PS3 PRICE DROP!?!?

[ShunNakamura]

As a note my PS1 bought on launch still works to this day. Though it has trouble reading games that have even slight scratches on it(read MILF's post for more detail on that).

However, my SNES the dratted port of the power went out on me(common problem I was told). Talk about annoyance. It was a bit older but also less used the PS1.

All consoles can have thier issues. And quite frankly many of them are predictable. Father did not buy the PS1 thinking it would last that long, he expected it to work for a couple years and then need a new replacement. Basically he expected it to need to be maintained like our SNES. I think we had two where the power thing would break and need replaced.

I just view it as Bad-luck;Good-luck for the most part. How much damage they can take should be a moot point unless you got little kids, and even then I don't see the kid taking a sledgehammer to the system(at least I hope not).

[ValkyrieWing]

It irritated me that some people think just because their system is new, it can't have significant problems.

[ShunNakamura]

It irritated me that some people think just because their system is new, it can't have significant problems.

True, new stuff always has a chance of busting up, but that is what warranty is for. Any new item can be screwy. A new Motherboard I got from newegg defected soon after I got it. Even the motherboard company couldn't come up with any idea why it failed. But it was also equally obvious to anyone who looked at the motherboard that it wasn't user fault. Just bad luck on my part(fortunately it really didn't cost me anything).

[ValkyrieWing]

I mean, for example, I was working today when this guy came in to return a couple games. He said 'they weren't working' and that it was impossible for it to be his XBOX 360, since he had bought it two days previous. I think that's ridiculous. Poeple need to except that sometimes electronics don't work.

[Dreddz]

By the way, turning your PS1 upside down was a myth, people did it thinking it was helping the system. Its still unknown if it was helping the system or not.

I can absolutely guarantee you that turning my PS1 upside down helped it and continues to do so.

It wasn't to do with overheating though, it was because the rails the laser platform was mounted on got worn down due to being plastic, so the laser ended up improperly aligned. Being upside down sets this right... at least until it wears in the other direction. xD

Actually, it was setting the PS1 to the side, not upside down.

[Reine]

My Gamecube was extremely durable, it fell off the desk several times, and I thought for sure each time that it was utterly naffed, but no, worked like a charm, whereas a slight knock broke a piece of the PS2 and smurfed up the disc tray, while it was still closed. My newer PS2 that I got, a silver one, has had no trouble so far, and my brand new slimline, im very very careful with it, as its probably extremely fragile

[Vaincast]

My Gamecube was extremely durable, it fell off the desk several times, and I thought for sure each time that it was utterly naffed, but no, worked like a charm, whereas a slight knock broke a piece of the PS2 and smurfed up the disc tray, while it was still closed. My newer PS2 that I got, a silver one, has had no trouble so far, and my brand new slimline, im very very careful with it, as its probably extremely fragile

Theres a silver PS2? Hmm, thought there was only black. Is it still 300 dollars?

its pretty amazing that the PS3 is coming out on my b'day but not gonna buy I don't have that kind of money, thought my parents would buy it *insert Dr.Evil laugh here*though I doubt it...

[My_car_is_faster_than_you]

Anything over $150 for a gaming system is nuts to me. I can't ever justify spending that kind of money on something that really has no logical use, even though I seem to do it all the time.

[fantasyjunkie]

My Gamecube was extremely durable, it fell off the desk several times, and I thought for sure each time that it was utterly naffed, but no, worked like a charm, whereas a slight knock broke a piece of the PS2 and smurfed up the disc tray, while it was still closed. My newer PS2 that I got, a silver one, has had no trouble so far, and my brand new slimline, im very very careful with it, as its probably extremely fragile

Ours fell too and still worked!