That would be rather stupid, as Sony could lose alot of money from it, many people have insurance covers on things such as brand new playstations, and it can last up to 3 years guarantee. If they did this, many of these people would complain and the insurance would pay up. Therefore Sony wouldn't really get much money from it. And I can admit, that my ps2 doesn't work well, but this is only with PSX games, not PS2 games, ps2 games work perfectly, where as the psx games struggle. I have no idea why this is but I can say that it's probably something to do with the lense unable to cope.