Dont buy this game for PS3

[Krsnik]

OP, you made two threads of the exact same thing, but in both threads you neglected to mention the state you were playing the PS3. Sure FFXIV: ARR was the game you were playing when your PS3 died, but was it true culprit for the demise of your PS3?
There are other factors that could have been leading up to the demise of your PS3, and FFXIV was the trigger:

Are you giving adequate ventilation to your PS3? If there's not enough airflow due to placing your PS3 in an enclosed space, placing the back of your PS3 up against a wall or case, guess what happens? That air that is ventilating is being pushed back into your PS3 causing overheating issues.

How dusty is your PS3? Have you been cleaning it regularly? Are you playing in an area where dust accumulates a lot (I.e: Playing in a carpeted area.)?

What is the model make of your PS3? Is it the Phat PS3? If it is, then it's a known issue that those models have a moderate fail rate due to faulty hardware/poor manufacturing (mainly bad soldering). Has your PS3 been freezing lately up until that point? What about other games you play, did you have any other issues playing other games?

How much HDD space did you have when you installed FFXIV?

What are your playing habits? How often have you been playing FFXIV at one time? How often do you use your PS3?

Were your fans roaring when playing other games besides FFXIV? There's a chance that could've been a warning sign that your PS3 was about to bite the dust (not always, but probable).

I know many people playing the PS3 version of FFXIV and none of them had the issue you had. I've also had many friends who had a PHAT PS3 who had the same issue you had, except they were playing other games. I've also heard some of my friends who had their PS3 poorly ventilated (both Slim and Phat) and fell into the same issue you had, except with guess what? Other games.

[Dappel]

This is very concerning.

Everyone always says that this happens because your PS3 is at the end of its life, but I bought my PS3 3 days before early access began, this thing is only a month old. I bought my PS3 specifically for this game (a 250gb super slim). Every time that it happens the display freezes but I can still hear ambient noises and the last time it happened I could even hear the music.

At first I thought it was due to overheating or something so I moved it to a better location and put a fan by it to push the hot air away. Still froze.
Just a few minutes ago I had just logged in and played for maybe 20 minutes when I froze again. The PS3 wasn't even close to warm.

So I either bought a messed up console, or the game has some serious issues on PS3. I have no idea which one it is.

[Aurisakura]

Get an Air con and direct it to your ps3. my ps3 is working like charm! No issue... =D

[Sobia]

New Arctic Silver thermal paste, New fan with more blades, New PSU = Happy PS3. I don't have any issues with my console, but then again, I've upgraded it.

[Ebojager]

I have the older 2nd generation fat PS3, and has been running fine, alittle laggy in large fates and when approaching NPC quests where there are other NPC involved, and like chocobos pop in a few seconds later kinda ruins the immersion for me.
Has never locked up until last night. I assume it was how the auto logoff feature was implemented, cause I come back from a short trip to the store, while i was waiting for my party to all get together (probably 30minutes or so) and the sound is on, im in the same spot when i left, but the controller wont respond, turn it back on it blinks and shuts off. Keyboard wont respond. I had to force shut down the PS3 Whats funny is, normally when that happens, you get that file system check and have to wait 10minutes, but this rebooted normally. Well I atleast hope the game isnt killing my PS3, but you maybe right.

[Ebojager]

This is very concerning.

Everyone always says that this happens because your PS3 is at the end of its life, but I bought my PS3 3 days before early access began, this thing is only a month old. I bought my PS3 specifically for this game (a 250gb super slim). Every time that it happens the display freezes but I can still hear ambient noises and the last time it happened I could even hear the music.

At first I thought it was due to overheating or something so I moved it to a better location and put a fan by it to push the hot air away. Still froze.
Just a few minutes ago I had just logged in and played for maybe 20 minutes when I froze again. The PS3 wasn't even close to warm.

So I either bought a messed up console, or the game has some serious issues on PS3. I have no idea which one it is.

Hmm, I just posted then read your post. Mine did the same thing last night, but I was able to play a couple hours after I was forced to reboot it. Ive played for many hours straight in the previous days with no problem. I thought mine was cause I left it and it tried to auto log me out. Has yours froze prior to last night and the recent updates?

I wonder if they are rushing so much to try and fix all the issues they are not doing enough quality checks on their updates.