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http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2013/06/19/playstatio...

affected systems estimate:

Aftermarket HDDs, 500GB-1TB ~90%

Stock 500GB models ~8%

Stock 120GB models ~2%

Stock 1st-gen fat models ~ 0%

Heh, it's worth noting that the Forbes source for those "numbers" is a Redditor who is ballpark estimating based on user reports in a forum.

Didn't realize we were in a time when Forbes sources were nearly unsourced Reddit comments.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1gmrmx/do_not_update_...

At the top, over the article: "Paul Tassi, Contributor". I think the official articles are written by "..., Forbes staff". There's not much distinction these days between the core and the affiliated people. (not that this is an excuse)

I initially read that as 90% of the aftermarket HDD systems were affected rather than 90% of the affected systems were those with aftermarket HDDs.

These numbers come from looking at the problem reports on a forum.

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