Well, my PS2 is officially not working...

[Lox]

I guess I had a pretty good run with it. I knew I should have gotten a slim PS2 for $50 when I had the chance!

It won't read any discs anymore. You put a game in and it just sits there and says Reading Disc... forever.

I just bought MGS3 too! I'm going to start looking on ebay for a used one. I can't wait for the PS3 cuz KH2 is coming out this year. Blast!

[Flip]

Sucks dude!

[Julius Seeker]

I have a new slim PS2 (well not new anymore, probably over a year now), my old one is a piece of junk now. It sounds like the same thing happened, it just kept loading forever, I tried putting it on its side, worked a bit better, but then eventually it stopped working that way as well. There isn't any dust or anything in it, and I did not treat it abnormally in any way. Sony's systems usually do not have long lifespans. Then again, my little PS1 is still working perfectly. Sony should just make their systems without design flaws to begin with.

[Lox]

I have a new slim PS2 (well not new anymore, probably over a year now), my old one is a piece of junk now. It sounds like the same thing happened, it just kept loading forever, I tried putting it on its side, worked a bit better, but then eventually it stopped working that way as well. There isn't any dust or anything in it, and I did not treat it abnormally in any way. Sony's systems usually do not have long lifespans. Then again, my little PS1 is still working perfectly. Sony should just make their systems without design flaws to begin with.

I was just waiting for it to go at some point. Like you said, it is made by Sony.

[Agent 57]

Surprisingly, the only systems I've ever had hardware problems with have been Sega systems (well, aside from blinky NESes, but everybody dealt with that).

The cartridge port on my Saturn is notoriously flaky (I haven't tried using my memory cart in ages), and the Dreamcast I have now is my third one. I went through two on opening day trying to get one that would play all the games I bought, and then the one I ended up with eventually started loading ridiculously slow so I bought another one (they were only $50 at that point).

[Zeus]

Amazingly, mine still works perfectly and I got it about 8 months after launch. But Idon't play much anymore, so that might explain it. And I never used it for DVDs

[Flip]

I was one of the nuts who bought at launch and the thing still runs fine. I dont use it for DVD's anymore either, but i did for a few years in school.

[Julius Seeker]

Surprisingly, the only systems I've ever had hardware problems with have been Sega systems (well, aside from blinky NESes, but everybody dealt with that).

The cartridge port on my Saturn is notoriously flaky (I haven't tried using my memory cart in ages), and the Dreamcast I have now is my third one. I went through two on opening day trying to get one that would play all the games I bought, and then the one I ended up with eventually started loading ridiculously slow so I bought another one (they were only $50 at that point).

I had two NES's break down on me (I can still get them to work with a lot of effort), two PSX's break down, and one PS2. All of my Sega stuff still works fine, even the mastersystem. There are a few SNES games I have that do not seem to work well anymore; all are cheap third party ones anyways, so it's not a big deal.

I bet if a poll was taken about 4/5ths of the people who had the old bulky model PSX's would have some sort of problem with it. I am willing to bet 19 out of 20 have NES's that don't work. Also I'd bet that 1/3rd with the original bulky model PS2 (at least a year old) have problems. I have heard stuff about Sega products not working, but I haven't had any problems personally.

I wonder if my Gamegear TV adaptor still works (though I only used it like twice in my life, possibly the biggest waste of money from my childhood).

[Flip]

my top loading NES works great everytime, as does my SNES, PS1 and launch PS2. So, i've only had one system ever break on me, original NES. I take good care of my stuff though.

[Zeus]

my top loading NES works great everytime, as does my SNES, PS1 and launch PS2. So, i've only had one system ever break on me, original NES. I take good care of my stuff though.

Those top-loading NESs are worth a pretty penny nowadays (I have two). Only things that are guaranteed to work and EVERYONE has some NES games :-)

[Kupek]

None of my game systems (NES, SNES, PS, PS2, GC) have ever failed.

[Zeus]

None of my game systems (NES, SNES, PS, PS2, GC) have ever failed.

YOu're very fortunate. Either that or you didn't play them much

[Tortolia]

None of mine have either, and you can't accuse me of not playing many games.

[Julius Seeker]

My systems all get heavy usage by multiple people. The system that has received the heaviest usage is the SNES which still works perfectly (though I'm on my 4th or 5th set of controllers)

[Zeus]

None of mine have either, and you can't accuse me of not playing many games.

And like I told Kupek, you're very fortunate

[Tortolia]

I think you're probably overstating the probability.

[Zeus]

I think you're probably overstating the probability.

Well, the PSX and the NES were notoriously the worst built systems. There were others (like the DVD reader on teh first two series' of PS2s and the crystal Xboxs), but they were particularly bad.

Nowadays, if you have a working front-loading NES, you're doin' well. And there's a high probability that it hasn't been played much or that it's a later system. Most of the problem came from the 72-pin connector that the NES had; it just wasn't very good. You can buy replacements for it. If you replace it, they work fine.

The off-weighted laser track on the PSX was well documented; do a search, I'm sure it won't be that hard to find it. It caused the one track to wear down which set the laser off alignment. That's why when you turned them over you can get soem more life out of them for a while. I had it happen to me. Seemed to be an issue more with the 1, 3, and 5 series PSX (first about 3 years), so if you got it later (7 or 9 series or PSOne), they have a much higher probability of working.

This isn't a personal opinion of mine. I know the managers of all of the stores in town, they've told me of most of them. I'm sure a lot of the people here have had issues with their NESs adn PSXs as well.

[Torgo]

None of my consoles have ever failed either, and I've played them all to death. Even fat ol' gameboy still does his job, although a very small part of the screen is dead. My PS2 does seem to be getting extra finicky with movies, but as for games it's doing well.

[Kupek]

I have always bought my systems at least a year after launch, sometimes as long as two years.