Sony, I decided to just simply buy a new PS3 and take the disc inside the console out. I asked Geek Squad if they could take it out, assholes wanted $50 the job, nonsense. I was able to get the game out myself with minimal effort, it was a $5 job at most.
  • 0
    Subzer0 Oct 2, 10
    lol I'm surprised they're still in business.
  • 0
    Drogo Baggins Oct 2, 10
    That's hilarious.
  • 0
    HisServant77 Oct 2, 10
    This has to be the most hilarious thing I've heard of in a good while

    The sad thing though is that more people than expected will probably buy into it!
  • 0
    Seproth Oct 2, 10
    Kind of torn here, it's a bit of a dick move on Geek Squad.

    ...but if you're willing to give them money for that. You kind of deserve to be ripped off.
  • 0
    Dragoshi1 Oct 3, 10
    They sell fully updated Wiis with 3 Virtual Console games of your choice for 250 bucks.


    Ripoffs, mainly targeted at the old people and soccer moms.
  • 0
    Hideo1 Oct 3, 10
    In a world of "shut up and take my money", it's no real surprise.
  • 0
    Subzer0 Oct 3, 10
    Geek Squad is giving you geeks a bad name.

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