Before the BBC got a chance to broadcast a Watchdog report that states Sony's PS3 has systematic hardware failures and inadequate repair service, Sony already issued a statement that leaves little room for interpretation.

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The entire statement takes up six pages and can be read in full here

Although Sony may seem acting like a bully, it's not entirely wrong in this case.

The Watchdog team set up a van outside Sony UK's HQ, offering people to fix their console for free if it's broken, issued a tech report based on only three consoles (one had already been altered by its owner), and was using a third party repair team that benefit from having people be worried about broken consoles.

It does sound a lot like the programme was trying to make Sony look bad, especially as Microsoft would have been a much easier target seeing the larger number of failures the X360 has. The fact that Watchdog presenter Iain Lee has worked on a freelance basis for Microsoft doesn't look all too objective either.

It is expected that Watchdog will be taking a look at the Xbox360 as well but no date or schedule for such a follow-up has been set yet.

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