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Posted By Gabriel B. about 9 months, 3 weeks ago
A non-burning Vita is a happy Vita.
Yesterday, it was revealed that Sony was being investigated by a Japanese government agency as a result of 31 incidences PS Vitas burning up while being recharged (23 of which were in Japan with the other 8 happening in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia). A listing of the incidents, which was supplied by Sony to the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation, showed that the problem seemed to be related to “the connection slot between the charging unit and the Vita burning during charging.” No injuries have been reported in relation to these incidents.
Sony however has decided that they will not recall the system or refund customers who have had this happen to them as they believe that the problem is consumer-based: liquids and debris were allowed to accumulate in the slot and caused the burning to happen. While it has not been confirmed at this time, another reason there may have been more incidents occurring in Japan is that, unlike the North American release, it is easier to insert the charging unit upside-down, which can cause problems. Consumers who have had this happen to them will have to pay for repairs.
So, what are you thoughts? Please share them below in the comments and make sure you keep your connection slots clean on your Vitas.
Source: Andriasang
Dat sony.
Oh the wonders of technology the more it advances the more fragile it becomes I replaced my 360 a few years back and I did the same to my ps3 (it got the red screen) only being able to keep trophies, and now this, I’m feeling bitter… well thanks for the info I think I would of found this the hard way if it wasn’t on the site.
Ashens pointed out in his review of the Vita just how easy it is to insert the charger upside down. If that turns out to be the cause, then Sony could have a major problem. It’s not hard to make your charger in such a way that it can only be plugged in the right way up, just don’t make the connector symmetrical.
As for dust in the charging slot being the problem, that’s again a design issue as I’ve heard of nothing like that before in my life…and I’ve owned a lot of electronics and handheld systems over the years.
Independent testing needs to be done as I wouldn’t trust Sony (or MS or Nintendo for that matter)to be totally honest in these matters. I really doubt the Vita has even been out long enough to have enough dust or debris enter the charging slot to cause a fire. Liquid is a possibility I suppose…not everyone is savvy enough to allow time for liquid to dry before turning equipment on. Still, it needs to be looked into.
I remember when the original Xbox came out and it would generate so much heat that the system could be used as both a stove top and grill. Certainly made cooking breakfast interesting. Just remember Sony, we didn’t start the fire; it’s been always burning since the world’s been turning.
30 Vitas out of 2.5 million sold worldwide is reasonably rare, so I’ll agree with Sony and say this is a user fault. 300 would be a different story.
That said, if Katzbalger is being honest about putting the charger in upside down…for it to even be possible is an epic design fail. With the PSP you can’t insert the charger wrong. With my cell phone it only looks like it could fit upside down. This is not the early 90′s; proprietary chargers should be properly functional.
Glad I haven’t bought a vita yet now. May not get one for awhile because of this.
If you are using this excuse to not buy one then you never intended to buy one is the 1st place because seriously 31 systems out of how many that were sold is so small it would take awhile to place it % wise.
I don’t need an “excuse” to not buy a Vita. It’s the PS freakin’ Vita, it’s not KNOWN for being bought.
Also I preferred it when my handhelds had a ZERO percent chance of catching on FREAKIN’ FIRE. Like, oh I don’t know, every other hand held ever.
Umm you do realize this is caused by a user error and you do know ANY handheld could cause this issue under the same reason so yea.
So yeah, like totally, I like, heard that like, gameboy advances caught fire, like, all the time, so like, this totally makes the Vita thing, like totally ok. Right brah’?
found this you might wanna stop playing that 3DS since you don’t like handheld’s that can catch fire.
http://3dsforums.com/lounge-2/my-3ds-went-fire-_-11025/
This makes the vita better how?
the differnt is that you take the 3DNS back to the store and they give you a new becouse Nintendo will replace it.
but Sony goes, hmm we made a design that makes it easy to pug the power in wrong, but we dont care, if it happens, is they fualt, not ours.
all consols/productes can have a few that has problems, the downside of mass production
Never said it made them better just pointing out to you that it can happen with any system and you are being a hypocrite by saying you wouldn’t buy a Handheld that could catch fire but yet you do own one.
I’ve accidentally inserted the charger upside-down a few times; it really is easy to make that mistake, especially when you’re tired. I keep reminding myself to make sure the PS logo is facing up now.
So glad this system is a piece of garbage and there’s no reason for anyone to buy one.
Kind of an overreaction.
Keeping your slots clean is the first rule of hygiene…
Mine thankfully is OK… for now.
To me it depends on how exactly the burning occurs. If you would have to allow small scraps of paper and dripping water into it then I’d say you really should expect something like this, if it can occur as a result of simply leaving your Vita on the table for a few days then I’d say the blame could rest on Sony’s shoulders.
Luckily this hasn’t happened to me and now that I know about this I’ll make sure to clear the charging slot of dust if I need to. It seems kinda douchey for Sony to levy all the responsibility on the consumer though, think of all the billions of electronic devices out there that charge safely and the Vita for some reason has a design that can have this happen to it.