... Wow,
Mech, what you said about the PS3 confirms my suspicions of it being as poorly designed as the XBox with its legendary red rings of death.

Having to start out all over again is

a bit frustrating, to say the least.
I've played a lot of poorly designed games {mostly on NES} where the controls were confusing, and so being made it possible to end your game unintentionally {worst case} or otherwise make game decisions you didn't intend to make, often times those decisions being of such consequence that it seemed easier to start over than to continue.
This same brand of confusing/ misleading controls continued right up into the GC/ PS2 era {I know nothing about the Xbox honestly, sorry} - anyone else know what I'm talking about?
REGARDING your lost game time, as a fan of the RPG's I feel your pain.

{those games are quite long

compared with most others but the GTA series really draw you in too}
How I survived such tragedies was to shelf those games for a while {months, years, whatever it takes} until the pain subsides a bit

and then give them another go after you're finished whatever you're playing in the meantime.
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Yet another person {ignorant, arrogant jerk} holding up an entire train of people by standing in the door, just because they feel like it.
Yet another person booted off {well, pushed in this instance} and I'm starting to
love this new trend - let's keep this thing rolling, I can't wait to see the next video!