While many game stores (read: all game stores) will try and sell you extended warranty plans and what not, the manufacturers are less likely to do so. Except now, Sony is offering PS3 and PSP owners an “extended service” plan for their consoles. One year of extra protection for the PS3 costs $50, with another year for $10 more. For the PSP, it’s $30 a year, while an additional $10 will add “Accidental Damage” coverage, which covers accidents even if you caused them, like dropping your PSP etc.

Shacknews reports that Microsoft has extended the Xbox 360′s three-year general hardware failure warranty to cover E74 errors. The company is no offering refunds to anyone that paid for an E74-related repair within their first three years of owning the console.

“We have decided to cover repairs related to the E74 error message under our three-year warranty program for certain general hardware failures that was announced in July 2007. We have already made improvements to the console that will reduce the likelihood of an occurrence of this issue."

Refunds for eligible repairs will go out within the next couple of months. If you fall under this and do not receive a refund by July 1, you can claim your refund through Microsoft’s website before November 1, 2009.