Just tried the game on my PC monitor instead of the HDTV, the problem is less prevalent, but still there. I highly doubt the PS3 is dying in any fashion, as enough of us are experiencing the issue, but it seems extremely isolated and a small minority. Just really have seen zero signs of issue elsewhere in other games.
I really hope in time a patch or hotfix potentially fixes this, but sadly I doubt enough of us are having the problem for them to bother looking into it. At this point I may just wait for the PS4 version next year. The issue is way too distracting and problematic to deal with. Server issues are a top priority right now also for the team. I can either get a cheap newish PS3 slim to try out(switching up the HDD like a simm card?) or maybe get the PC version, but meh...
Goddamnit, really digging the game too.