I just read the thread about the $100 trade in credit for complete ps2s, mine gets disc read errors all the time, and sometimes won't even power on. Are the new ones better built, have they fixed the disc read error?

Thanks

No.

They made them worse now and are prone to self combusting.






Well, I'm not the one trying to trade in a busted PS2.

What are you talking about? There is nothing wrong with PS2 systems. If you are getting a disc error it must mean your PS2 is not incased in glass in an air free room. What your problem? Don't tell me you actually keep it out next to the other consoles?

....And with that Gizmo has made his first PS2-bashing post of the day.

Who had 12:56 PM in the office pool? You win!

There is a new one coming out next year that is suppose to be improved. Progressive Scan, quite fan, built in IR. It might be worth waiting on that one. Maybe its better constructed than the current model.

We got new ones in at where I work. The Boxes have a + on the corner. They now read CD-R/RW and DVD-R/RW discs.
I don't know if you guys already knew about that or not, but we only got them in Australia about a month ago.

Beats me. I just know that when I went to visit a friend from home I bought a used PS2 game while I was there and it wouldn't work at all on his system - it wouldn't even load. A couple of days later I try it on my PS2, which is about 1.5 years newer than his, and the game worked like a charm. I found that odd. It may just be his PS2, though.

The same thing can be said of the X-box.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but with every new model number comes some kind of variation in hardware. Whether it's a consolidation of certain components, or a some sort of parts that are different. I know the original Playstation models were quite different thant the later models.

For the record going back to the PS in 95 I have picked up all the new game systems on or around the release date and they all still work. I would think most people are like my but you only hear about the problems. It is just like car boards.

The new PS2 came out already? Damn, I thought it was atleast a month away. Now we have THREE PS2 systems to explain to customs what they are (Blue Box, Online Pack, and now the +)

Did you just say you think most Playstations built in '95 are working without problems?

I can't believe there is a 1995 Playstation that was working properly in 1996 much less 2003. Nothing like a game system that only works upside down.

I had no idea they weren't put together very well until I bought one. Then everyone and there mother told me how they always get disc read errors or how they fall apart all the time.

Now my PS1 never gave me problems (I still have it and it still plays fine) and I bought that thing in 1997.

I got the first iteration of the PS1, and it still works fine to this day. Most people just don't know how to take care of their systems, which increases the chance of failure. I'm not saying that they're 100% problem-free, but the PS1 just seemed especially prone to failure due to extended playing sessions and general poor care.

The same can be said for every system I've ever purchased.

I've never had a system fail on me.

me either. 50 million PS2 made and even with a 1% failure rate you would get 500,000 failed systems so some people will get them.

I think some people are born unlucky or they need to dust more

Dude, why should someone be to blame for a product whose sole job is to sit on top of a TV and play games?

There is no "taking care" when it comes to consoles. Unless you throw things at it or store snacks inside of it, it's hard to not "take care" of it.

From what I've heard, Sony is giving out a number that will get them to repair DRE's for free. You'll have to search the GameFAQs PS2 board though.


and FYI, I've never had a problem with any system unless it was a buggy game (ViceCity, Driver2, BanjoKazooie)

The only system I ever had stop working was my original NES although it's really my fault. I took it apart when I was little and then forgot where the pieces went.

It deserved it though; it made my cheeks hurt from all the times I had to blow into the cartridges.

I had a PSOne from 1996 that worked perfected until the day I traded it in for my PS2. My PS2 (March 2001) is still working. Its all about how you take care of the machine.

Uh... not to get into a flame war here but the original PS1 (or at least a lot of them) did have a major design defect, where the laser calibration broke and you had to play it upside down. It's not just an isolated case, either, and Sony failed to address it (though they did fix the problem on later iterations)

You can't just blame it on poor system care. I made sure mine had great ventilation and wasn't played for hours on end. But as soon as Resident Evil came out (which was the first game I bought to have long seek times) it broke.

I realize there will be defects in everything. But it's not an isolated incident, and it's unfair to say that just because yours didn't break, others didn't treat their's properly. This PS2 problem is similar... sure it can be fixed by taking it apart and getting rid of the dust (most of the time). But unlike most home theater equipment, it can't sit on an enclosed shelf where dust can't get to it because it's got wired controllers.

Anyway, rant off.